Maxim Silencer brochure
Andy @ AAC has posted scans of a Maxim Silencer brochure. The prices range from $5 for a .22 suppressor to $9.50 for a high powered rifle caliber suppressor. Click to expand. View the rest of the brochure here.
Category: NFA / Suppressors / Class III
Skorpion photos
Photos of the Skorpion submachine gun were posted at MP.net. I thought I would post some of them here. It is interesting to see the short 10 round magazine being used in the field. I had always assumed they were only used by police when using the Skorpion as a [Read More…]
Suppressed .50 photo
What is cooler than a .50 BMG? A suppressed .50 BMG 🙂 I found this photo on the Advanced Armament website. Click to expand The Cyclops Suppressor
Custom Pakistani SMGs
Interesting. Looks a bit like it could be an MP5 clone. H/T: MP.net
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…]
Suppressed 7mm/404
I spotted this rifle over at longrangehunting.com. Is it anti-air artillery or a deer rifle? 😀 Built by a New Zealander … they sure know how to build a cool rifle. Click to expand the photos Beautiful scenery The rifle has a custom suppressor with a muzzle [Read More…]
Optics for carbines and SBRs
Zak has written a very interesting article on “Fighting Optics for the AR-15”. He focuses on M4 type rifles and SBRs (Short barreled rifles). Now that optics have come of age on fighting rifles, one of the most compelling reasons to have a longer barrel has [Read More…]
Type 79 submachine gun
I just really like the design. Simple and functional. It looks like it should fire something more powerful than the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. SinoDefense: The Type 79 submachine gun is more or less patterned after the Type 56 (AK-47) assault rifle. It uses gas-operated, rotary [Read More…]
Phoenix Machine rifle actions now in production
After the very successful launch at the 2008 SHOT Show, Phoenix Machine Technology is currently filling orders for bolt action receivers. Some of the finest custom gun manufacturers in the country are already building rifles with Phoenix Machine actions. The first [Read More…]
US Army looking for lighter .50 machine gun
The U.S. Army and Special Operations Command are stepping up efforts to procure a lighter, modernized .50-caliber machine gun more easily transported than the standard 85-pound M2. The goal is not to replace the M2, a combat fixture for 70 years, but to augment the [Read More…]
Shooting Clays … with bigger guns and bigger clays
Hat Tip Traction Control
The Weapons and Tactics keeping the Olympics safe
Snow Wolf Commando Unit (Beijing Special Police) are premier Chinese SWAT unit and will be the behind the scenes at the Olympics. The QBZ-95 rifle Type 79 SMG (7.62x25mm) If is interesting to see the Type 79. Gun.ru: Type 79 submachine gun is rather unusual for its [Read More…]
minigun chops down tree
The mythbusters use a 7.62mm Dillon M134D minigun to chop down a tree in 45 seconds. From Dillon Aero The Dillon M134D Gatling Gun is the finest small caliber, defense suppression weapon available. It is a six barreled, electrically driven machine gun chambered in [Read More…]
Beautiful short barrel shotgun
Steve over at Subguns.com posted photos of his side by side 12 guage SBS. Started out as a project last fall. Bought a Remington Spartan Gun Works side by side 12ga w/external hammers (love those). Posted here about who was good for converting as an SBS. Got an e-mail [Read More…]
Muzzle break suppresor adapter
Wodger Wabit over at RFC machined a suppressor adapter for a Volquartsen carbon-fibre wrapped barrel threaded for a .22 muzzle break so that both can be used. Neither the suppressor nor the muzzle break need to be modified. Very cool. The muzzle break and the threaded [Read More…]
MP5K briefcase guns found in Iraq
Murdoc @ GunPundit found a photo of 3rd Infantry Division troops examining a pile of H&K MP5K briefcase guns presumably in Iraq. I have always thought this type of gun would appeal to tin pot dictators like Saddam. Why not just conceal the MP5K under a coat and then [Read More…]
VLTOR PKM in mass production
VLTOR are now mass producing their full and semi-auto PKM receivers. They selling PKMs built with their receiver and imported parts kits. Apparently their receivers are better than the original PKM receiver. Obviously the full auto receiver will not be sold to the [Read More…]
Silencer Shootout
Silencer Research has posted an impressive comparison of 19 different .22lr suppressors. These tests were conducted on January 5, 2008 using 19 silencers from various manufacturers around the country. Some of the best silencers in the world were measured in this test. [Read More…]
FAL Noise Suppressed vs. Unsuppressed
An interesting comparison between a suppressed .308 FAL vs. an Unsuppressed FAL. The unsuppressed shot comes right at the end of the video. They were using a AAC Cyclone 7.62MM Suppressor: The CYCLONE is a thread-mounting silencer for 7.62mm bolt action and [Read More…]
Machine gun shooting down RC Plane
Now this looks like fun 🙂 A machine gunner at the Northern Arizona Machine Gun Shoot 2003 shoots down an RC plane.
Weatherby Orion D‘Italia SBS
New for 2008 Weatherby’s Newest Side-by-Side Shotgun: Orion D’Italia SBS: Specs: Weatherby’s “flying W” engraved on the triggerguard. Gold trigger. Engraved silver frame. Barrels with automatic ejectors to discharge only spent shells when [Read More…]
MP5SD Photo
I came across a cool photo of an MP5SD with mini-uzi type stock. Click to expand image. Hat Tip: MilitaryPhotos.net
The BAR
New Jovian Thunderbolt has written about his past love for the BAR (M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle) The BAR was always my dream gun. Or it was. Back when I knew nothing and only looked at capabilities on paper, and then not looking TOO closely. I have loved the look of [Read More…]
Quiet Shotgun
How far would you go to enjoy 12 gauge shot gunning without disturbing the neighbors? Wendell Diller has invented a lightweight shotgun barrel extension that is about 5 feet long! When Sean Coffey’s honker call pulled a flock of geese within range, paraplegic Dave [Read More…]
Engraved MP5
This photo has been floating around the internet for quite a long time. I recently saw in on BoingBoing. This little engraved MP5K is a machinenpistol produced in 1976, “designed at the request of HK South American sales rep, who saw a market for dignitary [Read More…]
TDI KRISS Super V XSMG .45 ACP Submachine Gun
Defense Review have tried out the soon to be released TDI KRISS Super V XSMG .45 ACP Submachine gun. The gun has a very interesting design which makes it more controllable in full auto. They say it is a modern Thompson submachine gun and will compete with the H&K [Read More…]
New Advanced Armament suppressors
This video from SHOT Show 2007 shows Advanced Armament’s new suppressors. Including a quick release suppressor designed for the SCAR-L, the quietest .45 pistol suppressor (or so they claim), a new AR-15 and .22 suppressor.
Gamo Whisper Suppressor is legal
From B.B. Pelletier: a class three dealer examined it and said in his opinion it could not be removed and attached to a firearm with success. Gamo has taken pains to make the outer case tapered front-to-rear, plus they have molded two huge flutes into the side of the [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…]
Katana vs. M2 .50 BMG Machine Gun
This video is great! It shows a Japanese katana sword being shot at by an M2. See what .50 caliber FMJ bullets do to a steel sword!