Receivers Are Here!!!

I picked up my new upper and lower receivers today at Carl Jarl in Omaha - sent from NoDak Spud up in Minnesota. Tim is a great guy to work with and the FFL paperwork was pretty painless. I was very impressed with the new parts - they look great!!! So the actual rifle kind of looks like a rifle now if I lay all the major components out together on the floor. My next step is to get some proper engraving done on the lower receiver and then it'll be time to get the whole thing put together. Almost there...

The M16A1 Project

I started an enormous undertaking back in December to build my own semi-automatic version of a Vietnam-era M16A1. I've ordered lots of parts, received lots of parts and am patiently waiting on a few more key parts that are on back-order. Overall, it's coming together nicely and I've learned a lot in the process. So hopefully sometime this spring (if not sooner) I can post some photos of the finished rifle. I gotta say, I love this project!!!

Battle of the Bulge 2012

The new year is finally here and so is an exciting new year of living history and reenacting! The men of the 2nd I.D. started out the new year with one of our favorite events down at Camp Clark with the 137th Infantry's annual Battle of the Bulge tactical. The event took place over the weekend of January 13-15 and was attended by myself, Matt, Will, Jeff, Kirk, and Logan. We started the weekend with a group visit to the National World War I Museum in Kansas City and then it was on to Camp Clark and the fireworks! Rather than expound on everything that happened over the weekend, I think I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking. I really enjoyed photographing our group throughout the weekend and feel like I captured some pretty cool moments. Enjoy!