Lego Revolver Works:

I've been featuring "ridiculous revolvers" and hand cannons a couple of times - but now here's a toy one that I wish had been available when I was a kid - A Lego "Colt Anaconda" toy that works well.

That is so cool - when can I buy one for my grandson?

Please bring out a boxed kit.

Marty K.

32 Barrel Machine-Gun-Cannon:

On the club range over the weekend we were talking about "the biggest revolver" and 'hand-cannon' and how it was all getting a little extreme/odd maybe - but guys can have a great time building working cannon and firing them.

Well - here are a couple of experimental "Cannoneers" having fun and youtubing it so that we can all enjoy it too - all 32 barrels!:

32 Smoking Barrels.

Working under tough conditions - as someone forgot to bring the correct .36" calibre balls - the Guys above stayed with-it and improvised by using .31" calibre balls.

Great effort and Thank You men,

- Here are some others showing what can be done:

Looking Good.

 

I do know of a local kiwi shooter who has a cannon that he demonstrates using projectiles made from aluminium soft drink/beer cans - filled with concrete.. You must admire folk doing these fun things for others to enjoy eh.

 

Marty K.

Engraved Handguns:

I used to be indecisive - but now I'm not sure.

Another Nice Engraved S&W M60.

I dunno whether I really like or dislike engraved guns ..  Trouble is while some of them are very tasteful - others remind me of the die-cast toy "peacemakers" and 'cap-guns' that I saw as a kid.

Toy Gun

 

It's all a bit academic really as my Dad wouldn't let me have a toy gun when I was young - and now I'm old - I couldn't afford to own a quality engraved pistol anyway!

Engraved Original Colt from 1929.

 

Colt 1911. - Shame About That Grip.

 

Ruger Vaquero -Hmm Maybe?

 

Glock -Er - OK?

 

Colt .38 Super - Ooh Yuck!

 

I Guess that it is just a question of taste - like tattoos - what do you reckon?

 

- As long as they still 'function' - why criticize eh?

 

All pictures from the internet.

 

Marty K.

 

SURVIVORS - by Terry Nation:

Over three years between 1975 and 1977 - The BBC showed a very popular TV series 'SURVIVORS' that ran to 38 episodes before being cut for "lack of funding".

Written by Terry Nation - I've always thought that this original series was excellent and very thought provoking - So much so that I am the proud owner of the BBCs boxed multi DVD set!

- Mostly filmed in rural Herefordshire locations - apart from the dated '70s model cars - this primer for preppers has aged well.

Paperback Terry Nation Book:

- And now I also have a 2008 paperback of the book (first published in 1976) Terry Nation was a great writer who invented the Daleks , Doctor Who, and Blakes 7 as well as Survivors.

The book too is well worth your time - while the final section (Book3) is totally different to the TV Series.

( - The paper-backs cover-illustrations are from the much later 2008 TV "remake")

There are quiet a lot of guns featuring throughout the original series - mostly shotguns - but also rifles, military semi-autos that seem to be FN.FAL  (L1A1 SLR?) - and some handguns.. plus crossbows.

 "Greg" and "Abby" from Series One.

The later 2008 Survivors is different again from both the book and original TV Series.

- It has the  same main story characters and general pandemic disease story line - but I feel its twelve episodes suffer in comparison with the '75-'77 version and is less memorable. - And it seems that the producers felt the same - as it was chopped early.

I see that there is a audio-book available from Big Finish Productions too.

Anyone watching or reading Terry Nations story must have their eyes opened to just how vulnerable organised society might be to "the plague" - certainly it has happened before,

 - even as recently as the influenza PANDEMIC of 1918 - That virus may have killed 100 million people worldwide.

No other event has ever killed so many (8,600) New Zealanders in such a short - two months period.

Marty K.

9MM Ammo Animation from GECO:

- Well worth watching - this animation about Gecos 'Hexagon' 9x19mm precision ammo comes via 'The Firearms Blog' and Facebook.

It is really so good - that while I do realise that it is an advert - I'm not fussy.. If it tastes right - eat it.

The "Hexagon" name refers to the projectiles six nose grooves - that they claim has a similar effect to golf ball 'dimples' - and I'll even put-up a commercial photo from the Geco site as a small appreciation for the high quality of their graphics.

- that's pretty - somebody deserves a bonus.

Marty K.

