Xavier has written an excellent post about teaching people to shoot. When a person asks me to teach a them how to shoot, the first step is that I require them to memorize the Four Rules. This request performs two functions. First, it gives them the minimum knowledge [Read More…]
A friend sent me a link to wordle.net. I used it to create a cool word picture from tags I have used on the blog. Pretty cool. Click to expand
I got a really good laugh from these photos. The caption is: Iraqi soldiers display confiscated weapons and ammunition at a Military base in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, 08 September 2008, following a military operation in the outskirts of the city Now look at [Read More…]
You may have been wondering why your comments on the blog were not being approved. There was a major problem on the server that was affecting the site and the blog’s database. It is now fixed and all comments posted are now “live”. If you ever notice [Read More…]
I got a good laugh from the comment by Jim on The Gun Nut’s blog The vast majority of American hunters/shooters couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn @ 100 yards offhand, yet we set our guns up (even slug guns and muzzleloaders) with scopes the size of the [Read More…]
I received an email from a company called ActionAirgun. They are running a game which starts later this month. What do you do when you love shooting, but live in a climate where you can only shoot outdoors (comfortably) a couple months of the year? You start a new [Read More…]
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Rachel Papo photographed IDF woman as as part of her masters thesis project. It is very well done. Just about every photo features an M16. So I am justified in blogging it 😉 More here.
Mr. Completely posted this video last week, and I forgot to post it here. This would definitely make Dogmatix cry.
Gunpundit has spotted photos of the Veritas Mark IV in Denver. The Veritas Mark IV is a paintball/airgun gun that shoots .68 Caliber paintballs filled with a pepper spray type substance. The gun is patterned after and the same size as the M and accepts most AR-15 [Read More…]
The blogger who blogs at THEATRUM BELLI, a french blog, has put together a very good flicker photoset with over 600 photos. Well worth checking out. There are a few interesting photos of the Abkhazians militia. Checkout the camo. Abkhazian paramilitaries are seen at a [Read More…]
The blog has been moved to the new server. The server is a VPS (Virtual Private Server) which requires the entire server be setup by manually. There is a good chance I have forgot to configure something. I would appreciate an email if you find anything not working. I do [Read More…]
I will be moving the blog to another server over the next few days. There will probably be some downtime.
James found a webpage showing the wooden replicas made by Robert A. Talbot. They are amazing. They are made to scale and “work” like the real thing. The only parts not made of wood appear to be parts that would be too weak. Here are some photos of the [Read More…]
A new gun blogger: A few months ago the bug finally bit me and I love it! My husband was thrilled and bought me a Glock 17. I decided to blog about my entry into the gun culture and start shooting IDPA competitively (wow, I suck). You can check out my blog at [Read More…]
PCPs run on air, but the hospital employee had access to tanks of oxygen. Oxygen is like air, isn’t it? The result: a blow torch 😀 Lots more accidents here.
A military/guns themed eatery in Lebanon called Buns and Guns Photo from LA Times Blog The slogan of the restaurant — “Sandwiches Can Kill You” — is displayed at the entrance with the photo of a hamburger with a pistol sticking between the buns. … The [Read More…]
DoubleTapper describes the latest wedding he attended … I sat at my assigned table with 9 other guys. Of the 10 of us, there were 3 Glocks, 1 Sig, and 2 S&W’s. It was a little weird until I realized that 3 of the guys were under 21, and 2 were still in [Read More…]
A collection of the classics H/T: Gizmodo
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Very busy at the moment.
Suppressor maker Advanced Armament Corp now have a company blog. Go check it out. AAC Rimfire Suppressor. I hope more and more businesses in the firearm industry start blogging and actively join in the gun blogging community.
Their sacrifice for our freedom (Photo “Tomb of the Unknowns”, Smithstonian Institute)
JR (A Keyboard and a .45) has built a nano-mortar. A beautiful design. Nano artillery at its finest! 1″ long and 0.710″ high. More photos here.
Have a look for yourself here. It must be an optical illusion, everyone knows there are no handguns in Chicago 🙂 Hat Tip: Murdoc Online UPDATE: I have decided to post the photo here is case google remove it. Click to expand UPDATE: They removed it.
I am sure you have heard of MetalStorm, the Australian electronically fired stacked projectile artillery system. Now there is the DataStorm. It is a full auto system that uses surplus floppy disks for ammo. I want one! (The first 1/4 of the video is boring)
An interesting alternative to pepper spray. Sticks to the attacker and has longer range. They claim it is more effective than tasers (which can’t be hard). Click to expand Hat Tip: Gizmodo
The Economist has a nice graph showing firearm ownership throughout the world. Click here for the high res version.
“It took a company obsessed with light transmission to come up with an idea this good” says Leupold. The MX Modular Flashlight system allows you to combine 4 different bezels (heads) with two different sized main tubes (2 cell or 3 cell) and although there [Read More…]
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