Cool stuff is being reported over at The Firearm Blog. Izhmash, the makers of the Saiga rifle line, have released a .22 caliber AK pattern rifle. Now if they can only get them past the BATFE and into the states.
Tag: Gun Industry Information
Apparently The UN Believes It’s The ATF
Snowflakes in Hell brings a story that is rather interesting. Yesterday the National Shooting Sports Foundation posted a news item brining to light that the United Nations is filing firearm trace requests. They posted a trace request originating from the United Nations [Be forewarned it’s a PDF document].
This is troubling because of two facts. First of all the United Nations is all for disarming civilian populations. That shouldn’t be a surprise when you stop to realize the United Nations is composed of multiple world governments, most of which either severely restrict or outright ban civilians from owning firearms. Second the United Nations apparently believe they have the same authority in this country as the ATF.
The trace request is for a H&K P7 that the French apparently found (more likely surrendered). What’s funny is the request states the company should cooperate due to a United Nations resolution. These resolutions are binding to signing government bodies not the civilian population. That means if the United Nations wants a trace performed they need to go to our federal government not the private company that manufactures the pistol. I hope H&K decides the UN sucks and that H&K hates them. The United Nations is the last organization we want to give an inch to because they’ll take at least a light year.
Colt No Longer Better Than You
It appears as through Colt no longer believes it’s firearms are too good for lowly civilians. According to Everyday, No Days Off Colt is introducing an AR-15 rifle to the civilian market.
Welcome back I guess?
New Desert Eagle
Well it appears as though Magnum Research has made some modifications to the Desert Eagle. According the the post the main features are a slimmer slide (Hopefully that also means a slimmer grip), an improved gas system, improved safety ergonomics, and of course rails.
That’s right the ultimate mall ninja gun (Which I admit I have one of) now has rails for all your mall ninjaing needs. Protect the mean walkways of the mall from coked up heavily armored terrorists with the .50 AE in explosive armor piercing incendiary skeleton removing.
HK Must Be Taking Lessons From Bushmaster
I know it’s only the MSRP but according to The Firearm Blog the MSRP of the new HK556 is going to be $2,995.00. One thing is for certain Hitler won’t be happy.
Say Hello to the Dumb Gun
Here’s a bad idea in motion. It’s a $10,000 .22 “smart” gun. The principal is simple, the gun only fires when it’s close enough to a watch that the owner would need to wear.
Of course one would inquire about the usefulness of a gun that fails to function because the battery in a watch died. Furthermore the designers put a nice bright LED on the guns that is green when the gun is activated and red when it’s not. Of course in the middle of the night when you don’t want to give away your position you’re rather fucked. Speaking of the night what happens if somebody breaks into your home and you have to act fast? Grab the watch, throw it on, and fire?
This gun looks like failure incarnate.
Greatest Idea Ever
The Firearm Blog have a post about the single greatest idea ever. A FN FAL pistol. Seriously a handgun that shoots 7.62x51mm!
Yes most of that is sarcasm due to the fact I can’t really find a reason for such a large caliber pistol outside of “Because we can.” Of course that’s reason enough for me.
Sonny Crocket Will Be Proud
I’m sure many people reading this can figured out what I’m going to be talking about in this post by the title. The Firearm Blog has some information about the Vltor Fortis pistol.
First it’s going to be released in limited numbers. Only 700 of the Vice model and 500 of the Spec Ops model. Second the gun will use EAA Witness magazines, not actual Bren Ten magazines as they are more rare than unicorns. Finally, as I’ve mentioned before, the Fortis pistol will be officially called the Bren Ten as Vltor purchased the rights to the name.
Sadly the price will range between $1,099 and $1,299. That’s a lot of money to own a reproduction of an ’80’s legend (And by legend I’m talking about the magazines because as far as anybody is concerned they don’t exist).
Smith and Wesson Enter .380 Market
Well it seems Smith and Wesson are following the crowd and have introduced a .380 pocket pistol of their own. Much like all the rest it seems to be a double-action only pocket pistol. Unlike all the others Smith and Wesson decided to toss on a manual safety.
They also introduced a new pocket revolved. Nothing too fancy.
Both guns are produced under the moniker Bodyguard. Likewise both have integrated laser pointers.
Shot Show Extravaganza
Thankfully The Firearm Blog is covering this year’s SHOT show because I sure am not. I’m going to pull a Leo Laporte here and meta cover the SHOT show. In other words I’m going to be posting about stuff I think is cool or interesting.
First up Bushmaster has officially launched their ACR platform. There isn’t much to say about it really besides the price tag hovers between $2,685 and $3,061. Ouch! For that price the rifle better make breakfast for me in the morning.
The next interesting thing I seen is Beretta’s evolved 92A1 and 96A1. These two are 9mm and .40 S&W evolutions of the well known 92SF and 96. What new things are brought to the table? Higher magazine capacity, some ergonomics, and of course RAILS! That’s right this isn’t your Daddy’s Beretta this gun can mount the combination laser, light, and bayonet!
Anyways more posts as I find them and pretend I’m some kind of journalist.