Quote of the Day – Useful for Self Defense Edition
June 17, 2009We’re told that machine guns and assault rifles are not needed for self-defense, but if that’s so why are the police arming themselves with them? Either they are useful for self-defense purposes, in which case my ownership is constitutionally protected, or they aren’t, in which case the police don’t need them either. – Sebastian
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Audience Participation Time IV
January 26, 2009The ATF Form 1 and Form 4 for manufacture or transfer of an NFA weapon have a section for why you need the firearm.
In the comments, what would you put (or have you put) as a reason to need to own an NFA weapon? Funny, serious, and combination are welcome.
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AR Builder
January 26, 2009Sebastian shows a build he worked up.
Here is one of mine
And add $200 for the tax stamp because the barrel (11.5 inches) is below the length blessed by the .gov (16 inches).
Similar to an idea I have been kicking around for a while. The CAR stock is smaller than an M4, which would be good for this type of build, but maybe too much of a good thing. Other changes from the picture: a dual or quad rail gas block, with a pistol light/laser combo mounted underneath, and maybe some sort of BUIS (you know, in case the laser AND the EO Tech decided to head south at the same time).
Try it yourself here.
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Fun with the Super Shorty
August 31, 2008Michael Bane demonstrates the Serbu Super Shorty on Downrange TV. Very cool!
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NFA Toys
August 18, 2008Steve Lauer likes his machine guns. In fact, he said at one point he has $12,000 in NFA stamps! There are several examples at the shop.
A Lakeside belt-fed .22 upper on a full-auto lower.
A suppressed machine gun.
A De Lisle carbine – integrally suppressed .45 ACP rifle. I was told this is one of the quietest suppressed weapons, a click and a thump.
The Vindicator belt fed, FA only machine gun.
From the Lauer Custom Weaponry Store
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Visit to Lauer Custom Weaponry
August 18, 2008I am on a road trip to northwestern Wisconsin, and made it out to Lauer Custom Weaponry. I visited their store, and got to talk to Steve Lauer. Steve is probably best known for poking fun at Mayor Bloomberg, with stuff like the Bloomberg Collection of DuraCoat, after the mayor banned DuraCoat, claiming that criminals would refinish their guns in the neon colors used on toy guns to fool police. The crew at Lauer says that the mayor’s ban, and the stories related to it, are the best advertising possible, and free to boot.
The Lauer says they only allow NRA members. If you aren’t, they can help you become one. (Although no one checked me when I came in…)
The Tiger Stripe rifle is similar to some made for “Uncle” Ted Nugent. You might have seen one being shot by Jim Zumbo when Ted was teaching him the finer points of EBRs after Zumbogate.
DuraCoat colored guns
A rack of suppressors.
The muzzle device on a semi-auto SAIGA 12 shotgun. Yes, it is as nasty as it looks.
I will be posting more later.
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Cool
August 8, 2008AACBlog has some historical silencer literature.
Yes, I know everyone is calling them suppressors now, except AAC, but the literature still calls them silencers.
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LOL
July 20, 2008Lauer Custom Weaponry is selling an “I <heart> Mayor Bloomberg” button. Now, this may seem a little crazy coming from a weapons maker, but the story goes something like this:
- LCW develops DuraCoat, and makes it available in a wide array of colors, from camo, to parkerized looking, to electric colors.
- Bloomberg, being the nanny state ninny that he is, bans DuraCoat in New York City, under the guise of preventing thugs from coloring their guns to fool the police, apparently forgetting that spray paint also works if the main desire is to fool the police, not to mention spray paint being considerably cheaper and easier.
- LCW rides the publicity to significantly higher sales, laughing all the way to the bank.
- Lauer further decides to introduce “The Bloomberg Collection” in 5 electric colors, and a “brick and mortar” kit, to mock Mayor Bloomberg.
So, Lauer has a understandable soft spot in their hearts for Mayor Bloomberg as one of the chief promoters of their flagship product. I am probably going to be in Lauer’s neck of the woods next month, I may need to pick one of the buttons up, as well as look at some of their other toys.
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Another path to machine gun legalization
June 28, 2008Alan (SnarkyBytes) talks about his machine gun outreach program.
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