.22 caliber pistols that mimic the controls of a more powerful centerfire model are not easy to pigeonhole. Handguns like these can make for a great understudy for the big bore model without the expense of centerfire ammo. More traditional .22 pistols lack the safety switches, triggers, sights, and slides of a modern handgun and…
After the publication of my Markwell “datematic” review in 2024, I was excited to see what the brand would release next. John from Markwell alluded to something that was like a field watch, but also playful. Well, fast forward into 2025, and I got a sneak preview of the watches. Come a few more months,…
OKSI Introduces Odyssey GPS-Denied Module The Odyssey GPS-Denied Module with #IntelligenceByOKSI — Bolt-on Visual Navigation for UAS. The Odyssey module is a rapidly deployable and robust bolt-on GPS-denied navigation module. It provides drift-free navigation with absolute position updates to flight controllers enabling flights in heavily jammed EW environments. By leveraging a custom-trained AI feature matcher…
The E-4 Option is a non-nuclear alternative, and it may be our only hope. We’ve needed something like this for decades if not centuries (as you can see below). Do not confuse the E-4 Option with the E4 Mafia or Lance Corporal Mafia – one might be the only thing that can save our current…
CSIS Presents: The Future of Irregular Warfare In this video presented by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Christopher Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, discusses Irregular Warfare (IW), the Special Operations Forces (SOF) enterprise, and how technology will impact SOF in the future with Dr Seth G. Jones,…
B5 Systems Enhanced SOPMOD on a nicely equipped AR… Stocks are definitely a personal preference. While many prefer a thinner stock, for my shooting style and the way I mount the gun, I am a still a huge fan of the Enhanced SOPMOD stock. A brief look around the industry tells me I’m not quite…
They’ll sell you a mattress on Memorial Day. They’ll knock a hundred dollars off a sofa or throw in free shipping on a flat-screen. There’ll be flags, of course, lined up neat and clean, red-white-and-blue as a parade float. A few folks will grill. A few will march. And some, God keep them, will weep…
My Memorial Day Message Today’s message is one of hope. I’d like you all to remember those who gave all for our nation, but when you’re doing it, let’s celebrate the good times we had with them. Let’s embrace the good of their sacrifice. Those who went before us, were our best and their sacrifice…
(©), 2015, Michael Kurcina Spotterup LLC. All content on this website is under copywriting. Copying and scraping Spotterup.com to put on other websites is not permissible. Doing so is theft. It has almost been three years since I got my PTR91 GI. I had been looking around for a .308 rifle that really matched my…
“BOOTS” by Rudyard Kipling The poem “BOOTS” by Rudyard Kipling was published in 1903 and imagines the repetitive thoughts of a British Army infantryman marching in South Africa during the Second Boer War. It has been suggested for the first four words of each line to be read slowly, at a rate of two words…