US Special Ops Approves FN SCAR™ for Full Production
Running about like a blue-assed fly this afternoon. Here's the FN presser:
McLean, VA (August 16, 2010). The U.S. Special Operations Command notified FN that the Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR)...
China’s Shiny New Gun
Ever heard of the Biggest Guns Theory? If I can kill you faster or more impressively than you can kill me, you won’t try to kill me. In the words of Iron Man, “That’s...
In Defense of . . . The M16/M4
Over at Shooting Times, Guns of the Enemy in Afghanistan briefly describes the AKM, Dragunov SVD semi-automatic sniper rifle and PPSh-41 submachine gun. The article concludes "Questions about the U.S. military’s firearms are valid...
Israel and Lebanon Go to War. Ish.
It seems that Israel can do no right in its foreign affairs these days (or ever, for that matter). Since its liberation from Britain, Israel has had “issues” with all its neighbor. In the...
Los Zetas Invade the Streets of Laredo
My baby sister posted an article on Facebook yesterday: LOS ZETAS TAKES OVER TEXAS RANCHES, NOT A PEEP FROM MSM. Since then, The Cypress Times has toned down their assertions of the veracity of the story....
There’s No Time Like the Present for Recycling Brass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQzvuE9f0U
We've already pointed out that police firearms training is a little lacking, in terms of frequency and practicality. The more YouTube Army training videos I watch, the more I wonder about our fighting force's...
.50 Caliber Machine Gun Training: “How Does This Thing Work?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU0oxHgkmyQ
BAE M777 Towed Howitzer Sales Crest $1,530,470,000
The U.K. has some of the most Draconian gun control laws on planet earth. Meanwhile, their economy is powered by arms sales. In 2008, the Brits exported some $26.914 billion worth of killing machines....
“ShotSpotters” Detection System Does Sweet FA in Newark Killing
"A man was shot several times and killed outside the clothing store he owns in Newark’s South Ward today, marking the city’s third homicide in as many days," nj.com reports. "The victim was shot...
Iraqi Army Snubs M-16 for AK-47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6BpI3xD6h0
For all the billions of dollars Americans have spent defending Iraq from, uh, bad people, you'd think they could suck it up and equip their Army with American-made M-16s. I mean, we've already supplied...
FNH USA Not Scarred by USSOCOM SCAR Cancellation
As the Firearms Blog reports, "USSOCOM's decision to cancel the transition from the M4 to the FN SCAR Mk. 16 must have been the worst PR disaster to hit FN for quite some time. The...
Happiness is a Warm M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round
The U.S. Army has begun sending the new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round to Afghanistan. In the next year and a bit, the U.S. Army will take delivery of some 200 million rounds of the improved 5.56×45 cartridge....