History Channel is now casting for season 2 of the hit show Top Shot! If you are skilled with a pistol, rifle or any other firearm, you could win $100,000 in prizes on season 2 of History Channel’s hit competition show TOP SHOT. Producers are looking for anyone with [Read More…]
I recently blogged about the attitude expressed by Mainland Chinese towards gun ownership. I was pleased to learn that Hong Kong has a number of gun clubs. They can apparently own semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns. One of their clubs, The Swiss Rifle [Read More…]
chinaSMACK.com has an interesting blog post about the reaction of Chinese internet users’ to an article about guns sales at Walmart. Many of the comments are quite reasonable. One response was … I’d like to ask the lou zhu a question. It may be very naive [Read More…]
Eight experts weigh in on the shooting “tip” they think is the worst.
Might be useful if you ran out of regular ammo 🙂 Citizen Times has the story about this contraption. [ Many thanks to Fred for emailing me the link. ]
Wes decided to shoot and burn his old iPhone. For the record, I would prefer you gave me your old iPhone rather than burning it 😉
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know about the McDonald victory. I would be remiss not to mention it on the blog because although it is political in nature, the decision will have significant impact on the future of gun culture and the gun industry. I [Read More…]
Manzano Valley Outdoors has just published a set of very interesting articles written by Bob Shell. Topics include “Shot Loads for Rifled Firearms”, “Making Blank Ammunition” and “Shooting the Broomhandle”.
From the Navy press release ( 5/29/2010 )… WASHINGTON (NNS) — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), with support from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, for the second time successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed a threat representative [Read More…]
I am back blogging (obviously). I will need some time to get through the 100 emails I received in my absence …
I have to take a week off from blogging. I will return on Monday or Tuesday next week. Work is killing me and I have some tight deadlines coming up fast.
Practice shooting of Pandur wheeled armored personnel carriers took place on Friday 4 June 2010 at Kišnica shooting range in Kosovo, in the area of responsibility of the Swedish contingent. [Hat Tip: mj78 @ MP.net ]
These men were veterinarians who are armed with a tranquilizer gun. [ Many thanks to Paulo for emailing me the images. ]
This is why I only ever use an Apple Authorized Service Provider to fix my laptop. Read about the guns used over at the Guns and Ammo blog.
The 30,000th comment was posted today by a reader named Thomas! This works out to an average rate of 12.8 comments per blog post.
The first episode of History’s Top Show is on Hulu. It can also be watched below. [ Many thanks to Daniel for emailing me the link. ]
I am still having to work late. Hopefully I will be able to resume regular posting tomorrow or Monday week.
Apparently, and the story appears to be true, a solider tried to fix his machine gun by banging in a pin using a loose .50 BMG round … Read about it here [ WARNING. VERY GRAPHIC PHOTO ] UPDATE: Could be a fake. See this comment posted by Molon. [ Many thanks to [Read More…]
Stay tuned …
May their sacrifice never be forgotten.
The video I uploaded of the futuristic German shooting range made it onto the YouTube homepage for a brief period of time! So far is has been watched 137,000+ times! This is why I blog. Tens of thousands of people whose only exposure to shooting “ranges” was [Read More…]
Switzerland has introduced an awesome stamp celebrating the very popular annual federal shooting competition. The middle of the target has a tiny hole 🙂 I love it. UPDATE: These stamps can be bought for 20 Swiss Francs (about $17). Shipping worldwide is free! The [Read More…]
History’s new reality series “Top Shot” debuts on Sunday, June 6th at 10pm (EST). One of the contestants is my fellow gun blogger Caleb Giddings who blogs at Gun Nuts Media. I am really looking forward to watching it. Caleb has blogged about the show.
Microtech’s new QD Navy Seals Scarab automatic knife is a very impressive. It is designed to open underwater, as demonstrated by this video … I was just about to buy one when I saw the price. Hollow Grind have it listed for $590!!!
From the press release … BAE Systems, along with partner General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, delivered to the U.S. Navy the first automated magazine for the 155-mm Advanced Gun System (AGS) being developed for the DDG 1000 (Zumwalt) Destroyer [Read More…]
Ladies and Gentlemen. The Firearm Blog needs you. I am trying to recruit at least 100 readers for The Firearm Blog Squad. All thats required of you is a few minutes a day for the next couple of weeks on a couple of social media websites. This is an experiment in trying [Read More…]
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This is an updated and high quality version of a video I posted some years ago. Well worth watching … if only to see 7.62x39mm rounds loaded using a hammer! [ Many thanks to OVERZERO for emailing me the link. ]
[ Many thanks to Tyler for emailing me the link. ] [Hat Tip: MacWorld]
Somebody get this kid a lathe and milling machine. Imagine what he could do! [ Many thanks to Thomas for emailing me the link. ]
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