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A number of counties that are maybe not the best of buddies with the United States have standard military rounds that are similar to the 5.56x45 mm NATO round the U.S. uses (Russia and other former USSR and Warsaw Pact counties use the 5.45x39 mm round, the People’s Republic of China uses the...

Bacon goes to first to ID the machine gun.

OK I searched for “Gran Torino” and got about a zillion hits, so I don’t know if these exact questions have been discussed before, but: (Ignoring the finger in the trigger guard, because those gang members might not get off his lawn.) 1. Should the elbow of the support hand be under...

OK I don’t know if anyone here is going to know this answer to this, nor do I even know why I’m asking, but here goes: There have been a few cases of solders/marines firing a 30 caliber belt fed machine gun from the hip (not just John Wayne.) I recently read a story of a Congressional Medal...

From The New York Times, of all places: From: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/weekinreview/10cooper.html?_r=1&ref=weekinreview The article is not about firearms but mistrust between the governments and militaries of the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The graphic above correctly (I...

It is responsible because the police realized firearm use was not required. Instead if the knee-jerk reaction of “OMG it COULD try to attack, so we better shoot it right now.” (In my neck of the woods there have been a couple of cases recently of police shooting pet dogs because they said...

Did a search for this and did not find it: http://www.trebuchet.com/skeet Buch of guys build a trebuchet (type of catapult) and use it to lauch watermelons, bags of flour, etc for skeet shooting.

Because I think the people at Daewoo have a better command of English: (Warning the site this photo is from may not be safe for work, G-rated, nor in good taste.)

Magazine looks like a FAL mag? (Photos are from this news story of looter control after the Chile earthquake: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8547653.stm)

Click on the "PHOTOS (35)" tab, just above the by-line in this link: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/breaking_news/story/1967921.html to read captions and see other related photos.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/02/marine_SOST_ammo_021510w/ Corps to use more lethal ammo in Afghanistan By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Feb 16, 2010 9:29:10 EST The Marine Corps is dropping its conventional 5.56mm ammunition in Afghanistan in favor of new...

I looks plastic but does not look like a gloctk to me. I'm not going to try to guess. Photo from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8514837.stm Original caption "Operation Moshtarak, which means "together" in the Dari language, began on Saturday morning and will focus on the Helmand...

(Opps, typo in the title. G-36) Or CNN miss identifies German troops as French? Or is this not a G-36?: Original caption: “An Afghan girl watches as French soldiers and members of the Afghan National Police search house-to-house in Jalokhel in the Kapisa province just after a brush...

When I was a school boy (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) we had to take a civics class, where there was much discussion of rights and responsibilities. Citizens have the right to vote and the responsibility to become informed enough about the candidates and issues to cast a meaningful...

I’m just the messenger; I didn’t make this decision… http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/01/marines_gau21_010410w/ Corps helos to get new machine guns By Amy McCullough - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Jan 5, 2010 10:16:50 EST Eventually, all Marine and Navy assault support...

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In the middle of the photo, carried by vest-guy: Some sort of bull-pup or is he holding a M-16/AR-15 clone by the magazine? (WARNING, site this photo if from is not safe for work, not G-rated, not in good taste, etc.)

I hope this is on-topic. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8161880.stm Deaths up during anti-knife drive 12:26 GMT, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 13:26 UK The number of knife deaths in areas targeted by an anti-knife crime scheme has risen, the Home Office has said. The government's...

Came across this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=453030 ...about a site listing muzzle velocity vs. barrel length for a wide variety of pistol calibers. This page: http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/357mag.html …is for .357 Magnum. Note velocity maxs out with an...