Shooting Projects

ELR Custom build

ARC Coup de Grace action for a multi-caliber build in 300AAC, 308WIN, and 300 Norma Mag

Custom furniture

Epoxy-laminated 3/8” locust or ash stained with black carbon powder added to oil, with mlok/picatinney rails added, like this one

Specialized Ammo

  1. Lead-free
  2. Force-on-force training
  3. Cast, powder-coated, slick-sided, gas-checked subsonics
  4. Bear defensive hand load
    1. tl/dr; 1730 ft/s for 600 grain hard cast linotype semi wad cutter slug with FT12 wad in 3” shell give 4000 ft-lbs at the muzzle and a bullet profile that could have punched through the skull of ursus maritimus tyrannus

Bear Defense Pump action 12 gauge

  1. Hot 2-3/4” handloads have equivalent or greater energy than 45-70 out to 100 yards, and hold more rounds
  2. Can fire bear bangers and flares past 100 yds
  3. Widely legal format and available ammo
  4. Folding stock with 18.5 in barrel is compact
  5. Rem 870 super magnum with upgraded internal parts is very affordable
  6. Cerakoting makes as rugged as marine grade stainless - combine with polymer furniture

Handmade Recurve Bow

  1. Specs
    1. takedown
    2. PVC or laminated wood
  2. References
  3. Nick Tomihama’s builds
    1. Books
      1. The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 2
      2. Traditional Bowyers of America

Ballistic Sgian Dubh: Spetznatz meets Highlander

  1. A 6” drop point ka-bar blade style, with a short section of the back sharpened to make the tip double-sided
  2. Paired set with armpit sheaths
  3. Pre-cut and ground from O1 steel blank
  4. Reciever and tang turned on a metal lathe
  5. Black/blued blade and handle finish
  6. Removable 50# compression coil spring
  7. Hole in tang for kunai mode