The N-Strike Stampede Blaster is fully automatic, is magazine fed, has a foregrip bipod and is probably illegal in California 😉 Gizmodo report it will go on sale in September for $50. [ Many thanks to Fred and Rolf for emailing me the link. ]
The Freedom Group is now using my blog to advertise Remington products. This will not effect my coverage of The Freedom Group or their competitors. I cover all firearms manufacturers with equal enthusiasm. It is great to have the biggest player in the industry seeing [Read More…]
History Channel is now casting for season 2 of the hit show Top Shot! If you are skilled with a pistol, rifle or any other firearm, you could win $100,000 in prizes on season 2 of History Channel’s hit competition show TOP SHOT. Producers are looking for anyone with [Read More…]
I recently blogged about the attitude expressed by Mainland Chinese towards gun ownership. I was pleased to learn that Hong Kong has a number of gun clubs. They can apparently own semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns. One of their clubs, The Swiss Rifle [Read More…]
The journalists at China’s Peoples Daily appear to be even less informed about guns than your average American journalist. Yesterday they reported that the Taliban were training monkeys to operate AK-47 rifles and Bren light machine guns. Recently, a British [Read More…]
Liquid armor has been in the news quite a few times over the past couple of years. It looks like the technology is progressing nicely. BBC News reports … The BAE scientists describe it as “bullet-proof custard”. … “In standard bullet-proof [Read More…]
Might be useful if you ran out of regular ammo 🙂 Citizen Times has the story about this contraption. [ Many thanks to Fred for emailing me the link. ]
Wes decided to shoot and burn his old iPhone. For the record, I would prefer you gave me your old iPhone rather than burning it 😉
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know about the McDonald victory. I would be remiss not to mention it on the blog because although it is political in nature, the decision will have significant impact on the future of gun culture and the gun industry. I [Read More…]
Manzano Valley Outdoors has just published a set of very interesting articles written by Bob Shell. Topics include “Shot Loads for Rifled Firearms”, “Making Blank Ammunition” and “Shooting the Broomhandle”.
Celebrated science fiction author Philip K. Dick published Project Plowshare as a serial between November 1965 and January 1966. The story, later expanded into the novel Zap Gun, is set in a world where seemingly deadly new weapons are “plowshared” into [Read More…]
I am back blogging (obviously). I will need some time to get through the 100 emails I received in my absence …
I have to take a week off from blogging. I will return on Monday or Tuesday next week. Work is killing me and I have some tight deadlines coming up fast.
The 30,000th comment was posted today by a reader named Thomas! This works out to an average rate of 12.8 comments per blog post.
The first episode of History’s Top Show is on Hulu. It can also be watched below. [ Many thanks to Daniel for emailing me the link. ]
I am still having to work late. Hopefully I will be able to resume regular posting tomorrow or Monday week.
Stay tuned …
The video I uploaded of the futuristic German shooting range made it onto the YouTube homepage for a brief period of time! So far is has been watched 137,000+ times! This is why I blog. Tens of thousands of people whose only exposure to shooting “ranges” was [Read More…]
Switzerland has introduced an awesome stamp celebrating the very popular annual federal shooting competition. The middle of the target has a tiny hole 🙂 I love it. UPDATE: These stamps can be bought for 20 Swiss Francs (about $17). Shipping worldwide is free! The [Read More…]
The Journal Sentinel has posted an article about the growth of shooting sports … According to a study conducted by Responsive Management, 34.4 million Americans went target shooting in 2009. For comparison, 28.6 million Americans golfed (a minimum of one round) in [Read More…]
History’s new reality series “Top Shot” debuts on Sunday, June 6th at 10pm (EST). One of the contestants is my fellow gun blogger Caleb Giddings who blogs at Gun Nuts Media. I am really looking forward to watching it. Caleb has blogged about the show.
Microtech’s new QD Navy Seals Scarab automatic knife is a very impressive. It is designed to open underwater, as demonstrated by this video … I was just about to buy one when I saw the price. Hollow Grind have it listed for $590!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen. The Firearm Blog needs you. I am trying to recruit at least 100 readers for The Firearm Blog Squad. All thats required of you is a few minutes a day for the next couple of weeks on a couple of social media websites. This is an experiment in trying [Read More…]
Tam on Dry Firing (emphasis added) … As a matter of fact, my daily routine over a period of several years was to dry-fire my pocket J-frame, at first a 442 and then a 432, fifty times as rapidly as possible with each hand and then, while my fingers were good and [Read More…]
This nifty infographic-style gun safety poster was designed by David Seah. A link to the fullsize PDF is here. [Hat Tip: The Real Edwin]
[ Many thanks to Tyler for emailing me the link. ] [Hat Tip: MacWorld]
Somebody get this kid a lathe and milling machine. Imagine what he could do! [ Many thanks to Thomas for emailing me the link. ]
Brando.com are selling a cheap red dot sight and adapter to attach it to a camera’s hot shoe (flash) mount. I very much dislike this trend of attaching gun parts to cameras. It is going to one day end in disaster. [ Many thanks to David for emailing me the link. ]
Austin Precision Products, now LaRue Tactical, made 1911 parts back in the 90s. Daniel E Watters says … Given some of the features like the EDM wire cut breechface, one suspects that he had been supplying parts for other Texas firms whose initials might include [Read More…]
James discusses cleaning guns. Part 1. Part 2. I think, at least for new shooters, the additional cost of cleaning equipment over and above the cost and the gun and ammunition is probably the number one reason good guns get destroyed.
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