The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
I got a delivery from the Crosman Custom Shop today. A .22 caliber air pistol, very similar to my 2300S.
I put my Millet SP-1 red dot scope on it already. I wish I had a black one, because it would look better, but it was originally on my Ruger Mk.III which is stainless.
And the other great part? Under 160 dollars for the gun. The cost of shooting a .22 is higher than a .177, but it’s still pretty cheap.
These are pretty interesting Title II firearms (a.k.a. machine guns). Based off of Stemple 76/45 receiver tubes, with Swedish M37/Suomi M31 components, and an MG34 fire control system, talk about a Frankengun. But they are under $8000 and transferable.  They make an M1 look-a-like too if you’re interested. Looks like they also make a few other neat things, like a belt fed upper for an AR-15/M16, and MG42 semi-auto kit guns. I’ve always thought belt fed semi-autos were kind of silly, though.
It looks Hi-Point are donating one of the second generation model carbines to GBR IV, that they haven’t released pictures of yet, until now. Looks like it’s pretty much the same rifle, only with rails! rails! rails!
Smith and Wesson are making a blue state compliant version of their .22LR M&P AR-15s. This should be welcome news for those behind enemy lines. Also, in what no doubt will make Bryan Miller weep, Tactilite is making an .50BMG upper for the AR-15. I’ve seen other .50BMG uppers for the AR platform, but this one looks pretty good. It’s bolt action. At $1550 dollars, it’s a cheap way to get into long range .50BMG shooting. If I lived out West, I’d think about it, but we don’t have ranges around here long enough to make a .50BMG anything other than an expensive toy.
Looks like a regular AR-15, except that the law in California states that as long as you need a tool to remove the magazine, it’s not detachable, so you can have all the evil features you want. A bullet tip counts as a tool.
I just have to wonder how long the politicians in California are going to keep up this charade.
Para has pretty much completed their move to North Carolina by this point, so I wanted to stop by, and talk to Kerby Smith, who arranged the whole thing with Todd Jarrett at Blackwater for us last year, and see which of their products they were excited about this year. This year they are touting their PXT 1911 Gun Rights Edition:
The production version will come with an NRA inscription on the token on the grip instead of the standard token showing here, and they donate a portion of the sale to NRA-ILA.  They also make a high capacity version of this 1911:
That’s Kerby holding the gun. He might have a career in hand modeling if he gets bored with this whole public relations thing. Finally, they are offering a plain government model 1911 called the GI Expert:
Para touts this as an entry level 1911. This model is pretty much a vanilla 1911, without the Para Power Extractor, and with a GI guide rod. Kerby offered to send me some of these guns to try out, and write about them, and I might take him up on it at some point. I just have to figure out whether I know enough about 1911s to be able to say anything intelligent in regards to how it performs compared to other 1911s.
Surprise, it’s an oprod driven AR:
Caleb has some coverage here. Comes with three magpul magazines, even for us “simple civilians.” I’m sorry I didn’t get in early enough to shoot it yesterday, but Michael Bane reported they tried hard to break it, and weren’t able to make it malfunction. It feels and looks like a pretty solid offering to me.
I’ll offer my readers the chance to ask the Ruger guys questions. Post your question in the comment, and I’ll be happy to go down and ask them.
Guns and Hunting has some industry trends I think we need to see more of. It’s one kind of gun that’s not likely to show up on this.
We talked about assault food a few weeks ago. Now we have another example of this menace. I bring you the BA-K-47.
Via Robb.
The Firearms Blog catches some Mexican Police with the unusual HK32.