Army Special Ops Snipers came in first at 10th Annual International Sniper Competition held at Fort Benning.
The online retailer Impact Guns has been encouraging their customers to post links to their website on blogs, review sites and forums. This has resulted in their customers posting spam all over the internet.
Each day, Impact Gun customers post about five spam comments on the blog. I have to read and moderate these, obviously spam, comments, which is a waste my time.
Because the company says they cannot do anything about it, from now on all comments mentioning or linking to ImpactGuns are automatically marked as spam. I am sorry to my readers who had a legitimate reason to link to the company's website. I hope the company will act more responsibly in the future.
DoubleTapper recently attended the ISDEF 2010 expo in Israel. One of the guns he saw there was the Gilboa, which made by the Israeli firm Silver Shadow Advanced Security System Ltd. This full-auto AR-15 style weapon has just about all the features you could want from a PDW. The barrel can be as short as 4.5", a side folding stock attaches to the rear picatinny rail and the charging handle is on the correct (left) side .
More information and photos on this firearm at DoubleTapper.
[ Many thanks to DoubleTapper for letting me use the photos. ]
I saw this photo on Kit Up Blog but did not notice the foregrip mounted underneath the M203 grenade launcher until a reader pointed it out to me.
Is this common? I can't recall seeing this configuration before.
UPDATE: Rob posted a link to the manufacturer in the comments. Thanks Rob. The product is literally called the M203grip.
[ Many thanks to Alex for pointing it out. ]
[ Full Disclosure: Remington's parent company advertises on the blog. ]
This weekend the CNBC documentary "Remington Under Fire" is going to be the hot topic of discussion at ranges and gun stores around the country.
The CNBC exposé, which they are making out to be a major 10 month investigation, is about 30 years late. This issue with pre-1982 rifles is well known. I wrote this last week ...
I am interested to see what CNBC alleges is wrong with the Remington 700. It is widely known, and acknowledged by the company, that pre-1982 Model 700 rifles can fire automatically when the safety switched to the "Fire" position.
The problem with the pre-82 models was with the bolt-lock mechanism design. The bolt lock was enabled when the safety was turn on. The bolt lock prevents the bolt from being accidentally opened slightly, and therefor being unable to be fired, when stalking game. This mechanism was removed in 1982 after a lawsuit against the company.
The lawsuit was an unfortunate incident in Remington's history. The company knew about the problem, as did users of the Remington 700, but they had done nothing about it. But that was over 30 years ago. Since then the company has, and continues, to offer a Safety Modification program
I even heard that 60 Minutes did an exposé on this back in the 80s. I am not sure what CNBC's crew were doing for 10 months. A quick google search would bring up just about everything uncovered by the investigation.
CNBC also claimed that you can disable the safety by the use of a screwdriver jammed into the mechanism, or with dirt or rust. Do I really need to comment on this? Keep screwdrivers, dust and rust out of your trigger mechanism, regardless of the type of rifle.
Most telling is what was not shown. They did not go into stores and purchase Remington rifles, hand them over to gunsmiths and demonstrate the rifles firing without the trigger being pulled. They did show a video of two men, said to be police, demonstrating a problem with a Remington rifle but the problem they are having appears to be caused by a different issue.
Remington has published a video rebuttal of the interview with expert witness Jack Belk. During the 2007 trial, he admitted not being able to reproduce the problem ...
Where I did agree with CNBC was when they questioned why Remington charges $20 for the safety modification upgrade. I think safety fixes should always be free to the consumer.
Remington's side of the story is at Remington700.tv. If you have not already seen the CNBC investigation, it will be on again this Sunday, next week Thursday and next week Sunday.
What did you think of the investigation? Please post your opinions in the comments below.
CNBC's upcoming expose entitled Remington Under Fire will accuse Remington of selling unsafe rifles.
Remington has launched Remington700.TV, a website dedicated to giving Remington's side of the story. It includes trial footage of expert witness testimony not shown in the CNBC trailers (and probably not in the show itself) that tell a very different story to what is inferred by CNBC.
My fellow bloggers at Defense Review, Military.com and The Truth About Guns have all blogged about this in the past 24 hours.
[ Full Disclosure: Remington's parent company advertises on this blog. ]
[ Many thanks to Brandon for emailing me the link. ]
German firm Nobilta-TWM is making an interesting 10mm Auto chambered pistol. The pistol looks like it has been inspired both the Auto Mag and the Desert Eagle. It appears to be gas operated, although one of our German speaking readers will have to confirm this (the Google translation does not make much sense).
The company's website says that other calibers are available on request.
[ Many thanks to Mehul for emailing me the link. ]
UPDATE: Jas emailed me a translation ...
about the operation of the gun:
Starr verriegelter, halbautomatischer Rückstoßlader, Schlagbolzenschloss mit direkt auf Fangrast wirkender Sicherheit
Which means as much as
Solidly locked, semiautomatic recoil operated, striker fired with safety that works directly on the sear.
It is officially Guns-In-Castles week at The Firearm Blog. YamaLink emailed in a photo he took last week of some very old pistols that are on display at the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia (the Palace of the Doge) in Venice, Italy.
Beautiful pieces.
[ Many thanks to YamaLink. ]
Center Balanced Systems manufacture a range of nifty bull-pup conversion stocks for Mosin Nagant, SKS, AK-47, Saiga-12, Remingon 597 and Mossberg Plinkster with a Ruger 10/22 kit coming soon.
I asked the company if the Mosin stock would make a difference to perceived recoil. They told me that the surface area of the butt is 50% greater than a stock Mosin, so if shouldered correctly, the recoil should feel tamer. I really like the idea of putting an old war-horse like the Mosin in a fancy bullpup stock!
Price vary and the order lead time is eight weeks. More info at their website.
Jesse emailed in these photos taken by his brother at the Tower of London. I have never seen photos of these guns before. My favorite is the revolver.
It is sad that some of these guns were confiscated by the police from enthusiasts.
[ Many thanks to Jesse and his brother for the photos. ]
