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Category: Gun P0rn
Gun Nutty Mailbox
I don’t know if I’m enough of a gun nut to display it this publicly, but I have to admit it’s pretty cool.
Kel-Tec RFB Rifle Cutaway
This interesting video shows, with time lapse photography, how the forward eject system works on the Kel-Tec RFB:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLO7rHjHerk[/youtube]
This solves one of the problems with bullpup rifles, which is brass ejecting too close to your body.
TD’s Wood
Ruger got TD’s brand new No.1 back to him, and I have to agree, his wood is fine. This is the gun he bought with the proceeds from selling me his FAL. It was bought through a local gun shop here, in fact. I talked him down in price a little bit, and in exchange for the favor, Bitter agreed to go to the local dealer and pre-inspect TD’s wood. What wasn’t apparent was the hairline fracture. Bitter, sadly, is not an expert wood inspector.
So good on Ruger for replacing with such a fine specimen. We do sincerely wish TD enjoys many days of quality big bore action with his new toy.
An Eggstraordinary Revolver
I have found at least one large revolver people can’t use for poaching. Well, poaching eggs, that is.
Folding Submachine Gun
I thought MagPul’s folding subgun design was an original idea when they introduced the concept at SHOT 2008. But it turns out the idea has been around for a while. This video demonstrates an earlier folding subgun design. Old enough there are a few transferrable ones out there. I can’t imagine they are cheap, though:
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Finally Got to Shoot the FAL
I bought TD of the Unforgiving Minute‘s FAL about a month ago, but couldn’t get it to the range on account of not being able to find any inexpensive bulk .308 at my usual suppliers. Last weekend I was at the Bass Pro in Harrisburg, and they had 60 rounds of Remington .308 for a price that was only mildly outrageous, so I bought it. Today I managed to find some time to get it out to the range.
It was sitting in TD’s closet unfired for a number of years. He decided he wanted to add another large bore elephant killer to his collection just in case Michigan gets overrun by Cape Buffalo. So he sold it to me. It’s an Enterprise Arms STG-58 Standard FAL. Basically a parts kit gun. Worked pretty flawlessly at the range, except for the breech not wanting to close all the way a few times when I’d hit the bolt release. Nothing a little cleaning and lubricating won’t fix. Trigger is about what you’d expect on a military rifle. How does it shoot?
Had to shoot two strings of 5 (prone at an SR-1 target at 100 yards) because our club limits magazines to 5 rounds for some reason. First group was low and left. Too much compensation the off zero sights. Second string I adjusted up and left, and got pretty close. Not too bad for the sights being off and factory ammo. I think once I get the sights where I want them, it’ll be a good shooter. I will have to go to the local indoor rifle range to make sure all the mags I got will feed a full 20 rounds cleanly. Once I get some confidence in it, I will definitely bring it out this summer for a few matches.
Gun P0rn
Thompson M1, Full Auto – Traction Control has much better toys than I do.
Different kind of Thompson – Looks like a decent big bore silhouette pistol.
Cannons at TAMU’s Firearms Museum – I wish my college had a firearms museum.
Tavor TAR-21 Seen in Gaza
Nothing like a little gun p0rn to round out the night. Looks like the Israelis are deploying the Tavor TAR-21 assault rifle to some troops in Gaza. They can be seen in these videos:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TXvrl9CO4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhs9ihSmbU[/youtube]
Also in the news, apparently Israel is using the Ruger 10/22 at long ranges to suppress rioters in the West Bank. Anyone throwing rocks is a deadly threat to anyone within range of the rocks. I don’t see why people have a problem with this. Also, if anyone’s curious, the items being worn on the helmets of Israeli soldiers is the Mitznefet, and is part of their camouflage.