Full Auto: Gatling Slingshot Crossbow

Gatling guns have been the first firearms with a firing rate close to modern machine guns. Their principle is easy: A set of rotating barrels is turned by cranking a wheel, with one barrel after the other firing a round when it is in shooting position. This makes them technically and legally a repeating gun, not a full auto one - but it is close enough. The Slingshot Channel took the challenge to design a rubber powered version of Mr. Gatling's great invention. And here it is: Eight 20 mm balls, on their way to the target in less than half a second. The theoretical firing rate is 960 rounds per minute, slightly faster than the popular M16 assault rifle. The video also shows how you can fire single shots with the weapon. LINK: Youtube

James Arness dies at 88; TV's Marshal Dillon on landmark 'Gunsmoke' series

James Arness is best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in 'Gunsmoke,' one of the longest-running prime-time series in network TV history. He was a towering symbol of frontier justice in the series that broke the mold for TV westerns.

Arness died of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, said family spokeswoman Ginny Fazer. LINK

Painted Handgun

The Tampa-based artist known as P$ynner painted this handgun. It’s a Bersa Thunder .380 caliber semi-automatic.

Via: The Breda Fallacy | Artist’s Website | Via: Neatorama

Self-Aiming Sniper Rifle

DARPA and Lockheed Martin are developing a sniper rifle that, if successful, will partially aim itself:

It will measure atmospheric conditions, account for the weapon’s maximum effective range and include GPS coordinates. It’s also supposed to communicate with the rifle scope, informing the gun itself of the aim point offset and expected crosswind.

Link, Via: Say Uncle | Photo (unrelated), Via: Flickr user Lance Fisher used under Creative Commons license. Via: Neatorama

Previously: New Long Distance Shot Record: 1.52 Miles Away

Slow Motion Pellets vs Spray Paint Cans

Pellets travelling 800 fps hitting paint cans. Filmed at 600 frames/second with a Casio EXF1 Pro Camera. -Air Rifle: Winchester 800x. LINK: Youtube

The Intimidator

A Metal Puzzle That Turns Into A 45 cal Muzzle Loader.

Wow it takes alot of work to come up with something like this ! LINK: LiveLeak

Weekend Project: Potato Gatling Gun

Here is a brand new version of the popular potato cannon built by the DeRose family and shown at last years Maker Faire. LINK: Youtube

HOW GUN SILENCERS WORK

“A silencer is a device attached to the barrel of a gun, either part of the integral design or as an after-market addition. The purpose of this device is to quiet the sound of the gun firing. Silencers were developed at the beginning of the 20th century by several scientists who were actually working on developing mufflers for motor vehicles and realized the device they had invented had other applications. The term silencer is a misnomer and is not used by the firearms industry for several reasons. Silencers received some very bad publicity as they were used in many spy and gangster films, giving the suggestion that their only purpose was crime and murder. It is also an inaccurate term as very few silencers effectively stop all the sound of a gun firing. The purpose of the device is to instead quiet the sound and render it unrecognizable as gunfire. For that reason, these devices are more commonly referred to as suppressors… Now, find out how gun silencers work.” w/ photos. LINK

Nail Gun Art

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The Gunshot Art of Walt Creel

Birmingham, Alabama-based artist Walt Creel creates illustrations by firing guns at aluminum sheets. He calls his collection “Deweaponizing the Gun”, and sees it as an exploration of guns in U.S., and in particular, Southern culture:

The terms gun and weapon are practically interchangeable. From hunting to war, self defense to target practice, the gun has been a symbol of power and destruction. Art and entertainment have both taken the same approach to he gun. Traveling Wild West shows had gunslingers that shot crude silhouettes and names, but this was done to illustrate the shooters prowess. Some artists have used high speed film to capture a bullet slicing through its target, while other artists have melted guns into sculptures.

Link, Via: Say Uncle, Via: Neatorama | Artist’s Website | Image: Walt Creel

Belt Buckle Gun

Perhaps a dozen of these specialized guns were made in Nazi Germany. They fired either a .32 caliber or .22 rimfire cartridge and had a four-round magazine. At the link, you’ll find a copy of a short article from a 1954 issue of American Rifleman about two such guns that had come into the possession of the then-Governor of Alabama.

Link, Via: Hell in a Handbasket | Photo: James R. Rummel, Via: Neatorama

US Army Rail Gun Fires for the First Time

Not to be less than the US Navy, the Army has tested their own electromagnetic rail gun, firing several times at Dugway Proving Grounds. Manufacturer General Atomics calls it Blitzer. I call it Hey Enemy Tank, You Have Been Blended.

Blitzer will continue testing through 2010, until they fire "tactically relevant aerodynamic rounds." That means shells designed to obliterate enemy tanks, bunkers, and anything that moves on the ground.

[General Atomics, Via: Popsci, Via: Gizmodo]

Some kids stack cups. This one field-strips a semi-automatic assault rifle...

11 year old girl completely field strips her AR15 and then reassembles it in 53 seconds total. LINK, Via: Youtube

The Gun Mirror

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5 Out of the Ordinary Weapons

The Escopetarras: Gun + Guitar:


The Escopetarras combines a guitar and gun into one device It was created by Cesar Lopez, who got the inspiration while noticing the similarities between his guitar and a rifle. LINK