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My choices were all based on personal preference and price.  Where I could get a good deal from various online or local retailers, I jumped at it.  Cost savings was important to me; I’m on a budget, but I also wanted quality gear.

Shooting the SAR-2/AIMS-74 clone – a neat, fun rifle in a great caliber. (Photo: Kenn Hatten)

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo was in Greenleaf for a town meeting in June and posed with the proposed sign and Councilman Steve Jett. (Photo: Facebook)

Twelve years ago, the mother of eight realized there was no longer a safe place for her children to play, so she took action and made a safe place for them. (Photo: John Brecher / NBC News)

It will be open season for hunting on Sunday in North Carolina this fall. (Photo: N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission)

A group of Marines with III MEF walk you through the the easiest way to make a door when needed through the proper use of some demolition charge and shock tube.

The team, a group of breachers from the 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 9th Engineer Support Battalion explain the the organization of a team to include the breacher, assistant breacher and the blanket man (and we don’t mean Linus) and how they work together to knock in a door or window, or break through a wall.

Something like a battlefield locksmith, only with a really loud universal key.

Hey kids, don’t try this at home.

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The South Carolina Statehouse is seen through a Confederate flag in Columbia. (Gerry Melendez / Associated Press)

The Backyard Scientist roped the Taofledermaus crew into testing the ballistic properties of a 5/8 inch lead plate against a wide range of .22 caliber projectiles.

Perhaps the most traditional of ammunition types, the .22 rimfire round, typically with a unjacketed lead bullet, has been around for something like 150 years.

Team ‘maus took up the challenge to see if a .22 would could penetrate a 7.5-pound soft lead plate. Tested rounds include CCI Mini Mags, Stingers and, just to keep it interesting, a Crosman pellet powered by a .22 nail gun blank.

Makes sense.

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A Japanese blogger takes old monochrome photos of early battleships and cruisers and gives them new life through a colorization process that has to be seen to be believed.

A second suspect is still at large, but authorities believe he was either struck by gunfire or ran over by the truck as his comrade attempted to get away. (Photo: Fox 29)

The guys at GY6vids took advantage of having an Arsenal AF2011-A1, the twin-barreled Italian longslide, and went to town on a block of ballistics gel.

The AF2011 was seen by many as a gimmick gun or a novelty when introduced in 2012 but now that they have landed on our shores, these huge hoglegs, which fire two rounds with every pull of the trigger, seem to be growing on the market.

And with that in mind, the GY6 crew put one to the gel test with some of the most popular .45 ACP defense loads out there to include Hornady CD, G2research RIP, Winchester PDX1 and Federal Hydra Shok.

If you are into seeing some major jiggles, check out the above.

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The Steyr AUG.

During a Homestead, Florida, police department’s recent move to a new building, a small, evidence tape-covered refrigerator containing human fetuses was discovered. The fetuses had apparently been there for several years and the find has raised concerns from the president of the Dade County Police Benevolent Association.