The Borchardt C-93 is a fascinating firearm. It is said to be the first semi-automatic pistol that was mass produced. Different sources give different numbers for how many were produced, but none that I have seen give a number greater than 3,000. A reader emailed us [Read More…]
Troops in the People’s Liberation Army’s Hong Kong Garrison have been spotted with the improved Norinco Type 95-1 rifle. The Type 95-1, first unveiled in 2010, features a better constructed and more ergonomic stock and improved fire controls. It does away [Read More…]
The cover album of Life Cycles from metalcore band The World Alive shows a medicine tablet bottle containing a small-caliber handgun rounds. I think an oversized faux medicine bottle, or even a tablet box with rounds packaged in aluminum foil blister packs, would make [Read More…]
Apparently Walther was not making a lot of money for S&W. My good friend Richard at Guns Holsters & Gear reports … Debney said that Walther is a “…shrinking piece of business,” and that the Walther line has “…lower gross margin[s].” In other [Read More…]
Wilson Combat is now selling AR-15 upper receivers chambered in the .458 SOCOM. If you have an elephant problem, this is the gun for you. The uppers start at $1,295.
Short Barrel: Yes, 7.62x51mm : Yes, Full Auto: Yes, Belt Fed: Yes. I have always loved fully automatic battle rifles, especially the compact HK51. More photos from the Leipers Fork Firearms machine gun shoot here.
Tops Knifes is selling a “Picatinny Compatible Weapon System” called the BattleBlade WOLFHAWK HP. The Wolfhawk’s sheath can attach to any picatinny rail. The knife has a 3 1/4″ long blade. The total weight of knife, sheath and rail mount is 5.2 [Read More…]
The USMC is running experiments to see how well Marines can perform certain tasks, including shooting, whilst sea sick during an amphibious assult. Marine Times reports … Can you fire your rifle while puking? Inquiring minds at the Naval Surface Warfare Center [Read More…]
Jordan, Jesse, Go!, a Canadian comedy podcast (correct me if I am wrong, I never heard of them before), launched a IndieGoGo (Kickstarter-like site) project to raise funds to buy Canadian Pentathlon competitor Donna Vakalis a laser gun for the 2012 Olympic games. In [Read More…]
In a badly translated press release, the Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Industry says the country is not abandoning the Azerbaijan Khazri AK… “Azerbaijan doesn’t intend to abandon the usage of AK-74 automatic submachine gun and plans to produce [Read More…]
[ Written by Nathan B ] When I first saw the announcement of the MagPod, the thought that ran through my head was, “Oh great, another gimmick product for the AR that won’t really provide much benefit.” Recently, I got the chance to put that thought under fire, so [Read More…]
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