Aug 072021
 

… for only 200 feet per second. Still, it’s progress I suppose.

GR-1 “Anvil”

$3,375.00

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER w/10% DISCOUNT
75 ft-lb semi-automatic Gauss Rifle
The world’s first handheld Gauss Rifle – (alpha) batch 1

 

Hmmm.

The Arcflash Labs GR-1 “Anvil” is an 8-stage semi-automatic high voltage Gauss Rifle. It is the most powerful coilgun ever sold to the public, and also (very likely) the most powerful handheld coilgun ever built.

The GR-1 is capable of accelerating any ferromagnetic projectile (under 1/2″ in diameter) to 200+ fps, and can deliver up to 75 ft-lbs of muzzle energy.

The GR-1 uses the world’s most advanced capacitor charging system, a dual Clamped Quasi-Resonant Inverter, which allows the GR-1 to fire up to 20 rounds per minute (at full power) or up to 100 rounds per minute at 50% power.

The GR-1 is capable of accepting 3 different standard projectile lengths (32 mm, 42 mm, and 52 mm) with a unique variable magazine system.

75 foot-pounds is not so much in terms of bullets. 9mm Parabellum is about 342; .22 Long Rifle is about 137 and .22 Short is about 87. .25 ACP is about 73. .45 Win Mag, a Man’s Round, is a healthy 1406. I wouldn’t want to take a slug of steel moseying along at 200 feet per second, to be sure, but i’d rather have a .380 automatic than this thing. Give it a few decades, though, and *maybe* it’ll be there.

 

 Posted by at 7:15 pm
Aug 032021
 

Unalloyed good news:

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

The McCloskeys were spotted daring to defend their home from a band of racist Marxism enablers a bit over a year ago. They, like the Kenosha Kid, should never have been charged with a crime; the fact that they were shows quite clearly the corruption that stains many district attorneys and prosecutors.

 

Mixed good/bad news:

Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar

Bad news: continuing ammo shortage. Good news; continuing gun sales.

As the article mentions, the lack of ammo hampers first time gun owners from practicing. A modest suggestion: the US military manufactures its own ammo, and has a pretty massive stockpile; now that we’re bailing from Afghanistan, there is not so much immediate need. Perhaps the US government could do the right thing and start handing out free crates of ammunition to gun owners with clean criminal records. Certainly a better use of government resources than enforcing bans on evicting deadbeats.

 Posted by at 6:41 pm
Jul 232021
 

Politifact, a “fact checking” site, claims without evidence that:

No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to ban handguns

The gaslighting is spectacular. The article even quotes Biden:

“The idea you need a weapon that can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that weapon, whether it’s a 9-millimeter pistol or whether it’s a rifle, is ridiculous. I’m continuing to push to eliminate the sale of those things.”

Politifact claims that this means “only” that President Elder Abuse wants to ban magazines. But he specifically said that he’s pushing to ban weapons that “have the ability” to fire twenty rounds. Bypassing the obvious point that even a single-shot flintlock can fire twenty rounds (it’ll take a quarter hours to do it, but you can do it), there are easily available 20 and 30 round magazines for common handguns. There are drum magazines you can plug into your Glock that hold 50 rounds. This means that your average handgun “can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that weapon” which means Biden wants to ban it.

So either Politifact is lying or Biden is.

Here’s a 20-round magazine for a .45.

Here’s a 40-round drum for a .45.

Here’s a 50-round drum for a .40 Glock.

Here’s a 50-round drum for a 9mm Glock.

 Posted by at 3:45 pm
Jul 222021
 

The only way crime is down is through the magic of declaring arson and shoplifting and such as no longer crimes.

The one good thing about this is that the demented old fool isn’t really drawing crowds anymore. it seems people aren’t buying his BS:

Look at him go!

 Posted by at 12:55 am
Jul 202021
 

They say you can never have too much gun… but, jeez, 700 Nitro Express seems like it just might be Too Much Gun.

 

His dad is A Man, that’s for sure. He does point out that he would not shoot this for recreation. But taking down fithp? Just the thing.

 Posted by at 12:26 pm