Blaser, in partner ship with Norma, will be introducing a new line of magnum cartridges later this year. They are not giving out any detailed information until May, but they have said these are completely new cartridges, not based on any previous designs. 7mm Blaser [Read More…]
Reader tehmino emailed me photos of his new Para-Ordnance GI Expert pistol. The GI Expert is a new entry level 1911 from Para USA. Click to expand the photos. UPDATE: tehmino has modded his pistol, which I should have realized (It was a late night), I have added a [Read More…]
I was surprised to see I had not mentioned Gun Nuts Radio on the blog before. Gun Nuts Radio is a live online radio show hosted by two fellow gun bloggers, Caleb (Gun Nuts Media) and Breda (The Breda Fallacy). Breda and Caleb are an entertaining and engaging duo. They [Read More…]
These photos are apparently of a Palestinian using some sort of homemade grenade launcher. It looks like it could be a 40mm grenade in the barrel, or maybe some type of 40mm less/non-lethal grenade like round, such as tear gas. It appears to work by striking the firing [Read More…]
The Defense Logistics Agency, the DOD logistics support agency, has decreed that all fired brass sold off by US Military will need to be mutilated (ie. turned in scrap brass). thanegrooms @ ar15.com has been keeping a forum thread updated with news about this [Read More…]
These photos are of a Springfield XD .45 was blown up after a squib load (a low powered load that does not have enough energy to push the bullet out the muzzle) blocked the barrel and another full power loaded round was fired. The pressure generated blew off the top of [Read More…]
Actually its a pink sleeve covering a Advanced Armament Corporation suppressor on a .22 converted AR-15. Hat Tip: Andy @ The Official AAC blog.
Traction Control has photos of an H&R Handi Rifle chambered in .45-70 Government. I think it would be too much cartridge in too small a gun for me to handle! More photos here.
The Archangel Pistol Deluxe is a stock and rail system for the .22 Ruger Charger pistol (The Charger is the version of the Ruger 10/22 rifle). Picture it with a 50 round drum magazine 😀 It is guaranteed to scare 100% of the hippies you may encounter 🙂 It features: [Read More…]
TALO are producing a limited edition Ruger 10/22 featuring a absolutely beautiful french walnut stock. I have emailed my contact at TALO asking what the MSRP. I will update the page when he replies. UPDATE: The MSRP is $419
AcuSport have added .300 Win. Mag. and .223 Rem. to their Remington 700 line which features 5-R rifling. From the press release: Following the huge success of the Remington Model 700 (#9663) with 5-R rifling in .308 caliber. AcuSport is pleased to add two new Model 700 [Read More…]
Very cool, it is even star-crimped. $97.77 at GreatBigStuff.com.
The new Charter Arms “On Duty” revolver is a double action .38 Special snub-nosed revolver designed for concealed carry. It has a low profile, partly concealed, hammer that allows it to be used in single action but is also less likely to be snagged on [Read More…]
The Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the BAFTE. I have previously blogged about the case. Hat Tip: Say Uncle
Laserlyte, makers of the infamous pistol bayonet, have developed a training laser device called the LT-1. The LT-1 is inserted into a pistol barrel and is sound activated by noise from the hammer striking the firing pin/transfer bar. Presumably it also works on striker [Read More…]
Ed, who blogs at Tell Me Why?, interviewed Tony from American Tactical Imports about their .410 AR-15 shotgun, the AT-14 (otherwise known as the T-14). You can watch the video here. It answers a question I have had: is the lower standard AR-15? The answer is that it is [Read More…]
In my recent article about the Norwegian H416 rifle, Mauken, a Norwegian soldier, posted a link to this article at aftenposten.no (I have translated it into english using google): Soldiers may have been sick of the military’s new rifle Army turns the alarm after a [Read More…]
James of Hell in a Handbasket spotted this photo on a Peruvian travel blog. It is homemade percussion lock gun. The owner apparently uses homemade gun powder (not hard to do … but kids don’t try this at home). If you have read this blog for a while, you know [Read More…]
Ruger is asking people to submit photos to RugerPhoto.com for possible inclusion in the next Ruger catalog. One of the photos submitted. Taken by Suzanne Cecci. There are four categories of photos: “Friends and Family”, “Trophy Room”, [Read More…]
James @ The Next Chapter bought himself a .22 / .410 M6 Scout take down rifle. Taken down and packed for transport. More photos and information at The Next Chapter.
I ran a poll last week asking the readers if they had bought a gun or not this year. The results: 4% are not buying a gun this year. 39% Will be buying a gun this year. 57% have already brought at least one gun this year. 30% have bought more than one gun this [Read More…]
The STI Eagle 5.0 and Eagle 6.0 2011 pistols (not to be confused with the Desert Eagle pistol) will be offered chambered in .357 SIG. STI Eagle 5.0 According to the latest STI newsletter, they got a lot of request for this caliber at SHOT Show ’09. I am surprised, [Read More…]
Tanfo, a Norwegian soldier, reports at the ar15.com forum that they have been having problems with their new HK416 rifles. Norwegian configured HK416 with suppressor. One of the problems is that the piston system locks up if the gun is taken outdoors from a warm [Read More…]
The US Naval Air Warfare Center funded a patent application, published two weeks ago, with the innocuous title of “Military Training Device”. The device turns out to be a suicide vest simulator for the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) [Read More…]
According to OnPointSupply Glock’s factory in in Smyrna, GA are unable to keep up with overwhelming demand. The factory is running two 8 hour shifts and producing 4000 pistols a day! They have started to import Glock 19 pistols from Austria to meet the demand. [Read More…]
The AFP reports that Pakistan will be distributing 30,000 confiscated rifles amongst villagers under the “Village Defence Rifle” programme: Under the “Village Defence Rifle” programme, chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti has ordered the distribution [Read More…]
A blog named Odd Russia has photos of what they claim are a French and Russian bullet that hit each other during the Crimea War. Odd Russia has many more photos but no link to the source of the images. It could be true, or it could be a hoax. I think both the French [Read More…]
I nearly fell out of my seat when I read this. From the an article at The Age (emphasis mine): In January, John Hanke, the director in charge of Google Earth and Google Maps, hit back at the claims, saying terrorists would still carry out their attacks with or without [Read More…]
The PSDR 3 is a fully suppressed .45 ACP Smith & Wesson Model 625 revolver developed in 1993 by Joe Peters, under contract from Northrhine-Westphalia, for Germany’s SEK (SWAT) teams. This photo is from Visier Special 6, 1997 (special edition of one of the [Read More…]
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