Mal’s gun
That’s immediately what I thought of when I saw this. Coil gun revolver? Somebody tell Linoge. Via hackaday
Category Archives: Guns
Robbery video with audio
A local Smoothie King was robbed this week and the owners have posted the surveillance video–including audio–to YouTube: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NxolSOexk&w=420&h=345] The owners say that while still frames are nice, the audio is more likely to identify him. I’ll agree with that. Watching the video, I don’t think the guy is actually armed. He appears to… Read More »
Clearly, we need ball bearing control
Not exactly something you could sneak around with, but I sure wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of this! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AySuafZ8to&w=560&h=345] Via hackaday
Notes from the weekend
“Gone With the Wind” is a really, really long movie. I’d never seen it before and decided to remedy that. It took pretty much all day Saturday when you include the breaks we had to take for eating and letting the dog out. I now understand why he didn’t give a damn. I wouldn’t either.… Read More »
Gun Porn
Springfield Loaded Operator 1911 Click to embiggen. Note that the dust cover extends the length of the slide. And its a railfarm. Via reader Tac.
New Shooter Report
A longtime friend and former roommate recently bought a house, and the wife and I decided to buy him a shotgun as a housewarming present. Knowing he wasn’t a gunnie, I had planned on something unscary like a double barrel 20 gauge. Not knowing if he would actually accept it, I told him of our… Read More »
It was bound to happen
In every state where Restaurant Carry has been proposed, opponents have screamed this would happen: Patron arrested after putting gun to waiter’s head The argument is that even though it is illegal to drink while carrying, waiters would be forced at gunpoint to serve alcohol to permit holders. Well, it looks like it only took… Read More »
The folly of “Posted Properties”
In a lot of states, there is a provision in the concealed carry law that allows property owners to prohibit legal concealed carry on premises. The gunny term for this is a Posted Property. Sometimes we just say “that place is posted.” Here in Tennessee, TCA 39-17-1359 is what governs us. It’s a bit chatty,… Read More »
Mental note
When buying a new gun, take note of the slide mounted safety. When the firing pin mysteriously stops making contact with the primer, check to make sure an overzealous RSO didn’t engage the safety while you were putting up a fresh target. I haven’t owned a pistol with a manual safety in a little more… Read More »
Gun Porn
At this month’s meeting of the Tennessee Firearms Association we had James Kay from The Battle of Nashville Preservation Society give a presentation on civil war arms, and a bit of history on the Battle of Nashville. I’m not an antique gun guy, but it was pretty neat. One thing I did not know before… Read More »