Finally, a handgun that shoots as many rounds as the ones in the westerns I watched when growing up!
I don't know who came up with this, but you gotta admit it looks pretty darn cool. And useful.
Now, how do I hide that under a sports jacket?
(And yeah, it's real. Just $70 at FireQuest.)
In what appears to be a promotional video for LRM Custom Firearms and Suppressers, here's a girl firing an M-169 Suppressed 9mm Upper (an M-16 conversion kit).
Irony Alert: Babe is shooting a video for an American company (based in Florida), yet has what sounds to be a thick East European accent, has an American flag patch on her jeans but wears a tee-shirt with the symbol and initials of a failed communist nation (CCCP), all to the tune of an AC/DC song about an American girl.
But in the end, does it really matter? Hot girl, cool gun, full auto, nice accessories, great soundtrack.
Caution: some (male) viewers report having to watch the clip up to 4 times before they notice that there is even a gun shown.
The .577 T-Rex, a "modern day attempt to blend the giant .585 diameter 750 grain bullets of the .577 Nitro Express with the magic velocity of 2400 feet per second." It is intended to be a last resort protection against charging big game (elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, buffalo, and so on).
This video (probably from a range in Dubai) is a montage of shooters firing this punishing round from a rifle (rumored to be an A-Square Hannibal, although this is almost certainly not true). Depending on the powder, charge and barrel length, the .577 T-Rex can deliver over 12,000 foot pounds of energy. And these guys are doing it with a light rifle with no muzzle brake.
Is it just the testosterone in me, but after watching that do you want to try to handle that bad boy too?
* Yeah, I know there are larger calibers than a .577, but I don't have videos of that. Although the last shot in the montage above may be a .700 Nitro.
And yes, I know that this has been floating around the Internet since 2001 or so. But it is fun to watch.
The NRA is offering a free year of membership for anyone on active duty. Just go here to sign up:
On behalf of the nearly four million members of the National Rifle Association of America, thank you for serving our country! We deeply appreciate your sacrifice, and would like to offer you a complimentary one-year membership in the NRA as a token of our gratitude and respect.
There's a video that's a montage of clips showing the M134 Minigun being shot from a helicopter on the Military Channel's website.
I swear, that's so cool looking they should use it as a recruiting commercial. Nothing would make me want to sign up more than, "Dude, sign here and we'll let you shoot one of these babies!"
BTW, the Minigun is made by the same people that make these calendars (I ordered eight of them last December and give them out as Christmas presents — you should see January in the Aero one!).
Hat Tip to non-blogging Advised by Wolves.
Chaos Reigns lists the best guns for the various reasons one would have to own a gun. The guy must know what he is talking about because my carry weapon (an earlier version of this) is the first on his list.
On the other hand, he errs on best target pistol by leaving High Standard off the list of recommendations. 
And please, a .50 pistol is best for entertainment? I don't think so. Not as long as you have one of around.
HT to Geeks with Guns.
A United Nations report states clearly and unequivocally: you have no right to defend yourself. Particularly with a gun. Period.
From the summary:
The principle of self-defense has an important place in international human rights law, but does not provide an independent, supervening right to small arms possession, nor does it ameliorate the duty of States to use due diligence in regulating civilian possession.
Just in case you were one of those doubting the "hidden" agenda of the UN to remove small arms possession from anyone except tyrants and thugs.
Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations applies to States acting in self-defense against armed attacks against their State sovereignty. It does not apply to situations of self-defense for individual persons.
Mao Tse-tung: 14 to 20 million dead. Joseph Stalin: 20 million dead. Pol Pot: 1 to 3 million dead. Kim Il Sung: 4 million dead. Adolf Hitler: 60 million dead.
The UN would never think to take weapons away from these monsters. But you and I — we are to be feared. Can't trust us with guns!
Indeed, the UN report calls for regulation and licensing:
16. Minimum effective measures that States should adopt to prevent small arms violence, then, must go beyond mere criminalization of acts of armed violence. Under the principle of due diligence, it is reasonable for international human rights bodies to require States to enforce a minimum licensing requirement designed to keep small arms and light weapons out of the hands of persons who are likely to misuse them. ...
The criteria for licensing may vary from State to State, but most licensing procedures consider the following: (a) minimum age of applicant; (b) past criminal record including any history of interfamilial violence; (c) proof of a legitimate purpose for obtaining a weapon; and (d) mental fitness.9
Other proposed criteria include knowledge of laws related to small arms, proof of training on the proper use of a firearm and proof of proper storage. Licences should be renewed regularly to prevent transfer to unauthorized persons.
Once the UN starts dictating licensing, it won't be long before no one will be eligible for said licensing (unless, of course, you're a celebrity like Sean Penn). And if you do eventually traverse the bureaucracy and grease the right palms, trigger locks and gun safes will be mandatory (do you think a crack-head robber will give you the time to unlock the safe, get the gun, unlock the other safe for the ammunition, and load before trying to take your head off and raping your daughter?).
