Tag: round

  • Homebrew Shotgun Round Fails

    Taofledermaus shares some of his fails: Interesting commentary and demos regardless.  I like how these guys do even the most ridiculous viewer suggestions. I wouldn’t call that carrot one a fail.  Ban assault carrots! Thoughts?

  • IED Hunters In Afghanistan

    JELUWAR, AFGHANISTAN – JULY 07: Rounds of .50 caliber ammunition sit in an MRAP vehicle with U.S. Army Task Force Thor Route Clearance Patrol from 23rd Engineering Company, Airborne before a day-long route clearance mission July 7, 2010 in Jeluwar, Afghanistan. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Full photoset – HERE Looks like it would be…

  • Soldier Mutilates Hand By Hitting .50 Caliber Round

    While mounting the M2 machine gun onto the turret system of his MATV during pre-combat checks, this soldier experienced difficulty inserting the locking pin on the MOD 93 machine gun mount.  The soldier then attempted to force the locking pin into place with a rock. After this failed, he then secured a loose .50 cal.…

  • CoBIS and NY – Some questions

    CoBIS Combined Ballistic Identification System A system where the shell casing of a bullet, (or brass) from a fired round is supplied by a gun manufacturer in an approved container shipped with a new handgun that is shipped to the NY State Police when the gun is sold or if the new handgun is shipped…

  • Unique AK magazines

    I was looking at the ever popular AK Type Magazine Identification Chart that I posted back in October and thought: There are a couple of very unique mags on there, I wonder if I can find actual pictures of them in use? So after scraping the internet I came up with the following pictures of…