MTek sell an interesting facial armor system called the FAST G3. It is designed to overcome some of the limitations of flip-up riot-style face armor. Thier premium FAST G3A (pictured above) weights 1.5 lbs and provides protection at least as good as the Army Combat Helmet and USMC Light Weight Helmet. The price is $549.99!
[ Many thanks to Paul for emailing me the link. ]
Alabama-based artist Walton Creel creates images, which resemble the print-outs from the old dot-matrix printers, using bullet holes.
“Whatever view a person already holds on guns is the view they project onto me. If they love guns and think gun ownership is a God-given right, then they see my work as reinforcement of that view. If they think guns should be banned, they see my work as an ironic protest.”
Read the article at CoolHunting.
[ Many thanks to Greg for emailing me the link. ]
Just so y'all know, I am without internet for the next four days.
Also, just so know you, I am bogged down with emails. Currently there are 78 emails in my inbox which require a reply. Please be patient.
Thanks to all of you who become a fan of The Firearm Blog. In four days we went from zero to 1000+ 1100+ fans!
Your support means a lot to me. Please continue telling your friends about the blog.
To all my readers and fellow bloggers and writers, I wish you a very merry Christmas and New Year. This year has been a real blast and I could not have done it without you!
I will be taking a break from blogging for a few days and will resume blogging on 2 January.
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[ Thanks to David for the suggestion for this post ]
This has got to be the best music video ever produced by an Australian!
From the artist's website ...
If you spend five minutes talking with Steve you will realise he is not a man who stands for cruelty or violence, quite the opposite actually. “I really wanted this album to help us reflect on the good aspects of gun ownership and remind us that guns are a part of our Australian heritage. Both my dad and my grandfather owned guns and never had any trouble”, he says, but then cheekily adds, “and as my first single says – ‘I ain’t gonna shoot anyone, and no one shoots at me, cos I’ve got a gun’”.
The scenes featuring RPG's and captured American weapons were filmed in Cambodia. Cambodia and Vietnam have long been on my list of countries to visit because of the abundance of weaponry available for tourists to play with.
Observant readers will note the use of pump action rifles and lack of semi-autos in the Australian scenes. Australians are banned from owning semi-auto long arms and so pump action rifles are popular, although I have been told by readers that the government is looking at restricting pump action rifle imports.
The MP3 of the song can be purchased online.
I am very excited to announce that I changed my mind and will be attending SHOT Show after all!
At the beginning of this year I brought y'all great coverage of the show, despite not being there, and I hope to do an ever better job next month.
What James's new dog is was using as chew toys ...
Read about the newest addition to his household over at Hell in a Handbasket.
All you Facebook addicts can now rest easy: The Firearm Blog is now on Facebook! Links to new blog posts are automatically posted to the "Wall", thereby ensuring you do not miss a post!
If you are a Facebook user and a fan of the blog, I urge you to "Become a Fan".
Congrats to Mike for being our first Facebook fan!
The beautiful profile photo is of Kyle's Les Baer Concept VII sitting beside Winchester Black Talon cartridges.
If, since the 1st of March, you have started up a gun (technical or political) and/or military blog, please post the URL in the comments below. Next week I will do a blog post listing them all.
( If it was started prior to 1 March 2009, don't post it. No exceptions)
This is a very nifty invention.
The inventor seems to have used a magazine and bolt design similar to the ancient Chinese repeating crossbows.
From the inventors website ...
The specification I devised called for a full auto-firing rate of 1 bolt per second; with 6" of draw length and a minimum of 30lbs draw weight. The magazine was to house 10 bolts 9" long. The bow was to be capable of discharging the full magazine with imperceptible slowing down and have an effective range of 25 yards.
The draw length is limited by the throw of the crank that pulls the bow carriage plus the relationship this has with the near stall torque that can be pulled out of the motor / gearbox assy. The need to maximise these relationships must be balanced against the voltage / number of batteries / weight.
The above was achieved using 8 AA rechargeable NiCd batteries giving 9v.
Hat Tip: SaysUncle and egosumquisum
While I do not normally post advertisements, I thought this beneficial enough for you, my loyal readers, to warrant me posting it ...
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