Random Gun Pics...let’s see how random we can make it

He didn't need that leg... .

I like how you roll Waldo!

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He didn't need that leg... .

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"Knee mortar".......

Mossberg US44- my favorite .22 rifle- love the peep sights- mine was made in 1943

Regrets that I didn't get more curious about these Rhodesian, or other true Belgian or Brazilian FALs years before prices really increased.

For many seriously threatened farmers in 'Rhodesia' and South Africa, this rifle or others are their ...Only version of a "quick 911 response".

9-barreled electrically-fired shotgun found in home of Shinzo Abe assassin.

EmGeeGeorge said:

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One would normally have to watch MIB to see such a weapon.

US firearms of The Great War:

Saiga .308, conversion was done by me. The Old Glory wrap was an election day 2020 project.

EMC45 said:

"Knee mortar"

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The Japanese manuals showed that one was meant to hold next to the knee, the better to assess the launching angle.
As a point of fact, it was a grenade launcher rather than a proper mortar.
It was not hugely popular in Japanese service, either. Mostly from being difficult to use from cover (nearly impossible from prone, for instance), and use under jungle canopy was fraught with rebound risks. Along with you had a sack of the grenades to lug around, plus the launcher, and your Arisaka, too.

Just parts.

CapnMac said:

The Japanese manuals showed that one was meant to hold next to the knee, the better to assess the launching angle.
As a point of fact, it was a grenade launcher rather than a proper mortar.
It was not hugely popular in Japanese service, either. Mostly from being difficult to use from cover (nearly impossible from prone, for instance), and use under jungle canopy was fraught with rebound risks. Along with you had a sack of the grenades to lug around, plus the launcher, and your Arisaka, too.

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My father in law, Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees) 43-45 35 year career military and the toughest man I have ever known, told me the same thing. He also told me that they came across a couple on Cape Gloucester and used them a few times to go "fishing". After two instances of misfires or hangfires they dumped them in the ocean.

CapnMac said:

The Japanese manuals showed that one was meant to hold next to the knee, the better to assess the launching angle.
As a point of fact, it was a grenade launcher rather than a proper mortar.
It was not hugely popular in Japanese service, either. Mostly from being difficult to use from cover (nearly impossible from prone, for instance), and use under jungle canopy was fraught with rebound risks. Along with you had a sack of the grenades to lug around, plus the launcher, and your Arisaka, too.

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My buddy had a kid walk into his shop with one in a pillowcase a couple years ago, claimed he found it in his deceased grandfather's belongings. They politely told him to put it back in the bag, turn around, walk out and everyone would forget they saw anything.

One miss rapid fire 25 yards

Reinz:
I'm pretty slow. Sometimes I like French-fried Potaters.

Which type of projectile comes from that "thing which goes down"?

9 mm

‘Gun by Tippman Armory, uses Glock mags.

My Mossberg 51m I used to own, the most finicky gun I ever shot

Gotta keep those weapons of war off of the street... .

C-93 or the pricey HK-93, in .223 or 5.56.

An alternative to the - basic - AR, to paraphrase that long-winded Youtuber in Utah.

Went to my FFL today to pick up my new CZ 97B and he had this new addition to his 1911 collection.



An Irwindale-made AMT Hardballer Long Slide .45 ACP. Ahhhhnold would be proud.

Stay safe.

Ahhhnuld would laugh, ha ha ha, silly mouse, you forgot something.



You forgot the jacket and glasses, oh yeah, the laser sight.

Say hello to my little friend.

Riomouse911 said:

Went to my FFL today to pick up my new CZ 97B and he had this new addition to his 1911 collection.

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An Irwindale-made AMT Hardballer Long Slide .45 ACP. Ahhhhnold would be proud.

Stay safe.

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Those AMTs were (other than AMT issues) nicer than other long-slides as they were just a bit less nose-heavy.
If still an ungainly beast.

Here are a couple of budget blasters from years back, my FFL ended up with these the other day:

An Intratec 9mm, I believe it is a Cat 9 (?). A straight blowback 9mm pistol, the slide took quite a bit of effort to pull back completely.

The grip is almost Kahr-like, but the edges of the grip frame were squared off enough to make this an uncomfortable shooter. This, a heavy trigger pull and an almost useless narrow groove down the top of the slide for “sights” makes it about a three to five yard proposition.



The second gun he dredged up was one I saw at more crime scenes and stuffed under more front seats than just about any other gun in the 1990’s, a Lorcin .380.

This one wasn’t in too bad a shape, I’ve seen much worse.The Zinc (Zamak?) slides were usually chipped and often cracked, the grips were commonly held on by electrical tape (if they were even there) and the recovered guns had often choked on at least one or two mismatched-brand fmj rounds in the magazine before the gun was dropped on the sidewalk as the crook fled the scene.



Ahhh, the memories of fun patrol days long past…

Stay safe.