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cyclist’s gun
James has an interesting post on cyclist’s guns which were used by cyclist’s to keep dogs at bay back in the late 1800s. Well worth a read.
Archive: April, 2008
Neck Chain Holster
An interesting holster made by Stellar Rigs: These were announced by the manufacturer on rec.guns recently: Our Kel-Tec neck chain concealment rigs were developed originally for LEOs to carry the back up gun under their vests. Over time a number of “civilian [Read More…]
The Browning Hi Power for defense
Gunner’s Journal has a very in depth post about the Hi Power pistol. Highly recommended. Browning Hi Power Mk III As much I as I like these handsome pistols for informal target work, small game hunting, or just knocking around in the woods, their original purpose was [Read More…]
Enfield rifle with water trigger system
Click to enlarge This Enfield would fire when enough water dripped (along the wire, I think) from the top can into the bottom can. It was used by the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli (WWI) to make the Turkish forces think they were still in the trenches while they were [Read More…]
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NCIS upgrading to SIG SAUER .40 S&W P229 and P239 pistols
NCIS contract calls for over 2,000 pistols to replace the aging fleet of refurbished M11 (SIG P228) pistols purchased more than 15 years ago. The contract represents the first “new” pistol procurement for NCIS agents since the agency’s inception. The [Read More…]
South African dockers are refusing to unload Chinese ammo and RPGs
If you have been following this blog you know the Chinese have been in the news recently. A Chinese ship carrying 3 million rounds of 7.62x39mm and 1500 RPG rounds destined for land locked Zimbabwe tried to offload in the South African port of Durban. Robert [Read More…]
Russian President-elect with gun like thing
President-Elect Dmitry Medvedev visited the Dubna Institute for Nuclear Research yesterday: It has all the aesthetics of Russian pistols 🙂 I wonder what that is. I first saw the image here. Confirmed it was not a fake here.
Gunpundit interviews Kyle Cassidy
Murdoc, of Gunpundit, interview Kyle Cassidy author of “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes” Very interesting. Read it here.
Double barrel phone zip gun
I was emailed this. It apparently was made in New Zealand but I do not have any other information. It uses a conventional zip gun design: a bolt in a tube with a threaded barrel. What makes it interesting is that it looks like both barrels can be fired at once by [Read More…]
Powder Burn Rate Chart
I came across this chart showing over 260 powders form 15 different manufacturers. The chart of relative quickness of powders below is intended as a guideline only. Powders within three lines of one another are similar in relative quickness but cannot be directly [Read More…]
Tibetan monks “hording” arms says Chinese
The Chinese reported that Tibetan monks have been hoarding vast quantities of arms … “In the past two days, local police found three rifles, 571 bullets, 10kg of dynamite, five detonators and 38 satellite receivers in 11 key monasteries in Jone and Xiahe [Read More…]
Italian gangsters did not watch Lord of War
Italian police caught gangsters trying to purchase half a million AK-47s from Norinco (the Chinese state arms exporter) on behalf of a Libyan. Apparently they were only purchasing 10 million round of ammo. Thats 50 20 rounds per gun – less than two one magazines [Read More…]
Beware of SWHC
Market Watch has listed SWHC (S&W) as … “misleading earnings,” a situation where a company appears to have growing profits but where statements and footnotes in filings shows that the real bottom line is falling. Beware. .
1882 Madsen machine gun finally retired
James reported on this last week, but I thought I should mention it: From Strategypage.com: The world’s first light machine-gun, the Danish Madsen has finally been retired from service after over a century of use. The State Police of the Brazilian state of Rio De [Read More…]
Gardening Tips for gun owners
Very funny. From the British TV show Top Gear.
20mm Rounds
Idiot has been reloading 20mm vulcan projectiles in 20x138b brass to fire from his Lahti cannon. 20mm vulcan projectile vs. .308! Lahti L-39 … Idiot is one brave man More photos here and here
Ruger Recalls SR9 Pistols
SOUTHPORT, Conn. (AP) — Firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. said Wednesday it is recalling Ruger SR9 pistols made between October 2007 and this month because of a safety defect. The company said the guns could fire if dropped with the safeties in the [Read More…]
.45 cal homemade derringer.
Reader Joe kindly sent through photos of his .45 cal Philadelphia derringer made from a kit I blogged about some time ago. It looks great! Here are four pics of the derringer I built in 1978 at age 19. I colored the wood by staining with a Minwax walnut and then [Read More…]
Accurate Slug Shooting Made Easy
[ This guest post was written by Michigan Slugger ] After 20 years of shooting about every brand of sabot slug out there, our group of four has 2 favorite slugs we shoot. So far the best we have found for accuracy and power with our 12 ga. slug guns is the Winchester [Read More…]