Reader Retiv sent in a photo he found of a Russian soldier posing with his miscellaneous weapons and equipment. Judging by what is present, the soldier is most likely Russian special forces, or spetsnaz. Of the most note is the extremely rare and virtually never [Read More…]
From the Vertx Facebook Page.
Brothers Randy and Michael Gregg have put up a KickStarter project to develop a gun shaped camera to take “kill shots” of game. They are developing this so that people can experience hunting without killing animals. Gizmag.com reports … Not too long [Read More…]
After pistols grips and stocks were adopted by photographers picatinny rails were bound to follow. The camera in the above photo is the Navy’s standard-issue Nikon D700 with a Tactical solutions LLC Nightstalker II Mount coupled with a NVM001 night vision [Read More…]
I was surprised to learn that Bolivian police use the British SA80 assault rifle. This makes Bolivia the only other country aside from the UK and Jamaica to make use of the SA80. The below photo shows members of the now disbanded Bolivian special police Unit for the [Read More…]
I received this cool photo from FNH-USA PR and thought it worth sharing with y’all. The shooter is Ben Voss, a member of the FNH USA Long Range Precision Rifle Team, who is competing in the upcoming Sniper’s Hide competition. The rifle is the FNAR, the [Read More…]
MilPictures.com created this photo of the single shot Steyr HS .50 rifle. Placing cartridges between the knuckles is a technique popular among single shot rifle shooters. You can see a photo of blogger Albert Rasch using the technique with his .416 Rigby chambered Ruger [Read More…]
Shorpy has a very high resolution photo showing the Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield, Massachusetts circa 1908. The below photos is just a thumbnail. Click through to see the full size photo. [ Many thanks to Hudson for emailing me the link. ]
I posted a comment the blog of Guy Sagi, a veteran gun photographer and Editor-in-Chief of Shooting Illustrated, asking him how he took these fantastic gun photos using very nifty colored lighting. Guy was kind enough to respond with a comment and then later a [Read More…]
The T48 was the designation of the FN FAL entered into the competition to replace the M1 Garand. The T44 (later called the M14) won the competition but the Marines appear to have kept their quote of T48 rifles. These have been meticulously photographed by an Australian [Read More…]
Seen at Fat White Man
Too cute not to blog. Seen at Hell in a Handbasket.
This photo, which is purported to be real, shows a Ranger using the 7.62x51mm FN SCAR-H ( MK 17 Mod 0 ). The semi-automatic civilian model is called the FN SCAR 17S and will be on sale early next year. Thanks to jdun1911 and SaysUncle for the link. Hat Tip: AR-15.com
I first wrote about the Remington MSR back in June. This photo, taken at Milipol 2009 expo in Paris, is the first “in the wild” photo I have seen of it. Many thanks to Aurélien for emailing me the photo.
You know someone is serious about shooting when the total cost of their spotting scopes are more than your car. Yep it’s a 6 inch objective and 50x (crazy wide field of view) the other is a WW2 rangefinder that goes out to 20,000 yards! More photos here. By the [Read More…]
Jennifer’s father is an avid rifle, shotgun and bow hunter so she made this appropriately themed cake for his 60th birthday. Num num. Happy Birthday Jen’s dad! Many thanks to Rolf for sending me the photo.
I love this photo. Photo by rondog @ The High Road. Many thanks to Sven for sending me the link.
Many of you have probably seen this revolver before, but I had not. The gigantic wheel gun measures four feet in length! It was build by Ryszard Tobys and was modeled after the Remington Model 1859 revolver. It is 28mm in caliber (1.1″)! Thanks to Sven for the [Read More…]
… other than that the bank robber is holding it like a gangster moron? Tam has the answer.
UPDATE: Looks like the above photo is a photoshop. Thanks to JM for finding the original. These obrez pistols do exist and the bottom photo does appear authentic. Wow! Just when you think you have seen it all, you see a photo of a Mosin Nagant pistol! Go read about it [Read More…]
Click to enlarge There are at least five bullets stuck in that revolver barrel. RugerForum members seem to think is a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 Magnum. The squib loads could have been low powered .38 Special rounds or very badly loaded .357 rounds. That the shooter did [Read More…]
The Rangers were showing off their new SCAR rifles on the weekend. Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, G.A. stand at attention on the infield of the Lowes Motor Speedway as they are honored for their service to the nation during the Coca Cola [Read More…]
I have blogged before about cameras being mounted on rifle stocks. SayUncle found this webpage showing a camera mounted on an AR-15 lower. This is an incredibly bad idea. Not only could people could easily it for a gun-like weapon, but an AR-15 lower is legally a [Read More…]
Linda from Remington emailed me this photo (UPDATE: or CAD rendering, thanks Erni) of the new AR-15 style Model 597 rimfire. More info on the rifle here.
The UK have adopted the Benelli M4 shotgun, dubbed the L128A1, as their new combat shotgun. The photo below was taken at a combat display held last week. Click to expand. Private Colin Shead, A Company, 3 MERCIAN, displays the new Combat Shotgun, brought into service [Read More…]
This recently taken photo shows a blank firing line throwing AR-15 (or the original C7, the C7A1 has an A3 style upper receiver) in use by the Canadian Navy. I like the color scheme 🙂
Actually its a pink sleeve covering a Advanced Armament Corporation suppressor on a .22 converted AR-15. Hat Tip: Andy @ The Official AAC blog.
Raul emailed me some photos taken in Reynosa, Mexico, which is directly across from the city of McAllen, Texas, after a gun battle with between police and Mexican military and a drug gang. I thought this photo of an AR-15/M16/M4 with a lot of accessories hanging off it [Read More…]
Seen at SayUncle. It gave me a good laugh! (Photo of PlasmaFox’s AR-15) Repeat after me “clips are used to hold cartridges together for quick loading, magazines are used to hold cartridges for feeding into the guns’ chamber” 😉 The best [Read More…]
This is the first high quality photo I have seen of the 4th Generation Glock featuring the RTF2 (Rough Texture Frame 2). That fish gill serrations are awful. Glock G22. Photo Copyright Ken Lunde. Used with permission. I think 3rd gen glocks will be considered the [Read More…]
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