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So you own a sweet rifle or handgun and think your self-defense needs are met? Sure, you can take a box of shells to the range, sight it in and call it good, but - if you bought it for self-defense reasons - that’s like buying a car, driving it up the street, and proclaiming you’re ready […]

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Guy, a SHTFblog SHTF homie, wrote a comment on one of my AR-15 posts a while back, and I’ve been holding it in moderation to unleash it now. Sometimes I’ll do this, hold sweet TEOTWAWKI comments, because the shiznit is so sweet it warrants direct attention by the masses. In today’s case Guy’s thoughts seemed unique and well […]

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So you want to clone the M4 in I Am Legend?
Cha-ching!
Let’s do a little online window shopping, shall we?
(note: this post follows up on yesterday’s post on this subject)
Let’s build it from scratch. If I’m missing something here, or if you have insight that I may have missed, by all means comment away.
Upper:
Sabre Defense Upper […]

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Ranger Man’s original I Am Legend Movie Review did not include rifle specifics, but since you asked . . . it’s an M4 with a 16″ barrel, Trijicon scope, collapsible stock, quad rail, and light. That’s the story, end of post.
What?
You want more?
Fair enough.
I employed the assistance of my SHTF […]

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Woo-hoo! Yeah.
Saturday night, the kids are in bed, and I just cracked a
frrrrrrrrosty cold beverage.
Shipyard, in fact;
a Maine micro-brew.
A few of you e-mailed me and said, “yo, yo, yo - Ranger Man, I sign up for the e-mail subscription and you’re only tossing me the post title and a few teaser words. WTF, bro!? Then […]

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The e-mails, the comments, the controversy, the stir; I have to explain why I crowned the AR-15 (and all its variations) the best gun for TEOTWAWKI (see original post). The way some of you responded, you’d have thought I’d insulted your mother, because your top choice wasn’t mine. I need to break this post into […]

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