Category: Lies, Errors, and Omissions

After four years of faithful service, my Piranha Bodyguard knife no longer fires when I hit the button. I can get the blade out if I press the button and flick my wrist, so I'm not too upset, but I'll see how good their lifetime warranty is. Here's a horrible video I made about it earlier this year.

At the moment, I feel blessed to have a great range near where I live. The facilities are basic, but that's just fine with me - and the ranges themselves are generously sized, allowing me to shoot while moving if I so desire. The longest rifle range is just 200 yards, but if I feel the need to shoot farther than that, another nearby range offers 1000 yard shooting. While the personnel at these ranges are extremely safety-conscious, and I don't want to give any other impression, they are unlikely… Read More

Last year, Sig Sauer's P250 lost the ATF handgun tender because of significant reliability issues. Sig's response was to improve the pistol - no, wait, their response was to appeal to the GAO, saying in part that the ATF put too much of an emphasis on reliability. The GAO promptly smacked Sig's claim down in a pretty embarrassing manner. Fast forward to this year, where Sig's big contract with the Dutch police for the P250 was pretty much the only thing the company had to crow about. Frankly, I was… Read More

...and not the transfer/disposal of KIA servicemembers' remains. Because they don't seem to be doing a very good job at keeping track of or treating with respect the remains of those who have died overseas while wearing the uniform of the United States military.

As yet another major firearm manufacturer announces a "groundbreaking, game-changing" product that is anything but, I have to ask - when will we see something that's truly innovative? Every new firearm that's been announced for the last few years - heck, probably more - has been presented to the consumer as if it is nothing short of revolutionary - in fact, that word is often used to describe the new product of the month. Almost invariably, though, this "revolutionary" firearm is simply an amalgamation of previous designs packaged in a… Read More

Yesterday, J&G Sales in Prescott, Arizona pulled DDupleks .410 shotgun slugs from store shelves, as the importers and distributors of the ammunition have been notified by the ATF that the ammunition is "not importable handgun ammunition." The Dupo 7 slug, like other DDupleks slugs, is made from steel. Although the Latvian company does market armor piercing shotgun slugs to LE and Military, nothing indicates that the now-banned Dupo 7 possessed these characteristics.

Note to self - when shooting cheap commie ammo through a cheap rebuilt commie gun, don't hold on to the magwell.

Here is a three minute video on how not to shoot. Edit: They've removed the above video, but here's a 4 minute video (from the same organization) titled "The Professionals," in which you will see no professional behavior or skills. Thanks to John at No Lawyers, Only Guns and Money for the link.

As noted in the post about RFIDs in Chiappa firearms, MKS Supply seems to have a problem with public relations. Thomas, aka farmboy7.62, wrote MKS to express his opinion on this issue, and posted a letter he received from Charles Brown, president of MKS, as a reply. After reading the letter, I decided to write my own. The response I received was essentially the same as that which was received by farmboy7.62, with a few minor changes. For those who are interested, here's my email: Mr Brown I was very… Read More

I like Fox News. But whoever they have writing about the military and/or weapons for the military either doesn't have a clue or doesn't care enough about their job to do some basic background work. I've written about it before. And this time, they're writing about the USMC IAR, which is made by HK - but the video they embedded on the page is from FutureWeapons, and talks about the LWRC IAR entry, which was not selected by the USMC. Aside from the obvious error - using FutureWeapons as an… Read More