AMT Backup 38 Super

Emailed to me by a viewer.
One like you've probably never seen and probably won't again. Owner says it's rare and grabbed it soon as he saw it. An original AMT Backup in a very scarce .38 Super caliber. You won't need no stinkin' 9mm if you have one of these hideaway puppies.
Like new in box with all of the original paperwork, original plastic grips, and some nice wood grips installed. Yes it fits snuggly in your pocket. Estimated Cost/Value, according to it's owner $600.00.

Mauser C96, Broomhandle

Browning Hi-Power 9mm Semi Auto Pistol

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Cross Section View of Shotgun Shells

Video: Hijack

This is funny....

Little Boy, The First Nuclear Bomb

Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets in the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon, and was dropped three days before the "Fat Man" bomb was used against Nagasaki.
The weapon was developed by the Manhattan Project during World War II. It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fission of uranium 235. The Hiroshima bombing was the second artificial nuclear explosion in history (the first was the "Trinity" test), and it was the first uranium-based detonation. Approximately 600 milligrams of mass were converted into energy. It exploded with a destructive power equivalent to between 13 and 18 kilotons of TNT (estimates vary) and killed approximately 140,000 people. It was also never tested at the Trinity test site (unlike Fat Man), due to the fact that enriched uranium was very rare at the time, and the United States wanted to conserve its uranium.
This bomb is small by today's standards.

Ruger Mini 14 - 5.56 / .223 will shoot both calibers

Instructions: How to Make a Homemade Simple Bottle Bomb

I have not tried this particular method myself and don't personally know anyone who has. Build this at your own risk.
Warning: Even Simple Homemade Bombs, Incendiary Devices, Explosives, and Homemade Fireworks, Flamethrowers, etc. are illegal in the United States unless you have a federal license.

This post is for informational purposes only.
Source. The Internet

How to Make a Homemade Bottle Bomb

Step 1 - Obtain the necessary items needed:











Vinegar
Baking Soda
Box of Tissues
Any bottle with a screw on lid such as a plastic 2-liter coke bottle

Step 2 - Adding the Vinegar:
















The amount of vinegar in the bottle takes a important role in the bomb, mainly the type of explosion so you want to get just the right amount, This author suggests filling it up with about one filth vinegar, but whatever feels good for you.

Step 3 - Adding the Baking Soda:












The amount of Baking Soda is also important, if you put to much the lid will pop off (which is lame) if you don't put in enough it will either take a really long time to blow up or it wont blow up at all, put three or four table spoons of Baking Powder on the middle of the tissue and even it out. Then roll it up, it doesn't have to be extremely tight, just tight enough to fit in the bottle.

step 4: The Author calls it The Fun Part
Now drop the Baking Soda roll into the bottle and quickly screw on the lid, and then shake it for a few seconds and throw it onto a hard flat place.

Part 1 - Homemade Weapons: The Zip Gun

First I'd like to say sorry for No Post yesterday.
Google has been working on their Blogs and apparently this disabled the automatic upload file post feature I set and use each day.

This is Part One of Homemade Weapons.
I have not tried any of these myself and don't personally know anyone who has. Build this at your own risk.
Warning: Improvised and Homemade Weapons including Zip Guns are illegal in the United States unless you have a federal license.

Data is complied from various sources.

Improvised Firearms

An improvised firearm is a firearm manufactured by someone who is not a regular maker of firearms, such as a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith, and are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. Improvised firearms are often crude and illegally made.
Improvised firearms go by many names, such as zip gun in the United States, and sumpak, paliuntod, or paltik in the Philippines.
Zip guns are commonly found throughout the world.
The most popular countries for Zip Guns are:
The United States (mostly teenagers).
Philippines
China
India

Construction of a Zip Gun:
The essential part of any improvised firearm is the barrel and chamber. For small, low pressure cartridges, like the common .22 caliber (5.56 mm) rimfire cartridges, even very thin walled tubing will suffice. Zip Guns were used in the 1950's and 60's by gangs in New York City made from tubing used in coffee percolators or automobile radio antennas, strapped to a block of wood to serve as a handle. A rubber band provides the power for the firing pin, which is pulled back and released to fire. The use of such weak tubing results in a firearm that can be more dangerous to the shooter than the target; the poorly fitting smooth-bore barrel provides little accuracy, and is liable to burst upon firing, injuring the shooter.

