Idaho Rifleman

I started this blog when I started my YouTube channel. I wanted to have another platform to discuss my videos and reviews, but it just never took off. I tried to add written perpective to the content I had or was filming. I have always been better at writing than at talking but I never got any traffic. I guess most people don't want to read about something they just watched. Understandable. So after a while, I just let it go dormant. I stopped writing posts and just focused on the videos. Fast forward, I have a YouTube channel, a blog, an Instagram, a Facebook, and, a Rumble channel.  And there's more to come.  I am working towards another project to further expand the Idaho Rifleman name and maybe the mission too. At least a little.  I don't want to spoil it for you guys or promise something that ends up falling through... but keep watching. There will be more to come on this, and if it comes together the way I envision it, then I'm incredibly excited about this.  God

I'm doing something different this week with additional content. Mrs Rifleman bought me a TacPack subscription for Christmas so I decided to review the December and January boxes for the channel. TacPack is a monthly subscription box containing $90 - $120 worth of tactical gear. The standard box is $49.99 a month with an extra $5 for shipping. The boxes are well put together and each box includes at least one item for an AR-15.  The December Box:  This was a great box. It included Aeroknox Field Pins, an Aeroknox 86 degree mini foregrip, Mechanix gloves, and the Battle Arms Development enhanced trigger guard. Also included was a sticker from Battle Arms Development and the Tactical Nutcracker sticker from TacPack. There was also a $15 subscription for the Grayman Tactical News Briefing. This box value was well over the $120 value.  The January Box: I was impressed with this box too. There was a Readyman Polymer Letter Opener, a Universal Aluminum Bore Guide for cleaning

Hey everybody! In this video I did a ballistic comparison of the 9mm, the 9x18 Makarov, and the .380 Auto. Now for those who don't know, 9mm is typically 9x19mm. That's pretty standard, but you can see 9x20mm and even 9x21mm in some cases.  Now 9x18 Makarov is obviously just that 9x18mm. It's a Russian pistol and submachine gun cartridge developed in the 20th century for Eastern Bloc use.  But what I bet you may not have known, is that .380 Auto is actually 9x17mm. That's right, 9mm lite. So for this video, I compared the three different 9mm variants to see just how much difference there is.  The Guns:  I performed these tests with 3 different guns. Unfortunately they all had different barrel lengths. I'm still very early into building my channel and reputation so I'm not able to get ahold of many options for demo'ing firearms yet.  380 Springfield 911 Barrel: 2.7" Overview:  This is a Micro-1911 style handgun. It is a very comfortable gun t

Ugh. I'm sorry I haven't got you guys a video over the past two weekends. I had a funeral on the 15th. The week leading up to the funeral was hectic with planning and prep. I just really wasn't in the frame of mind or physically able to get a video out.  Then COVID knocked me flat on my butt. I tested positive on the 19th and man it felt like I got hit by a truck over night. I was fine and symptom free when I went to sleep on the 18th, then bam. I slept like crap the first night, then woke up early with horrible body aches mainly in my neck, back, and shoulder (which are all areas of injury for me). It was terrible.  The following is how COVID decided to knock me down: Sore Throat - 5 days Horrible Body Aches - 5 days Restless Nights - 5 days Fever - 24 hours starting 12 hours after body aches Stomach bug - 24 hours starting after body aches Pounding Heartbeat and Anxiety - 24 hours intermittent starting after body aches Coughing and congestion - 10 days and cou

I got my hands on a pretty cool little shotgun for this video. This is the Chino Arms double barrel .410 shotgun.  Did you know .410 is actually a caliber not a gauge? It's the only shotgun sized by caliber and not by gauge. Did you also know that .410 and 45 Colt are the same size? There are actually a couple revolvers out there chambered to fit both.  This shotgun is heavy for it's size, but it's actually pretty comfortable to shoot. The recoil is minimal, but as you move up in shot size, you definitely lose volume of projectiles. In 000 buckshot you only get 3 pellets. You might as well just use a slug.  But it's definitely got power. There's stories in my family going back generations of family members getting their first deer with a single shot .410 using a slug.  I used a water jug to test the shotgun... and 5 yards is definitely too close because I got wet. But this shotgun is a great little performer with a classic western look. Two barrels, two

Hey check this out! This is a .32 caliber rimfire from 1875. I bought this gun from a friend of mine for $65. This is the Hood Arms "Robin Hood". It's a 5 round rimfire cartridge revolver. Now, these guns had no real historic significance. They didn't tame the West or win any wars. They were self-defense pocket pistols for the common citizen. They weren't as finely crafted as a Smith and Wesson, or a Colt. In fact, these styles of revolvers came to be known as "suicide specials" because you didn't know if they were going to shoot or blow up. They were made cheaply with subpar materials and sold cheaply for the common man's self defense.  I was really excited to shoot this gun, but I didn't know A. if I could find ammo for it, or B. if it would blow up when I did shoot it. Well I found ammo... $5/round sold in lots of 5. Mrs. Rifleman said I could buy one lot of 5 so I definitely didn't buy 2 lots... I set the gun up in a vice