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Jul 282 min read
My Staccato Warranty Return
On week one of owning a Staccato, I’ve gotten to find out how their warranty process works. I’ve previously posted about the the problem at length, so this is a simple update on what is happening midway through the process. I had an issue mounting an optic adapter plate to the slide where the right-hand mounting screw wouldn’t thread into the slide. I tried multiple screws that came with the C&H Adapter plate, and none of them would thread, so I suspect it is the slide itsel
Jul 282 min read
Is Owning a Staccato Going to be Eventful?
The first days of my Staccato ownership journey have unfortunately not been uneventful. I bought a new Model P and was very excited to put it through its paces to see if it lived up to its reputation and ran into an issue day one. While I enjoyed shooting the gun greatly, after test firing 250 rounds I was reminded how little I enjoy shooting with iron sights. The provided sights were exactly what I expected in a fiber optic front/blacked out rear sight combo but are no longe
Jan 31 min read
Getting Lost in the Sauce
It's easy to spend hours searching even one website to find just the right thing for what you need. Sometimes that's the best pouch to carry your 40mm rounds while deployed, and others it's the flashlight you use to light up your life. Finding what you think is the perfect whatever , only to find out that it isn't as useful as you thought, is always disappointing. I'm taking on the task of doing a lot of the digging for you. I am one of you, after all... Much of the issue st
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Still Not Homeless
The whole time I was in the Air Force, the joke I heard was "you're going to get out and be homeless." I doubt I was the only person to...
Feb 7, 20243 min read
The F**kery of 4:20
There was a saying within my group of friends while I was in. Whenever something would come up last minute that absolutely had to be done...
Feb 6, 20245 min read
How does VR&E benefit you?
I was playing around with ChatGPT earlier and when I asked it "What do I do when I retire from the military", it wrote me an article. I...
Feb 4, 20244 min read
Meet me at the smoke pit
The smoke pit is commonly a smelly, yellow ash tray of a place, but some of the best bonds can be made there whether you are deployed, on...
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Questions for You
What kind of content would you like to see here? Would you like to see a post-retirement life blog? Would you like to see outdoor...
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Happy Half-life
I am just a newly minted dirty civilian, and I didn't know what else to do with the knowledge I've gained over the last few years, so I'm...
Dec 28, 20233 min read
IPEB (Integrated Physical Evaluation Board)-Air Force and Space Force
When you are first beginning the Med-Board process you can make a couple of decisions. You can be added to the DES for VA benefits, or...
Dec 26, 20233 min read
Enlisted Mindset
From the get-go, we are given serial numbers throughout our time in the service. Your bed number in basic training, your DODID number,...
Dec 26, 20232 min read
The Phone Call to the VA
If you are in the MEB process, some of this will be old news, but from someone who recently went through this, hopefully you pick up a...
Dec 26, 20232 min read
Prepping for Your Final-Out
If you are like me and feel like the internet isn't the most dependable thing right when you need it, you probably want to have your...
Dec 26, 20232 min read
The Final-Out
The final out was about as mundane appointment as I'd had in my decade in the service. There was a desk in the back of the office in the...
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