Leveraging Other Items to make a Zip Gun:
More advanced improvised guns can leverage parts from other gun-like products. One example is the cap gun. A cap gun can be disassembled, and a barrel added, turning the toy gun into a real one; a firing pin can then be added to the hammer, to concentrate the force onto the primer of the cartridge. If the cap gun has a strong enough hammer spring, the existing trigger mechanism can be used as-is, otherwise rubber bands may be added to increase the power of the hammer.
Air guns have also been modified to convert them to firearms. The Brocock Air Cartridge System, or BACS, for example, uses a self contained "cartridge" roughly the size of a .38 Caliber Special cartridge, which contains an air reservoir, valve, and a .22 caliber (5.5mm) pellet. Examples of BACS airguns converted to firearms, either by drilling the barrel out to fire a .38 Special cartridge or by altering the cylinder to accept .22 caliber cartridges, have been used in a number of crimes. This has in resulted in legislation that classifies the BACS air guns as firearms, which effectively banned them in the United Kingdom in 2004.
Blank firing or starter guns can also be converted by adding a barrel

Background Use:
Improvised firearms are not solely the province of the criminal element, however; they are also used by insurgents. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, the paliuntod, a type of improvised shotgun, was commonly used by guerrillas and American soldiers who remained behind after Douglas Mac Aurthur's withdrawal. Made of two pieces of pipe that fit snugly together, the paliuntod was a simple, single shot open bolt design. The shell was placed in the breech of the barrel, which was then fitted into the larger diameter receiver. The receiver was capped at the breach end, and had a fixed firing pin placed to strike the primer of the shell. When the barrel was pulled sharply to the rear, the firing pin would strike the primer and fire the gun. These improvised firearms are still in use by both criminals and rebels in the Philippines

The Making of a Homemade Zip Gun:
Most Zip Guns are simple to make. The 22 caliber round is usually selected because it has no recoil, low pressure, and less chance to blow up in your face. They are made from plumbing pipe such as 1/8 inch for barrel.

Typical crude 22 Caliber Zip Gun (2 views, side and barrel).
This is what most thugs (hoodlums) build.
























U.S. Homemade 22 Caliber Zip Gun.
Look at the detail this person spent on making this.









Made in USA.
A crude but effective homemade shotgun.











Crude Indian Homemade Gun
(captured by police in India)
This weapon was interchangeable and capable of firing two different caliber bullets as shown in the photo.

Steyr TMP (Tactical Machine Pistol) Full-Auto

Israeli Artillery being fired on HAMAS

Slow motion photography you can see the shell (look at top left hand corner of photo).

Israeli soldier shooting tear gas

WWII German Luger .30

This is a German Pistole 08 P08 Luger service pistol, manufactured in 1940 by Mauser and is commonly referred to as a "Code 42" because of the stamp on the toggle.
This particular model is even rarer as it is in the .30 Caliber Luger caliber (7.65 Parabellum).
All numbers on gun are matching and it has proof marks.
These make a great collectible, if you can afford one, they only continue to go up in value.
This particular gun is in excellent condition; probably the best I've seen for its vintage.
Even in a depressed economy they sell for around $1,800 to $2,000.

Prototype of Pieper M 1909 (or Oyez) Semi Automatic Pistol, 7.65mm (32 acp Auto)

Video: New Camouflage for Hunters

This is really funny....

Pre-Ban Assault U.S. Weapons: Cobray Mac 11

More About Silencers

Old police photo of a captured 38 Special with a Silencer.








