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Archive: November, 2007
Taiwan replenishing US 5.56 ammunition stocks
Taiwan is to ship one billion 5.56mm bullets to the US over the next five years. Interesting. 62 grains x 1 billion = 4017.53 tonnes of lead and copper being shipped approx. 7000 miles to the US then flown(?) another 7000 miles to the middle east! I bet China is not [Read More…]
So your AK won’t hit the broadside of a barn from the inside
A classic post by ‘dstorm1911’ over at Surplus Rifle Forum Folks due to members on another forum going on bout how the AK is a spray and pray rifle at best etc… or theirs won’t hit accurately because its got a wore out bore or the trigger is crap [Read More…]
Alien Invasion: Riot control, Georgian style
The president of the republic of Georgia declared a state of emergency Wednesday night, after riot police officers used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to clear thousands of demonstrators from the streets. Check out these ‘riot police officers’: If [Read More…]
Been very busy
I have been very busy which is why I have been posting so lightly. I will be getting back into the blogging in the next few days!
What is a free-bore?
I came across a forum posting by ‘RSE Custom Guns’ explaining what a free-bore is: Free bore is just that, it is the area ahead of the bullet ogive in a rifle barrel to which there is no rifling, once the cartridge is fired the bullet travels freely in the [Read More…]
Malaysia licensed to make M4 carbines
Malaysia is apparently switching from Steyr rifles to Colt M4 Carbines. The Deputy Prime Minister has said a Malaysian company, SME Ordnance (SMEO), has a license to manufacture the M4 for use locally and possibly for export in the future. “We took this decision [Read More…]
AM15 Full Auto .22LR M16 Upper Receiver with 220 round drum!
This Is Awesome! AM15 full auto UPPER RECEIVER allows you to shoot slightly modified.22LR American 180 drums, in either 165 round, 220 round or 275 round capacity, on your M16 host receiver. The full auto AM15 upper receiver conversion is a BATF APPROVED OPEN BOLT .22LR [Read More…]
1911 Pistol Animation
I had been meaning to blog about this animation for quite a while and was reminded of it by Traction Control. The animation, by STI International, shows a M1911 pistol firing a round. Various parts can be hidden such as the slide, frame, magazine etc. so you can easily [Read More…]
M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System Photos and Video
The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System is a straight pull bolt action shotgun that can be used standalone or fitted to an M16 or M4. It is designed to fire lethal, non-lethal and breaching rounds. Military.com were not fond of the action when they recently tried it: [Read More…]
Deer Bait
Deer like pumpkin 🙂 From Kit John and I went hunting two days ago and saw ONE deer. This morning on one four mile stretch of road in town, I counted 14 does and 1 buck. Clearly we just need to go out into our own yards to fill our tickets. I dunno whose yard [Read More…]
Gun Buyback Program issues IOUs
Springfield, IL, has just overspent by $40,000 on their gun buyback program. Funds are to come out of community development and drug forfeiture. Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin admitted that he had only expected the event to take in 100 guns, so they had to issue IOU cards [Read More…]