The UN report specifically acknowledges the fact that the freedom-loving citizens of the United States stand in the way of advancing the anti-gun, make-everyone-a-victim agenda:
While regulation of civilian possession of firearms remains a contested issue in public debate - due in large part to the efforts of firearms manufacturers and the United States of America-based pro-gun organizations - there is in fact almost universal consensus on the need for reasonable minimum standards for national legislation to license civilian possession in order to promote public safety and protect human rights.
Yes, if you define "universal consensus" as the opinions expressed at New York cocktail parties and in the UN cafeteria.
And, of course, the "assault weapons" lie is perpetrated, all in the guise of keeping you from being a danger to tyrants:
17(a) The prohibition of civilian possession of weapons designed for military use (automatic and semi-automatic assault rifles, machine guns and light weapons);
But then to the real crux of the matter. Just as the US Supreme Court has ruled that the police do not have the responsibility of protecting individual citizens, the UN says we don't have the right to protect ourselves:
20. Self-defense is a widely recognized, yet legally proscribed, exception to the universal duty to respect the right to life of others. Self-defense is a basis for exemption from criminal responsibility that can be raised by any State agent or non-State actor. Self-defense is sometimes designated as a “right”. There is inadequate legal support for such an interpretation. Self-defense is more properly characterized as a means of protecting the right to life and, as such, a basis for avoiding responsibility for violating the rights of another.
21. No international human right of self-defense is expressly set forth in the primary sources of international law:
But surely, this isn't all just a campaign to take our guns. Or is it?
34. Even if there were a “human right to self-defense”, it would not negate the State’s due diligence responsibility to maximize protection of the right to life for the society through reasonable regulations on civilian possession of weapons.
Holy Brady Campaign, Batman! They sound just like liberal gun control hoplophobes of the last 40 years in America!
Yet what were the Founder's true intent?
What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
— Thomas Jefferson, November 13, 1787
I am an armed citizen. Tyrants fear me and the United Nations can kiss my ass!
From my cold, dead fingers, you bastards! Molon labe!
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This weapon was designed in 1889 and continued to be produced into the 1960s with only a few minor modifications. And as they were issued to the citizen-soldiers of Switzerland, they have been lovingly and meticulously maintained.
Most commonly available with beech wood stocks, my brother paid a little more for one with a beautiful walnut stock.
One reviewer praises the weapon thusly:
I would rate the Swiss Schmidt-Rubins as among the most accurate military rifles ever produced. Their double stage triggers are just a joy to use.Kim du Toit explains why he owns one:
In test after test, these old rifles produce target groups that are so tight, they can compete with scoped rifles over distances up to 300 yards.This is something else for me to look forward to during my next trip to Texas — a trip to the range to try this beauty out.Moreover, it has been estimated that if one were to try to reproduce the Schmidt-Rubin rifle today, to the same standards and tolerances as the Swiss used in their military-issue production, the rifles would cost well over $2,000.
And the K.31 can be had for only about $160 - $180. Incredible.
The headline reads "Rival rallies argue gun laws", indicating that the article is about both pro-gun and anti-gun groups and the debate in which they are engaged. And indeed, the Associated Press gives ink to both rallies: 391 words about a "Halt the Assault" rally dedicated to drumming up support for extending the "assault weapons" ban, and a one-sentence paragraph of 22 words about a rally sponsored by the Second Amendment Sisters.
Simple math shows that the article is 95% anti-gun, which is typical of our liberal media.
Surprisingly, however, pro-gun readers are slightly ahead in the web poll with 52% of the votes in favor of "lifting" the ban (which in reality should read to allow the ban to expire -- no action is required on the part of congress to "lift" anything). Only 48% are in favor of extending the ban, with over 306,000 votes cast to date.
Please give it a click to let the muddle-headed, namby-pamby, wrong-thinking, spineless, pampered, anti-freedom, pro-criminal, out-of-touch, elitist liberal bastards at CNN know that this ridiculous law which has not saved a single life nor interfered with a single crime should be allowed to die a quiet death.
While there, please note the irony involved when the "journalist" interviews one of the anti-gun rally attendees whose daughter was tragically murdered by a mental patient using a "9mm semiautomatic handgun with an illegal 30-round clip" [emphasis added]. Yeah, the "assault weapons" ban really made a difference in that murder, didn't it?
The LW15.499 is an evolutionary development of the M16 direct gas, rotary bolt rifle combining the proven reliability of this system with a Leitner-Wise purpose designed .50-caliber cartridge and rifle. The result of this collaboration is a lightweight and dependable weapon system that develops overwhelming terminal ballistics. It should be understood however, that the LW15.499 is a complete weapon system in its own right and not a mere conversion of the 5.56 mm gun.
