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Precision Rifle Project Series: Defiance Machine anTi-X 7mm PRC
My focus as a firearms enthusiast and a recreational and competition shooter has been on well-built firearms and I am always wanting to try new things, whether it is a new cartridge or a new manufacturer’s components. At the... Read More
SWAROVSKI OPTIK NL Pure 14×52 Binocular Review
SWAROVSKI OPTIK released the NL Pure 14×52 last year in 2024 to satisfy the demand for a higher magnification binocular in the NL Pure line. The NL Pure 12×42 was quite popular when it was released and I bought... Read More
R3 Developments Carbon CKYE-POD Legs
The MDT CKYE-POD Triple Pull is a staple bipod for the NRL Hunter match series and sees use by those willing to carry a heavier bipod into the field for hunting use in order to have a versatile bipod... Read More
SIG Sauer P365 Review (California Compliant)
The SIG Sauer P365 is not a new pistol as it debuted back at the 2018 SHOT Show where I first got hands on with the micro-compact pistol. At the time and based on what I saw on the... Read More
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Vagabond Mini Lithium and the Manfrotto Super Clamp
The Paul C Buff Vagabond Mini Lithium power system has for the most part replaced the older and far heavier Vagabond II power system for photographers who use studio strobes on-location outdoors. But ever since the Vagabond Mini Lithium (VML) … Read More
Tipping Point
On 14 December 2012, a tragedy occurred in Connecticut that resulted in senseless mass murder. Among the dead are twenty children. Elementary school-aged children. There is no way to describe the the sorrow of such a tragedy. It is very … Read More
Apache and MySQL Memory Optimization
If you didn’t catch my blog post last month, I moved ocabj.net to a Linode VPS after about 13 months running on Dreamhost (and before that a couple years on Bluehost). Without getting too deep into it, I was basically … Read More
Photography Holiday Gift Ideas
Is there a person in your life with a dSLR camera that is a photography enthusiast? Need a holiday gift idea for this person? Here are a few gift ideas for varying budgets: Visible Dust Microfiber Cloth (~$10) This is … Read More
Behind the Shot: Jenna Drouin on 2012-11-17 in Camarillo (Part 2)
This is the second part of the “Behind the Shot” article I posted regarding a location shoot I had on 2012-11-17 (large house in Camarillo). As I outlined in the first part, I had to ditch some earlier shoot concept … Read More