Glock Went Switchy? This Ain’t It, Chief Meta: Hot take incoming. If you carry a Gen 2 Glock 19, this one’s for you. If you don’t, sit down and take notes. Glock: Don’t Lose Your Backbone Let’s get this out of the way — the whole “Version V” saga is nonsense. Somewhere along the line,…

Rebel 17 Wet Tumbler Repair – Garand Thumb Blog Fix for a Broken Belt On Garand Thumb Blog, we cover the real side of shooting, reloading, and gear maintenance — the kind of things that never make it into polished YouTube videos. One problem that every reloader eventually runs into? The wet tumbler belt breaking.…

If you’ve ever fallen down the YouTube rabbit hole of old guns (perhaps watching Garand Thumb himself on YouTube), you know the allure of America’s classic service rifles. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is basically Disneyland for those of us who dream in wood and steel. This federally-chartered organization has been funneling M1 Garand CMP…

Camp Perry, the Bataan Death March, and Port Clinton’s M1 Carbine Legacy As a Port Clinton visitor and service rifle enthusiast, I never expected a routine grocery run to Bassett’s Market to lead me into World War II history. Yet behind my favorite market – Bassett’s, known for its hometown charm – loom the remnants…

Camp Perry Chronicles: A Wild Week of Heat, Delays, and Hilarity This past week at Camp Perry was nothing short of an adventure. The heat was on, and so were the delays—thanks to the ever-reliable KTS targets in the P100 match. If you were there, you know the heat was relentless, and the delays were,…

Fix it. Finish it. Argue later. You’re standing there like a tax-paying citizen. “With bolts closed on empty chambers…LOAD.” Drop to position, squeeze off one shot—and your mag chokes. Or worse, it jams before the first round even gets out. This isn’t a moment for thinking. This is a moment for reloading. What You Do…