During the recent fighting in northern Burma, pictures of a peculiar Chinese Type 81 have emerged in use with the Kachin Independence Army(KIA) rebel group. Due to it’s proximity to the Golden Triangle (area where Thailand, Laos, and Burma meet, rife with the heroin, [Read More…]
The German Sturmgewehr is a firearm that needs no introduction. It was the world’s first true successful assault rifle (despite what some people have to say about the Fedorov Avtomat) and was used with great success by the forces of the Third Reich. This [Read More…]
A reader asked for help identifying an interesting Chinese gun I have never come across before. This gun looks remarkably futuristic for a gun that has been around since at least during WWII. I am sure someone here can identify it for us. The gun has a very long [Read More…]
I think this is an old photo, and I may have blogged it before, but it is no less awesome, so I am blogging it again … Interestingly, the Soviets tried making the PPSh tacti-cool way back during WWII. This 1943 vintage PPSh has a primitive Gen-0 night vision [Read More…]
If, like me, you regularly need to defend your desktop against assaults from nefarious wine glasses and coke bottles, then the Pocket Artillery mini-cannon is for you. These CNC-machined blackpowder cannons have a stainless .177 caliber barrel and colored anodized [Read More…]
If you’re a firearm enthusiast, you might not like what you’re about to see – the results of a house fire that destroyed a number of interesting firearms. They were stored in a secure room, but unfortunately, not in a fire-resistant safe. Among the [Read More…]
As I mentioned previously, the KRISS booth was pretty impressive. They had lots of Sphinx pistols on display, as well as Defiance suppressors and pistol sights. Last but not least, they also had the KRISS Vector .45 caliber submachine gun. Before I continue, let me say [Read More…]
Unbeknown to me, China has been developing a line of underwater guns. Their designs are based on Russia’s underwater guns but are chambered in a new cartridge that appears to use 5.8x42mm (Chinese DBP87) brass. The Chinese version of the Russian SPP-1 three [Read More…]
Last year I blogged about NASA’s incredibly powerful hybrid/air gun used for simulating impacts from meteor and space debris. Quicklaunch is taking the concept even further. PopSci reports on their proposed cannon which could be used to launch fuel, supplies and [Read More…]
The NRA National Firearms Museum (website not working at present) is situated in the same building complex as the NRA Headquarters Fairfax, Virginia. The Assistant Curator, Matt Sharpe, was kind enough to give me a personal tour (exclusive tours can be arranged in [Read More…]
I did not realize that physics would allow spudguns to achieve the level of power achieved by Sureshot’s guns cannons. Most of Sureshots guns operate by injecting Methylacetylene-Propadiene gas into an expantion chamber and then igniting it. The BL-415, which uses [Read More…]
Hugh West was arrested after he tried to sell a zip gun to a passing motorist in the UK. The Daily Mail reports (emphasis mine … West, 41, showed the flabbergasted driver the weapon and even demonstrated how it could be put together and be fired. ‘The driver [Read More…]
This photo, taken at a German Army artillery range, is not a fake. I know what you are thinking: “WTF!”.It was build to reduce noise to communities nearby. The vehicle pictured is the M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzer. Many thanks to Sven for emailing it [Read More…]
From Xavier’s Ugly Gun Sunday Series.
Inspired by the Double Barrel Pump Action we saw on Les Jones’s blog, HerrKenny decided to make his own, more professional looking, “Moe Szyslak Special”. I am very impressed by the workmenship that went into this gun and I am sure there would be many [Read More…]
Chauss513 is an artist whose unusual medium is guns that have been destroyed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He turns the firearm pieces he receives into furniture and steampunk-esque replica guns. His latest batch of raw material come from a local gun buy-back [Read More…]
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…]
[ I have done my best to ensure there are no spoilers in this blog post, but read forth at your own risk and DON’T read the comments that are below the blog post. All pictures are from the trailers and promotional material, not the movie itself. ] Two readers [Read More…]
The Carabinieri (Italian gendarmerie) have seized a pen gun from a mobster in Naples. .22 Short rounds and one standard (subsonic) .22 Long Rifle My memory is pretty bad but I think it was 6 months ago when the Italian police captured one of those cell phone guns from [Read More…]
About two weeks ago the police in Winnipeg, Canada, confiscated a a bunch of saw off shotguns, ammo and a unidentified submachine gun that is reported to be homemade. Full photo at The Winnipeg Sun The Winnipeg Sun reports: Possibly homemade, the submachine-gun and five [Read More…]
Chain SAW … get it? They must have had a lot of fun putting this thing together 🙂 Click to expand the photos. Note the M203 grenade flare launcher [ Above Photos Copyright Ken Lunde. Used with permission. ] UPDATE: A couple more photos taken by SMGLee: Click to [Read More…]
You were warned … This is the Frankenstein’s monster of early 20th Century American arms: An M103 Springfield in an SBR (Short Barrel Rifle) configuration presumably converted to .45 ACP with a 1911 pistol grip being used as the magazine well. It is hideous. [Read More…]
The latest Popular Mechanics (Jan 2009) has an article about the 12 foot long vertical gun NASA has at the Ames Research Center. The gun is used to simulate impacts from meteor and space debris. What is very interesting is that it utilizes a hybrid air gun / gun powder [Read More…]
English Russia, a humorous blog about all things Russia, has photos of home-made firearms confiscated by police and army in Chechnya. Click to expand images: 30mm or 40mm grenade launcher? Looks like a Baikal over and under shotgun with pistol grip and cut down barrel. [Read More…]
The modern Soldier of Fortune prefers the “full auto” chainsaw rail attachment over the old fashioned single stab “blade” or “spike” bayonet. It makes the bayonet pistol look impotent! Pictured on an AR-15 Now available for the [Read More…]
This site showcases some very small firearms. .38 caliber, the brass padlock alarm gun .22 rimfire pipe gun This one is truly bizarre! I guess it is some sort of ‘self defense hook’! I don’t know the caliber or how it was supposed to work. LibertyNews [Read More…]
GunPorn wrote a post on this very interesting shotgun. It is a reverse pump action bullpup shotgun invented by a South African company. From what appears to be the official website. Neostead Features * Selectable twin tube magazine * 13 shot capacity * Overall length is [Read More…]
CMMG have announced an .50 Black Powder AR-15 Upper! To fire, the powder charge and bullet are loaded via a ramrod. Using a standard magazine with a single shot follower, an unloaded 5.56 case is loaded into the mag, inserted in magazine well and loaded just like a [Read More…]
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…]
This great looking contraction was called the “Apache”. Read more about it at Hell in a Handbasket
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