Posts Tagged ‘Barrett .50’

What I Saw At The Austin Gun Show

Saturday, January 26th, 2013

Long lines. It took 40 minutes for my friends to get in at noon, and about 28 minutes for me at 1 PM.

Here’s my video of the line:

And the show itself? Pricing on modern sport rifles (AKA “the guns Democrats want to ban because they look scary”) were ridiculous, double or triple what the asking price was before liberals started their latest gun control push, and there wasn’t a great selection on Glocks (I’m looking at a 4″ 9mm Glock as a carry gun).

Honestly, the most tempting thing there was a Barrett .50 BMG rifle at $4,000, which is about list, but: A.) It was the single shot, and I was more interested in a carbine model, which he also had…for $12,000, and B.) I think I need to embark on a rigorous weight-lifting regime before buying a Barrett; those suckers are heavy!

So I bought the traditional item people of my tribe buy when they can’t find a gun to buy at the gun show: venison jerky.

Cute Japanese Girls Fire Guns

Monday, August 20th, 2012

(Been under the weather today, so instead of actual news and analysis, you get this.)

Having been to Japan, I can assure you that, despite the many modern similarities between our two countries, there are indeed important differences:

  • Japanese law prohibits its citizens from buying any of the awesome guns the United States manufactures.
  • The United States has a distinct lack of Maid Cafes.
  • Is there anything that can be done to bridge this cultural gap?

    Yes. Yes there is.

    Important safety tip: Never fire more gun than you can handle.

    All those are in Japanese, but we’re really talking universal languages here.

    Tomorrow: Content that looks a lot less like the sort of video you could order from one of the ads in back of Soldier of Fortune magazine circa 1985…

    (Hat tip: Ace of Spades.)