I have been credited with creating the term “tactard.” It’s a word I use to describe those who live in a tactical dream land where every nuance of guns, ammo, tactics, clothing and anything remotely related, are debated to the infinite extreme. You’ve all seen them, they cannot go to the range without their cargo pants with a built-in tourniquet or their …
An American study revealed that in the First World War it took about 7,000 rounds of small arms ammunition to kill a single enemy soldier. By the time of the Vietnam War, this had risen to abort 25,000 rounds. The average Sniper requires 1.3 rounds.1 THE SNIPER The military sniper has been around a long time. During the Seven Years War (1756-63) …
I remember the first riflescope I carried to deer camp. Most of the old hands advised me on how gentle I needed to be with it. The general consensus of the time was if the scope was not handled with care it would come apart or throw your bullets all over the place. For the most part this advice was not all …
