Friday, July 30, 2010

Odds and ends

Jay G comments on a large man's rampage and the inability of "less-than-lethal" weapons to subdue him.
He was pepper-sprayed twice, grappled with multiple officers, *and* Tasered, and yet still remained combatitive. Remember this when it's just you against him, with your young children at risk... Now, certainly, a firearm is not a magic talisman. Pointing at the deranged drug addict very well may not scare him off; heck, even shooting him might not stop him immediately. But it beats the hell out of watching him do freaking jumping jacks after being pepper-sprayed. Something tells me that 9 rounds of .45 ACP +P will have a significantly better chance of slowing him down than a chemical deterrent.


And in other news, the Firearmblog has the puzzle-gun

Inside the puzzle there are a handful of objects what when combined with some of the puzzle pieces produce a .45 caliber muzzleloading pistol!



A very impressive peice. Not anything more than a curio but still neat.


Also from the same blog, an interactive demo/cutaway/ exploded view of a 1911

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