Richardcyoung.com

Navy SEAL Sniper School: Part III

By

How hard is Navy Seal Sniper School? Hard. In this article former Navy SEAL sniper head instructor Brandon Webb explains that you get instant cred just by getting into the school. I first read Webb’s description of sniper school in his New York Times bestseller, The Red Circle. Here Brandon talks about having a mental edge: Once we […]

Cyclical Economic Dysfunction a Brewing Storm?

By

Two major cyclical indicators, construction (as pictured by housing starts and permits in the first chart below) and industrial production (chart 2 below) are giving very different signals about the direction of the U.S. economy. What is the reality? Numbers of housing starts and permits are climbing rapidly to levels not seen since before the […]

How to Buy a Boat: Part I

By

You know the saying: The two best days for a boat owner are the day he buys it and the day he sells it. Well I bought a boat a few years ago and it was the best day. So I thought I’d share with you the process I went through to get there and […]

Buying ammo online ILLEGAL?

By

NRA Executive Director Chris Cox is fighting a bill that could make buying ammo online illegal. Here’s part of a letter Cox recently sent out to NRA members: Barack Obama’s anti-gun allies in Congress are moving right now to effectively OUTLAW your freedom to purchase ammunition online. The “Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015” […]

Mosquito Apartments

By

Anyone see a problem here? In Hong Kong apartments the size of a parking spot are selling for $516,000 reports the WSJ. The apartment, in a development called High Place, isn’t much bigger than the standard U.S. parking space. It went into contract in May for almost four million Hong Kong dollars (US$516,000.) Even by […]

Survival Strength

By

You know you have to breath to survive. It also helps to have some strength. I’ve written to you about the shooting courses I’ve taken at Sig Sauer Academy. One take away I’ve had is the soreness of my upper body after a day shooting. Upper body strength is so important in being able to […]