World’s Deadliest Waterguns
I suppose these are ‘less than lethal’ guns. Just a big of fun: Hat Tip: Danger Room
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Zanotti Take-Down Safe
AccurateShooter have written about the Zanotti Take-Down Safe. I think it is a great concept. I may get one myself! Zanotti Armor offers safes that are ideal for gun owners who need to move frequently or who live in a location where it is difficult, if not impossible, [Read More…]
Reply to an anti-gunner
Yuri’s humorous reply to an anti here.
Yahoo, Microsoft and Google do not allow gun blog advertising
Microsoft Ad Center does not allow advertising that promotes firearms: Advertising that promotes firearms or weapons of any kind is not allowed. Neither does yahoo: We will not show results on pages that contain problematic content, including but not limited to: [Read More…]
Microsoft Gun Club
I was not aware that Microsoft employees had their own gun club until SayUncle pointed it out in a comment on his blog! Apparently they are quite active. In 2000 they donated at least $100,000 to the NRA. Microsoft matched the employee contribution. From The NRA [Read More…]
Google advertises on their own Gun site but not on Gun blogs!
SayUncle recently wrote here and here about how Google refuses to allow Google ads on gun blogs because…. the content of your site is largely focused on firearms, the site is not a good fit for the AdSense program. I just realized that Google itself advertises on [Read More…]
Medieval Archery
I came across a fascinating article discussing medieval archery, specifically the English victory over the French at the battle of Agincourt in 1415 which was won by the English longbow archers. Henry had approximately 5,000 archers at Agincourt, and a stock of about [Read More…]
Optical gun shot locator
RAFAEL is planning on introducing an electro-optical gun shot locator that they claim is able to: initiating threat warning, detection and localization within few seconds from a gunshot, rocket or a missile being launch, well before the threat reaches its target. A few [Read More…]
Knifes, machetes and tomahawk
Dave at the Survival and Emergency Preparedness Blog has written a few new posts A Pair of Victorinox Pioneers My Victorinox Pioneer that I bought in the early 80s has been my favorite EDC pocketknife of late. It’s a good size for pocket carry, has a very useful [Read More…]
Choosing a good knife
Knifes and hunting seem to go together. I have a modest collection of knives for use general DIY and for hunting. Dave Markowitz over at the Survival & Emergency Preparedness blog has an interesting post about choosing a knife for survival. Something evey hunter [Read More…]
Don’t taze me bro!
“Don’t taze me bro!” is all over the internet! Say Uncle claims you can get 1000 extra visitors to your blog if you use the phrase … well, I am trying it out! A university student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered by [Read More…]
The Right to Own a Bazooka
This comic strip by Reason Magazine is brilliant. Well worth a read. Read the whole strip here.
A bloggers experience at a hunter education course
New Jovian Thunderbolt has written about his experiences at a Maryland Hunter Education course. The course is held at an Isaak Walton League chapter and conducted by members of the local club. The instructors were stereotypical hunting types. Clearly not city bred, [Read More…]
Armed America photographer interviewed by Freakonomics author
Freakanomics author Stephen J. Dubner interviews the photographer of Armed America about his encounters with gun owners and their attitudes. Read it here.
Switzerland and the gun
I find gun culture in other countries fascinating. This article on the BBC talks about gun culture in Switzerland. Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture – but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept. The country has a population of six [Read More…]
Air pistols from the 1700’s
The pyramydair blog has a very interesting post about the development air pistols in the 1700’s. Air rifles were scarcely known, and yet these were repeaters! Imagine how much rarer a pistol version of the same gun would have been. Well, such guns do exist. I have [Read More…]
Gun Economics 101: Why we all pay to much
Bitter, on this blog entry, had this to say about my attempt to find out who pays too much for firearms: A) The laws aren’t consistent. If only members of the military and law enforcement can purchase firearms, it’s hardly an open market. B) Culturally, it’s not a [Read More…]
Introduction to Field Target
B.B. Pelletier has just completed a long 6 part series on the air gun sport of Field Target Field target began in Great Britain sometime in the early 1980s. According to the British Field Target Association (BFTA) field target manual, the year was 1981. They say there [Read More…]
Gun Bloggers and gun enthusiasts, I need your help!
Hi Gun bloggers and gun enthusiasts, I am trying to compile a “Global Gun Price Index” to see how the price of firearms compare in different parts of the world. If you are able to help me or have suggestions please feel free to email me. My email address is [Read More…]
UPDATE: BBC: Missile dumped at US gun amnesty
According to the Orlando Sentinel the so called missile launcher was nothing more than a carrying case for an anti-tank weapon. Not exciting after all. Below is a photo of the carrying case:
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BBC: Missile dumped at US gun amnesty
“A man in Florida surprised police by handing in a surface-to-air missile launcher during a gun amnesty in the city of Orlando.” – BBC Very funny! The full article can be read here. The photo below (from Wikipedia.org) is a FIM-43 Redeye which entered [Read More…]
New articles on GunBlast.com
GunBlast.com – the online gun magazine has just posted four new articles: John Wayne 100th Birthday Commemorative Ruger New Vaquero .45 Colt Sixgun by Jeff Quinn He has inspired patriotism when it was sorely lacking in our country. Before we go into the life of [Read More…]
Amazing “Flint lock in operation” photo sequence
The amazing Oleg Volk has produce an amazing photo sequence of a flint lock firearm firing. Click on the thumbnail to view the full sized photo.
eBay restricting gun part sales
eBay has announced they are restricting the sale of all gun parts that it required for firing a gun. Here is the full announcement: In mid-August, we will be updating our Firearms, Weapons and Knives Policy to place more restrictions around gun-related items. Once these [Read More…]