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Girls of the IDF photo essay

Rachel Papo photographed IDF woman as as part of her masters thesis project. It is very well done.

69-tm Girls of the IDF photo essay photo
Just about every photo features an M16. So I am justified in blogging it ;)

More here.

Posted by Steve on Aug 27th 2008 | Filed in misc, photos | Comments (6)

New Leupold UltimateSlam

Leupold have launched a new scope called the UltimateSlam for shotguns and modern muzzleloaders. The SABR reticle can be adjusted to match your load.

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SABR: Sabot Ballistics Reticle

Leupold’s® all-new UltimateSlam™ riflescope is the ideal combination of flexibility, accuracy, and durability for today’s modern muzzleloaders and shotguns. As an example of accuracy, using Hornady SST 2-pellet, 3-pellet and 12 gauge shotgun loads at up to 300 yards, the maximum error of the UltimateSlam is less than 1″ as compared to a 14″ error from the leading competitor.

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UltimateSlam

More info here.

Posted by Steve on Aug 18th 2008 | Filed in hunting, misc | Comments (1)

Blog back online

The blog has been moved to the new server.

The server is a VPS (Virtual Private Server) which requires the entire server be setup by manually. There is a good chance I have forgot to configure something. I would appreciate an email if you find anything not working.

I do know about the problem with some characters not showing up correctly in the blog posts. I am working on that.

I was having a problem when some text was not being displayed correctly. If this is happening you to please email me when a screen shot. Below is a screenshot of the text before I fixed it.

The Firearm Blog

Different browsers / operating systems would be slightly different.

My email address is at the top of the left sidebar. Thanks for your help.

Posted by Steve on Aug 17th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (2)

Blog moving servers

I will be moving the blog to another server over the next few days. There will probably be some downtime.

Posted by Steve on Aug 15th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (0)

Wooden gun replicas

James found a webpage showing the wooden replicas made by Robert A. Talbot. They are amazing. They are made to scale
and “work” like the real thing. The only parts not made of wood appear to be parts that would be too weak.

Here are some photos of the peacemaker replica:

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Talpeacemkr2

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The Peacemaker (from wikipedia)

More here

Posted by Steve on Aug 10th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (1)

One year old

The blog had its first birthday yesterday!

The stats:

* 593 posts
* 982 tags
* 1,178 comments
* Most comments in a post: 176 (Ruger SR9)
* Oddest comment (which came through yesterday):

Please send for me the following Russian type ammunitions current price:-
1. 122 mm D-30 HE shell.
2. 130 mm M-46 HE shell.
3.100 mm T-55 HE shell.
4.122 mm BM -21 Shell.
5.120 mm mortar bomb.
6. 82 mm Mortar bomb
7. 60 mm mortar bomb.

Thank you

… I am a gun enthusiast, not a military arms dealer …

I have enjoyed running this blog and getting to know the gun blogger community. Thanks for all your encouragement.

And thanks to all the readers who took time to participate in discussions and let me know about interesting content to post.

A special thanks to Michigan Slugger for contributing the excellent article Accurate Slug Shooting Made Easy and my brother who frequently helps me with the blog (often correcting my awful spelling that my blog client fails to pick up on).

Posted by Steve on Jul 19th 2008 | Filed in misc, news | Comments (10)

New gun blog: The Pretty Pistolera

A new gun blogger:

A few months ago the bug finally bit me and I love it! My husband was thrilled and bought me a Glock 17. I decided to blog about my entry into the gun culture and start shooting IDPA competitively (wow, I suck).

You can check out my blog at www.prettypistolera.com

Posted by Steve on Jul 8th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (3)

Buns and Guns takeaway

A military/guns themed eatery in Lebanon called Buns and Guns

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Photo from LA Times Blog

The slogan of the restaurant — “Sandwiches Can Kill You” — is displayed at the entrance with the photo of a hamburger with a pistol sticking between the buns.

The eatery, which looks like a military outpost, was designed to be an unconventional hangout but it also resonates because of recent armed clashes in Beirut and the many tanks and military troops deployed here in the capital. The restaurant is located in a crowded street of Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb and a Hezbollah stronghold that was the scene of heavy airstrikes during the militant group’s 2006 war with Israel.

Pathetic in my opinion.

More at LA Times

Posted by Steve on Jul 1st 2008 | Filed in culture, misc | Comments (0)

Guns at a wedding

DoubleTapper describes the latest wedding he attended …

I sat at my assigned table with 9 other guys. Of the 10 of us, there were 3 Glocks, 1 Sig, and 2 S&W’s. It was a little weird until I realized that 3 of the guys were under 21, and 2 were still in the IDF and had their duty weapons stashed under the table.

I have got to attend a Jewish Israeli wedding in my lifetime! Seems like an event not to be missed ;)

Posted by Steve on Jun 26th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (3)

Sorry about the infrequent posting

Very busy at the moment.

Posted by Steve on Jun 3rd 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (2)

Advanced Armament Corp blog

Suppressor maker Advanced Armament Corp now have a company blog. Go check it out.

Silencer~Prodigy
AAC Rimfire Suppressor.

I hope more and more businesses in the firearm industry start blogging and actively join in the gun blogging community.

Posted by Steve on May 29th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (1)

Guy pointing gun on Google Streetview!

Have a look for yourself here.

It must be an optical illusion, everyone knows there are no handguns in Chicago :) Hat Tip: Murdoc Online
UPDATE: I have decided to post the photo here is case google remove it. Click to expand

Streetview Gun

UPDATE: They removed it.

Posted by Steve on May 23rd 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (7)

First there was MetalStorm, now there is DataStorm

I am sure you have heard of MetalStorm, the Australian electronically fired stacked projectile artillery system. Now there is the DataStorm. It is a full auto system that uses surplus floppy disks for ammo. I want one!

(The first 1/4 of the video is boring)

Posted by Steve on May 12th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (0)

Pepper Spray Gel

An interesting alternative to pepper spray. Sticks to the attacker and has longer range. They claim it is more effective than tasers (which can’t be hard).

Macegel
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Hat Tip: Gizmodo

Posted by Steve on May 8th 2008 | Filed in misc | Comments (1)

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