R. Doug Wicker's Blog, page 140

Memorial Week Part 1

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This week I commemorate Memorial Day with repeat articles from the Normandy American Memorial Cemetery and Memorial, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Next week I will commemorate the 73rd anniversary of one of the greatest invasions in military history, the D-Day Invasion of June 6, 1944.

Lest We Forget — No, It’s Not National Barbecue Day:

We seem as a society to forget what this weekend really commemorates.  Memorial Day weekend does not mark...

Fun Photo Friday — Puerto Vallarta 2017 part 2

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Puerto Vallarta

Click on today’s photo gallery and slide show:

For additional reading and photographs of Puerto Vallarta:

Last Stop Before the Return — Puerto Vallarta The Mexican Riviera—Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Walking the Malecón Area Fun Photo Friday — Sights Along the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 1 Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 2 Puerto Vallarta — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church Fun Pho...

Puerto Vallarta 2017 — Part 4

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Bell Tower

Click on today’s photo gallery and slide show:

For additional reading and photographs of Puerto Vallarta:

Last Stop Before the Return — Puerto Vallarta The Mexican Riviera—Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Walking the Malecón Area Fun Photo Friday — Sights Along the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 1 Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 2 Puerto Vallarta — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church Fun Photo F...

Puerto Vallarta 2017 — Part 3

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Hitting the Wall

Click on today’s photo gallery and slide show:

For additional reading and photographs of Puerto Vallarta:

Last Stop Before the Return — Puerto Vallarta The Mexican Riviera—Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Walking the Malecón Area Fun Photo Friday — Sights Along the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 1 Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 2 Puerto Vallarta — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church Fun...

Fun Photo Friday — Puerto Vallarta 2017 part 1

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Boys & Girls

Click on today’s photo gallery and slide show:

For additional reading and photographs of Puerto Vallarta:

Last Stop Before the Return — Puerto Vallarta The Mexican Riviera—Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Walking the Malecón Area Fun Photo Friday — Sights Along the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 1 Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 2 Puerto Vallarta — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church Fun Photo...

Puerto Vallarta 2017 — Part 2

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Waving to the Ships at Sea

Click on today’s photo gallery and slide show:

For additional reading and photographs of Puerto Vallarta:

Last Stop Before the Return — Puerto Vallarta The Mexican Riviera—Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Walking the Malecón Area Fun Photo Friday — Sights Along the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 1 Puerto Vallarta — Statues of the Malecón, Part 2 Puerto Vallarta — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe C...

Puerto Vallarta 2017 — Part 1

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Flying the Flag

We’ve done Puerto Vallarta many times on the blog, and in January Ursula and I returned yet again. So I’m going to try something a bit different over the next two weeks with this return look at one of my favorite Mexican destinations.  Rather than waste time on text, I’m going to take you on a strictly visual tour, with the best photos from this trip appearing over the next two Fun Photo Fridays. If you’d like an explanation of what you’re seeing, I’ll post links to previous a...

Fun Firearms Friday — Pocket Pistol Shootout: Colt Mustang vs. Beretta Tomcat

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Left to right: Walther PPK, Beretta Tomcat, PPK/S, Colt Mustang

I hope you’ve enjoyed Pocket Pistol Week here at the blog, but now it’s time to determine a winner. The 9mm P99c AS by Walther remains my primary concealed carry weapon, and it will continue in that role. But sometimes you simply need something just slightly more compact than the (in my opinion) best concealed carry weapon ever made, and for years my go-to choices for this were the Walther .380 ACP PPK/S for winter and the .32 AC...

Pocket Pistol Week — Beretta Tomcat

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Original “thin-slide” Beretta 3032 Tomcat from 1997 — second year of production

No discussion of pocket pistols is complete without bringing up Beretta. And no discussion of Beretta pocket pistols is complete without reference to Beretta’s famous tip-barrel designs. Beretta’s most famous pocket pistol was the Model 418, which began life shortly after World War I as the Beretta Model 1920. The Model 418 is a blow-back design chambered in .25 ACP/6.35x16mmSR (SR = Semi-Rimmed cartridge). This p...

Pocket Pistol Week — Colt Mustang

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What’s in the Box: Colt Mustang Lite .380 ACP/9mm kurz, one magazine, safety lock, and a nice zippered gun pouch

This is Pocket Pistol Week. I’ll return to travel and photography next Monday, but today we’re taking an in-depth look at the latest iteration of the Colt Mustang. Wednesday’s mystery pocket pistol is going to be a bit of a surprise, especially if you’re one of the many people who believe that Wednesday’s pistol is no longer in production. And on Fun Firearms Friday both pistols ar...