Worlds Most Powerful Revolver - 600 Nitro Express:

The Pfeifer-Zeliska single-action .600" Nitro Express is a five-shot Magnum Revolver that may well prove to be the worlds all-time most powerful revolver - better called "Ridiculous-Revolver".

- However - I may question that claim later in this post ..

Meanwhile - I would like to introduce the .600 Nitro Express Cartridge that was developed in 1903 by W J Jeffery & Co. (Not Holland & Holland) This cartridge and its Express double-rifles were intended as the ultimate 'Big Game' tools for hunters intent on taking elephant ivory and other dangerous wildlife. - Just the gun to rely on when ...

this turns-up in your back-yard eh.

Loaded with a 900 grain projectile of .620" diameter that is said to be capable of penetrating 10mm sheet steel, - the early versions were propelled with cordite (a double-base propellant nitro-glycerine + guncotton) - hence 'Nitro-Express' -  "Express" because like the trains it was faster!

With a Velocity of 2,050 ft./second these elephant guns put-out 8,221 foot.pounds of energy - so they might be expected to be a little difficult to control in a revolver - But the Austrian made Pfeifer-Zeliska (P.Z) is a very large and heavy handful at 6. kilos - and almost adequately tames the recoil and upward kick.

Pfeifer-Zeliska Revolver

At 22 inches (55cm) overall length - the custom built 'P.Z .600' has a 13 inch barrel and the cylinder alone weighs more than many revolvers at 2.04 kg (4.5lb). 

- Just in case you were getting interested in buying one - please consider that each cartridge will cost you US$40. from Kynoch - That's $200. to load one cylinder full - and the P.Z Revolver  comes in a lovely fitted case at only US $17,316. each.

Note: Thanks go to 'Col' - editor of my pistol club Journal for introducing me to the Pfeifer-Zeliska. ('Col' is a magnum big-gun fan).

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However - that Zeliska may not be the biggest revolver in the world because ..

 It Does look a bit Like A King-Size Ruger Old Army eh.

(- Both are based on the Remington Model 1858.)

- This is getting silly - but Ryszard Tobys from Poland has probably got the biggest revolver for now  .. until some millionaire takes-up the challenge !

This is a 28mm calibre ( that's about one and one eighth of an inch diameter bore.) black powder revolver that fires 136 gram (not grain) bullets - and Mr. Tobys took 2,500 hours to make his hand-built revolver.

- This six-gun is a forty-nine and a half inch (1.26metres) long replica of the 1858 Model Remington and weighs-in at 45kg.

- Well done that man. Mind you it really does get to be a little "academic" once you get to this stage eh - could you carry one of either of these revolvers in a belt holster?

 - and can you say that they are 'handguns'? - Hand Cannon perhaps - but wait - there's more!

Eight Foot Long Roadside Photo-Op at Mankato Minnesota

Still - Life IS good - and the world is a better place for having these nuts - oops - that should read eccentrics - in it.

Marty K.

 P.S: Here is another fairly pointless gun - this time it's a semi-auto but:

Anything For A Laugh.

- Watch the next video too.

- I bet those nice white teeth cost about the same as the gun eh,

M.K.

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Padded Rifle Bags - Get Rythm:

These padded Gun Bags or 'soft cases' seem to run from NZ$50 to over $100 - depending on the makers labels - but there does seem to be a shortage of bags that will fit around a modern? rifle that's got a pistol grip and 'scope or red-dot type sight, bipod etc. hanging off of a picatinny or weaver rail.

- if you then then add a nice fat silencer - boy "Have you got trouble in Gotham City?"

 But - all you got to do is look for a cheap ($20) padded electric guitar bag and "eureka" - it's something like a miracle eh.

As Advertised for $20.

 

It does fit - and it's now under-cover - discretely presented as a harmless and 'p.c'-socially-acceptable musical instrument. - And the bag has shoulder straps, and two large pockets on the cover that are ideal for your mags., targets, bipod, tool & cleaning-kit, spare parts and batteries for your electronic sights.

"It Does Get In".

-but I do have to slip-off the bipod.

- That's a 'brass-catcher' velcroed over the ejection port.. talk about "bells & whistles"

I did start-out looking at used violin cases and they come cheap enough even when complete with a full-sized fiddle - I even started to consider using the interesting shaped 'stringy-screecher' as a light fixture or work of art etc. - but decided (with the help of a tape measure) that a "geetar" was better suited size-wise.

You have to think about these things when you're cash weak and in need of amusement.

- So don't forget that tape measure eh,

Marty K.