Turning Ploughshares into Swords: Man Builds AK-47 from Shovel
There's an old saying about turning swords into ploughshares. It's from the book of Isaiah in the bible actually, talking about a time when weapons will no longer be needed and the tools of...
Gun Review: Springfield Armory M1A
The M14 was the last U.S. standard issue, select-fire infantry rifle chambered for a full-power .30 caliber class cartridge. Less than ten years after Uncle Sam issued the M14 to the troops, the M16 succeeded...
An Ammo Idea So Good The Army Will Never Use It
"Soldiers currently receive the bulk of 5.56-millimeter ammunition as 10-round clips consolidated in fabric bandoleers that add $7 to $8 to the cost of the packed out M2A1 container. The fabric design also makes...
South Dakota Honor Guard Using SKS Rifles Instead of M1 Garands Thanks to National...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAIcwqaB1qc
The M1 Garand is the epitome of the American battle rifle. It's the weapon that won World War II, carried by millions of men in combat with an action that was both simple and...
OMG! It’s a Radio Show! About Guns! OMG!
It's hard to come up with a more appealing or contribution-worthy charitable organization than the Wounded Warrior Project. Maybe a charity specifically for abused Labrador puppies or one that feeds malnourished doe-eyed little girls...
RoboCop Is Coming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZuZuB4tfM&list=UUedHRYUKMiE4xMYwvVAhIAQ&index=10&feature=plcp
I haven't been able to find a video of a Boston Dynamics robot shooting a gun. I suspect they've been there, done that but don't want to scare the public. I'm not sure this...
Warning! Booby-Trapped Ammo
"The United States has been seeding battlefields with improvised exploding ammunition, part of a large-scale project intended to undermine the Taliban that can have grisly unintended effects," C. J. Chivers reports at atwar.blogs.nytimes.com. "Such...
Video: Kalashnikov Documentary (Russia Today)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPF5IyN3BJs
There's no doubt that the "Tales of the Gun" version of the AK-47 documentary is still one of my favorites, but seeing the testing procedures and machining process currently in use is pretty cool....
Navy SEALs: Three Books for Veterans Day
At the risk of turning TTAG into "The New York Times Book Review of Gun Stories," I've read three outstanding books about Navy SEALs in the last month or so and with Veterans Day...
Navy Disciplines SEALS for Op Sec Sell Out
Obviously, there's more to this story than meets the eye. As CBS points out, the Navy is officially supporting pro-SEAL projects in Tinsel Town. They're justifying "loaning" hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer...
Saab Lands $69m Ammo Contract for Carl Gustav M3 MAAWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-O1hQasMB0
Truth be told, a $69m military contract for anything is pocket change. As far as this story goes, we're missing the money shot: who bought $69m worth of ammo for their Carl Gustav M3...