The Firearm Blog

These Varmint Grenade, made by Barnes are amazing. I am going to have to try them out in the near future

In the below video they fire one of them into a grape and the bullet completely disintegrates.

Barnes makes these in .243/6mm (62 gr), .22 (36 - 50 gr) and .204 (26 gr) caliber.

More on the bullet here.

A clip from the U.S. Army’s International Sniper Competition.

I missed this. If any one recorded this please let me know.

A couple of cool youtube videos on using the AK-74 (called AK-47 on youtube).

Apparently from a series called “Kadochnikovs martial arts”

Tactical magazine changes.

Hat Tip: MilitaryPhotos.net

Yuri posted this beautiful video:

My favorite would be the apple and water bottle.

This video made me laugh. Near the end they show this kid who can’t stop lifting his head as soon as he pulls the trigger. He of course completely misses the target.

This video from SHOT Show 2007 shows Advanced Armament’s new suppressors. Including a quick release suppressor designed for the SCAR-L, the quietest .45 pistol suppressor (or so they claim), a new AR-15 and .22 suppressor.

British humor! Notice that three shots produce two holes wide apart.

Hat Tip: The Breda Fallacy

This 25 minute video shows the operations and ceremonies of the Detroit Police Department. It is in the classic 1950’s style of cinematography. Worth a watch if law enforcement history interests you.

“He learned to use all types of firearms and spent many hours on target practice. Marksmenship might someday mean saving his own life and the lives of other people.”

Watch it here.

I have this video downloaded on my computer so I can easily show it to anyone who does not understand the different between a AK-47 “assault” rifle and a semi auto hunting rifle. This video explains it much better than I could.

He then goes on to change a mini-14 “hunting” rifle into a scary “assault” rifle in seconds.

Armed Canadian has a well written post explaining the different to an anti-gunner.

A very interesting video about the AK’s 60th anniversary. I like the following quote from the video

“If it has given some countries the opportunity to gain freedom then it is a useful thing” - Kalishnikov

It covers the history and current events such as the Russian crackdown on foreign AK manufactures including the US clones.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Includes an interesting interview with an associate of the infamous arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Hat Tip: Defense Tech

This video quite funny. Click the link, I cannot embed it:

100rd stage shot with the M-60E3

Last week the East Texas Rifle and Pistol Club had a machine gun shoot. Here is a video of the shoot. It has all the usual suspects: MP5, AR-15, MAC-10 etc. as well as a comparision of a unsuppressed and a Gemtech G5 suppressed AR-15.

This poster features the Accuracy International AS50 .50 BMG rifle.

It makes a great wallpaper for your desktop. Click the image to enlarge it.

Here is a video of the rifle from ‘Future Weapons’ with some nice slow motion shots

I am going to try and feature one poster per week on this blog.

Izhevsk Mechanical Works is a Russian arms and vehicle manufacturer founded in 1807 by Tsar Alexander I.

Below are some of their firearm promotional videos. I enjoy watching and reading military promotional material which are usually designed to entice the buyer to purchase millions of dollars worth of goods, rather than consumer marketing trying to entice you to try another type of tooth paste.

The first video is about the AK, Dragunov and Bizon firearms. The second is about the Saiga-12 shotguns. These video are also available on the Izhevsk website here.