Explaining the Science of Noise from a Gun:
When gunpowder in a cartridge or shell is ignited, it creates a high-pressure pulse of hot gas with so much pressure (on the order of three thousand pounds per square inch) that the bullet is forced down the barrel of the gun at enormous speed along with a very loud sound. It’s like uncorking a tightly sealed champagne bottle. You can’t avoid the popping sound, or, in the case of gun, the muzzle blast.
The more powerful the gun and ammo are, the more chance the bullet will travel at supersonic speed and produce that loud ballistic crack. A high-powered, supersonic bullet can’t be completely silenced because it has literally created a tiny sonic boom as it travels from the barrel.
To illustrate these phenomena, forensic researchers used a special imaging camera. The man in the photo below has discharged a .44 Magnum revolver. Two spherical shock waves are seen. One is a bright flash and cloud of gunpowder combustion centered at the gun’s muzzle (the muzzle blast); the other is centered near the cylinder and envelops the hands of the shooter (around the body of the gun and chamber/cylinder). The supersonic bullet is visible at the far left. This kind of split-split-second photography helps forensics experts understand the transfer of gunpowder traces to the hands when firing a gun. It also allows us to “see” the muzzle flash, the gases exploding out, and the flight of the bullet, all of which aren’t ordinarily visible to the naked eye.
Silencers/suppressors generally screw on to the end of the barrel. Inside, there are baffles to absorb some of the hot gases and powder. There’s a lot more room inside the device compared to the very tight barrel of the gun, so the silencer has 20 or 30 times more room for the pressurized gas to expand into. The silencer decreases pressure from the hot gas, and if enough of the propellant gases are bled away, the bullet can be slowed to less than supersonic speed. When the bullet finally exits through the hole in the silencer, the pressure being uncorked is considerably lower, and the sound of the gun firing is much softer. If the shooter in the picture above had used a silencer/suppressor, the photo would be much different.
So a high-quality silencer may remove most of the muzzle blast and perhaps all of the ballistic cracking sound, but it won’t be completely silent. The best example I have been told is that if you use a pin to pop a balloon, it makes a loud noise. But if you untie the end of the balloon and let the air out in a slower rush, you can minimize the noise. That is the basic idea behind how a silencer works.

Dan Wesson 41 Magnum Stainless, 8" Heavy Barrel

Pistol Style Crossbow

United States Test Firing a Nuclear Missile

The test fire hit the target.
Relax it was a dummy warhead.

North American Arms NAA 22ms Mini Revolver, 22 Magnum; 1” Barrel

Video: 50 Caliber Ricochet

Read this before Watching Video:
Missed by .......... that much!! .... WOW!
OUCH! ! !
This is a very, very lucky gun owner. The guy is shooting a 50 Caliber Rifle.
Watch the dust when he fires. The target is a steel plate. It was 100 yards away. You can hear the ping of the hit, and then the bullet comes back and hits his earmuffs on his head. The footage is amazing. You can hear the bullet as it tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter. He's lucky it hit the dirt first. He is okay, and obviously very lucky.
The bullet grazed his temple. What a difference a half an inch makes!

YouTube Video: Serbu Super Shorty 12 Gauge Shotgun

The Conversion - Converting a 12 Gauge Standard Shotgun

This is not a homemade custom conversion or anything, its a 'Serbu Super Shorty' 12-gauge. Serbu does the conversion in house using either a Remington 870 or Mossberg 500 as the base (your choice).
Its got a 16.5 inch total length, making it the smallest legal shotgun anyone can buy in the United States.
Designed for point blank range use.
Strictly a home protection defense weapon.













To see more, go to Serbu Website at:
http://www.serbu.com/top/superShorty.php

To All Viewers, Patrons, and Blog Followers

This blog is for entertainment and information purposes only.
It is my intention to bring PICTURES of various types of weapons throughout history from around the world with a strong emphasis on modern day guns.

I have gotten a lot of emails requesting I furnish details on weapons and ordinance, such as the manufacture details of various guns and parts. Sorry, that is not the intention of this blog.

Also, I have gotten request to expand into homemade devices such as explosives, flamethrowers, etc. I have all ready posted last year some videos about flame throwers. Please check the Blog History for anything you are looking for.
Some of you have furnished to me written instructions and diagrams on making various devices. I have all ready posted one of these, instructions to build a silencer.
---> I have decided to add some more of these strictly for information purposes.

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Many of the Blog viewers here like the exotic weapons.
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Japanese Ninja Sai

Rossi 92S RC .45 Caliber Lever Action Rifle

Saxon Wall Gun

Video: IED, Modern Binary Explosives

Saddle Scabbard for Rifle or Shotgun

Yes, they still make these for people who ride horses.

X-rayed, Pipe Bomb