Slowest Sunday Ever Posting will be sporadic (if that) over the next few days. Please bear with us. This entry was posted in Administrivia on January 27, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose Former Special Forces 11B2S, later 18B, weapons man. (Also served in intelligence and operations jobs in SF). View all posts by Hognose → …
Not all weapons are morally neutral It’s questionable whether this is a weapon, actually, although if you define weapon as “an implement of violence,” it is. This particular implement of violence is used in Iran to cast fear into thieves, at least those thieves who are not members of or associated with the Government and …
Well, actually it’s over there. In Byelorussia. (“In Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, you don’t shoot pistol, pistol shoots you!” Ask 30,000 Polish officers…) Bet you can’t do it just once. This entry was posted in Pistols and Revolvers on January 26, 2013 by Hognose. 3 thoughts on “Your Makarov time waster is here” Jules Crittenden …
R.I.P. Just say the name “Reed Elsevier” Don’t your lips naturally form a sneer? European, effete; Feudal and obsolete We can get by without their kind here. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose Former Special Forces 11B2S, later 18B, weapons man. (Also served in intelligence and operations …
It’s not all that special… it’s “just” a gun blog. But Everyday No Days Off, or ENDO as it’s called in the community, is one of our favorites. It has a certain… attitude. We were reminded of that when we saw the image here linked at GunsSaveLife.com, with a hat tip to ENDO. The graphic came …
What, no more Kalashnikovs? This overheated Russian report says that the Russian forces have stopped buying Kalashnikov rifles — and are even considering foreign weapons. The report’s from last September, but every once in a while someone in the Anglosphere discovers it, and next thing you know we’re hearing that Ivan’s 70-year love affait with …
A couple of days ago, we addressed the question: what was the first detachable box magazine? Since then, another approach occurred to us, when trying to confirm Borchardt’s primacy. And it led us to something we’d only hinted at before. Looking at the word PATENT engraved on the side of a Borchardt magazine, what about …
So, when the SEALs are squaring off against the cops, we can’t help but think of last summer’s popcorn movie, Cowboys vs. Aliens. We guess Hollywood doesn’t have any choice if they want to make a cowboy movie, because fighting Indians isn’t PC any more. But how do SEALs wind up fighting cops? You might …
Last March the Administration took one of its promised “under-the-radar” gun-control positions, by revoking previously granted permits to reimport obsolete, but historic, M1 rifles and carbines from Korea. The weapons, 800,000 to 1,000,000 of them, were used in the 2nd World War and Korean War. They had been retained by Korea as reserve stocks, but …
This auction was represented as a “pre-ban Romanian Underfolder” AK and ultimately sold for just under $1k. It wasn’t that at all.(In response to comments, the auction seller did make some adjustments before the hammer fell, but the “pre-ban” nomenclature stood. If somebody bought this in a ban state, he will either be committing a …