Big Changes Coming!

After a lot of consideration, I am re-booting this firearms blog/forum website I started years ago and take it in a little difference direction.

It's going to be renamed from West Marshland Armory, a name that's an inside joke and very confusing, hard to remember, too long for a web domain name, and limiting for content; to Sioux Scout. A name that's short (2 syllables instead of 6) easy to remember and flexible for content.

Speaking of content, it's expanding from firearms, gear and 2nd Amendment topics to those topics plus: bug out / survival gear, general outdoors (hiking, camping, etc.) and the skills and mindset for all.

Most of which really intertwine if you think about it. A "get home bag" and a hiker's day pack are very similar. Someone into hiking can learn a lot from an experience hiker and visa versa.

My goal is to "bridge the gap" between those worlds with gear reviews, tips & tricks and other content like practical demos of skills and mindsets that benefit both (fire starting, wilderness camping, etc.)

This should take off, or at least get me motivated to continually add content to potentially allow it to take off. The wider subject matter will keep me motivated especially since I spend more time on the hiking trails than on the gun range.

Now. Why the name Sioux Scout? Several reasons. As I mentioned above, it short and easy to remember. The Sioux are a Native tribe I have a great deal of admiration and respect for. Not to mention it was the nickname of my favorite college hockey team.

The mental image that the "Sioux Scout" paints in my mind is a band of rugged, skilled people who could survive comfortably off the land with little outside resources, due to their mindset and skills. Like all Native bands and tribes, they were skilled and brave warriors when they had to be, and very resourceful bush-crafters in their daily lives.