This beautiful Remington Model 1858 revolver was used in the Clint Eastwood movie Pale Rider. This gun is part of the NRA National Firearms Museum's "Hollywood guns" exhibit.
You can watch a video about this gun at the museum's website (under Curators Corner).
[ Many thanks to Lars Dalseide, of NRA Blog, for sending me the photos. ]
SayUncle made this video of the ACR at the NRA Show.
Unc said about the trigger ...
Also, the ACR had an amazing out of the box trigger. I even asked if it was a special trigger and was told that was standard. Little creep and a nice clean break.
The new Night Arrow 6 - CGT night vision scope from ATN features a very nifty red-on-green reticle.
That must be a real blast to shoot with!
The scope costs $1795.
This is a photoshop made by a Gregor, a of the blog.
East Germany, in the period before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, was short of foreign currency. In an attempt to generate cash for imports Wieger developed an AK-clone chambered in 5.56mm NATO. It was apparently very reliable. The collapse of the wall saw the demise of the company which found itself in direct competition with West Germany's H&K.
Inter Ordnance manufactures an AK rifle which looks like the STG, although the resemblance is surface deep. Until Sven emailed me the below photos, I had not seen pics of the real STG 90x series.
[ Many thanks to Seven for emailing me the history and photos. ]
Sig Sauer (Europe) has reintroduced the SIG P210 Legend.
It features ...
- ergonomic Beaver Tail
- American magazine catch
- handy magazine bottom
- modern square sights
- internal drop safety
- Heavy Frame standard
- highly resistant QPQ coating
- smooth safety lever
One website is listing it for 2095 EUR (approx. $2660)!
Somebody get this kid a lathe and milling machine. Imagine what he could do!
[ Many thanks to Thomas for emailing me the link. ]
I have blogged about the German grenade pistols before. They were an intriguing segue in the history of firearm development which was not really revisited until recently with the development of small caliber 20mm and 25mm grenades. The WWII In Color forum has some very interesting photos of various Sprenggranate Leuchtpistole ("explosive-round signal pistol") designs. Here are a few of the more interesting pictures ...
This pistol was found in an evidence locker in Elma, WA.
[ Many thanks to Sven (Defense and Freedom) for emailing me the the info. ]
At least on TFB, the Taurus 738 TCP has been controversial with my blog post about it generating over 220 comments about it. Many owners have experienced problems. One reader, Nilo, did an analysis of what he thinks is the cause of the last-round hold-open problem.
Nilo says ...
> I have purchased this gun and like many I have a few issues with it.
> I did a close analysis of my gun and have come to few conclusions.
> Anyone with basic knowledge of mechanics would probably agree with me that there is a design issue with this gun.
> The issue I have experienced, along with many others, is regarding the slide not locking open after last round. A basic review of the gun and the components that provide this feature showed that this issued is caused by the design of the slide catcher and the magazine follower.
> Once the last round is loaded to the chamber, the stopper is supposed to catch the follower and keep pushing it up against the slide, causing the slide to lock open after the last shot is fired.
> Because Taurus wanted to make a very thin grip on this gun, the magazine had to be thin and the follower doesn’t have enough area to properly hold the slide stopper.
> Photos are better than thousand words, so here we go.
Photos are after the jump ...
