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Archive: September, 2008
Iraqi confiscated “weapons”
I got a really good laugh from these photos. The caption is: Iraqi soldiers display confiscated weapons and ammunition at a Military base in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, 08 September 2008, following a military operation in the outskirts of the city Now look at [Read More…]
Major News: Taurus Acquires Rossi
Rossi has been purchased by Taurus. They are both Brazilian firms so this makes sense. It looks like it is not just the US firearm industry that is consolidating. Forjas Taurus S.A. announces its acquisition of the manufacturing and distribution rights of all Rossi [Read More…]
Commenting on the blog now fixed
You may have been wondering why your comments on the blog were not being approved. There was a major problem on the server that was affecting the site and the blog’s database. It is now fixed and all comments posted are now “live”. If you ever notice [Read More…]
Shooting deer on mars
I got a good laugh from the comment by Jim on The Gun Nut’s blog The vast majority of American hunters/shooters couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn @ 100 yards offhand, yet we set our guns up (even slug guns and muzzleloaders) with scopes the size of the [Read More…]
Weatherby releases low-price Vanguard
Weatherby are now selling Vanguard rifles for $399. They have a guaranteed accuracy of 1.5 MOA. Weatherby is now offering its Vanguard rifles starting at $399, which is the lowest price the rifles have been offered at in years. While the price has been lowered, [Read More…]
Firearms in very slow motion
I saw this video on Gizmodo. It is so slow you can see the dirt inside the action being thrown about as the empty case is ejected.
ST Kinetics CPW (Compact Personal Weapon)
Earlier this year at the Singapore Airshow, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, otherwise known as ST Kinetics or STK, the Singaporean firm who make the Ultimax 100 machine gun, announced their a new PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) type sub machine gun called the CPW [Read More…]
ActionAirgun
I received an email from a company called ActionAirgun. They are running a game which starts later this month. What do you do when you love shooting, but live in a climate where you can only shoot outdoors (comfortably) a couple months of the year? You start a new [Read More…]
Paraguay army using Chinese M4 clone (CQ 5.56)
Paraguay has apparently bought the relatively new Norinco CQ 5.56, M4A1 clones. The caption of the above photo, translated from Spanish: Soldiers of the Joint Detachment of Empleo Inmediato (DECEI) marching past with carbines Norinco CQ-M4 of 5.56 mm Are copies of Colt [Read More…]
Wanted Movie posters “glamorize violence” in UK
From BBC News: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the posters were not suitable to be seen by children. It added that the use of a glamorous actress, gun images and aspirational text “could glamorize violence”. Typical Hollywood trigger [Read More…]