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[ I am pleased to present the first post in the series of guest posts that will run for the next couple of weeks. This post was written by Aaron Spuler. Aaron also wrote the Kel-Tec PF-9 Review guest post. ]

This was an old IBM T41 (15" screen) that my brother had. It started having blue screen errors and then whenever it connected to the internet, it immediately shut down (sort of like if it didn't have a battery and the power cord was yanked out of the wall). So a friend and I decided to 'fix' it on Saturday. We used a combination of 22LR, 380ACP, 9mm, and 45ACP pistols. The range to the target was 45 feet. Yeehaw.

I put three rounds of 380ACP through the screen at 45 feet...

If you look closely at the top left and top right corners, you can still see the Windows desktop...

We then took out the battery and really started to pound on it...

Then we laid it on its back and took some shots at the bottom...

A view of the back of the screen...

We threw some 22LR into the mix...

At the end of the two hour shooting session...

No wonder it would shut off when connecting to the internet -- it had a faulty network card...

The mouse touchpad doesn't seem like it will be working again anytime soon...

Good luck typing anything on this keyboard...

A close-up of the bottom...

And one of the top...

I made a couple of additions and one alteration to Joe's Journalists Guide to Firearm Identification.

Guides like this should be regularly updated with the latest terminology. When they are not updated you get journalists writing nonsense, like we saw yesterday on The Firearm Blog.

The 5.7mm Xpress (left)

Yes, it is a joke If it were fired the force would likely rip the copper jacket from the lead, disintegrating the bullet.

Hat Tip: Say Uncle

This animated GIF gave me a really good laugh. Sven says it is from a 1990’s 1980’s South African comedy.

Thanks to Sven for sending it through.

I rarely watch The Daily Show but I got a good laugh from this video. The biggest joke of course is that its all true.

Much better than The Onion’s take on guns.

Thanks to Sven for the link.

Now that you know there is no need for me to pretend otherwise From ZombieTargets.com.

Thanks to Sean for sending me the link.

CMMG is selling Tacti-cool Tactical Bacon …

New from CMMG! Its Tactical Bacon in a can. Fully cooked and fully prepared. 10+ year shelf life. Perfect for camping, hunting, zombie standoffs, end of the world scenarios etc. Don’t be caught without Tac Bac!

I think they have been reading Breda’s blog

It can be bought for $12.50 from the CMMG online store (scroll down). Don’t you think “Black Rifle Bacon” would have been a better name?

…. literally

Post at MP.net

Okay, so we were out on a mission yesterday to provide security/overwatch for a team to do an audit/inspection of a civilian demining company clearing land mines in the Stan.

We get there and are in our vehicles covering the roads for about a half hour. I am sending messages back and forth with my bro who is the TC (Truck Commander) of the vehicle to my rear.

He said he had to poo. I told him he is ****ed because we will be here for another few hours, and he cant get out of the truck because of the mines.

He said he was going to look around in the back for an ammo can.

I thought he was joking.

I told him his truck crew was going to hate him for life…

heh heh

The infamous fake news / satire website The Onion have made a video entitled “Manufacturer Recalls Hollow Point Bullets That Fail To Explode Inside Targets”.

It is pretty funny, even though it is making fun of us and that they do not know the difference between handgun and rifle ammo.

Thanks to David for the link.

You get truffle sniffing dogs, deer sniffing dogs and drug sniffing dogs, it only makes sense that we would end up with a tactical magazine sniffing dog. Perfect to find those lost magazines and brass This photo was taken two weeks ago.

© Crown Copyright/MOD 2009 (UK Ministry of Defense Image Database)

An Arms and Explosives Search Labrador Dog of 101 Military Working Dogs (MWD) Support Unit, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) is shown sniffing out some ammunition.

The Mossy Oak Obsession camouflage design that is often used on rifles and shotguns has been licensed to Style Crest for use on exterior cladding. Your house can now match your rifle

Stabley Outdoors has more info.

In other news, Behr are offering an evil back rifle paint. Now your exterior and interior can match your AR-15.

Photo from Luminous Landscape

The Assault Paint line is likely to be banned in the near future so buy it now! ( That was just a joke, sometimes people don’t get em )

Seen over at GunPundit:

Click to expand. Comic Strip from Dilbert.com

heh

… they wouldn’t be an endangered species.

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Seen at WAFF Forum.