Tag: milsim
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Old School ALICE Medium Rucksack – What I carry
First, a disclaimer. This post is not intended to be a thorough look into what you need to carry nor does it represent the setup of a specific unit. As always, I have drawn inspiration and ideas from the US Army Rangers and what they carried and could have carried during their missions. This setup…
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Slings – What I use and why
For a while now I have wanted to do a short post about the slings that I primarily use. You might have noticed that I have a certain trend with slings on my replicas; two-point. There are a few reasons why I use two point slings. I have tried one-point and three-point slings as well…
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The M653 Ranger carbine
The third and final part of this three part series takes us back to the early 1980’s and especially Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion of Grenada in 1983. During this era, the Ranger companies can be seen wearing their OD green Jungle Fatigues, which they switched to around 1982. Before this change, they were using…
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The M723 Ranger carbine
We are not going in chronological order with these posts, as some of you might have noticed. There is no order in chaos, but that is beside the point here. This article is about the M723 carbine that I have, presented in the configuration as it was used by US Army Rangers during Operation Just…
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Late 1980s – early 1990s Ranger(ish) reconnaissance photoshoot
A while back I did a photoshoot with the theme of old school reconnaissance. Here are some of the images that came out that day.
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Nuprol BOCCA 12″ Rail System – Review
A while ago I made a video about the Nuprol BOCCA 12″ Rail System that I bought from Gunfire. Now that I have had a chance to play with the rail, I have released another video about it. The first video concentrated on the installation of the rail to my G&P upper receiver and the…