NUCLEAR RAMJET CRUISE MISSILES:

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I find it horribly fascinating that everyone I know is very concerned about civilian ownership of semi-auto sporting rifles (by police approved & licensed sports people) - while being blissfully unconcerned or unaware of what Governments are planning to do to us all while they themselves hide deep underground.
A few days back in 'The Brownings - Harmonica Pistols - & Weapons Technology':(9th August) -

- I mentioned how crazed military scientists had worked on "twice nuclear" loitering munitions back in the 50s & 60s. - Now there are new reports of Russian progress with this WMD system. Link:

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-brownings-harmonica-pistols-weapons.html

These insane unmanned "loitering cruise missiles" have the ability to cruise airborne for perhaps months loaded with dozens of warheads while spewing a trail of radio-active particles.

On August 8, during testing aboard a barge in the White Sea near Nyonoksa, Russia, the Burevestnik nuclear engine (which NATO reports under the name of SSC-X-9 "Skyfall") of an experimental nuclear-armed cruise missile exploded ..The five killed in the accident—Evgeny Koratayev, Vyacheslav Lipshev, Sergei Pichugin, Alexei Vyushin, and Vladislav Yanovsky - have been posthumously awarded unnamed state honors. - It is possible that two further military technicians may have now died.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-blows-up-creating-mini-chernobyl/

This Russian nuclear-powered cruise-missile program was announced by Vladimir Putin on March 1, 2018, during an address to the Federal Assembly. - Putin described the weapon as a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile with essentially unlimited range, intended to defeat any ballistic missile defenses deployed by the United States.

Read all about this Russian version of the American Project Pluto here:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/best-bad-idea-ever-why-putins-nuclear-powered-missile-is-possible-and-awful/

I find it horribly fascinating that everyone I know is very concerned about civilian ownership of semi-auto sporting rifles (by police approved & licensed sports people) - while being blissfully unconcerned or unaware of what Governments are planning to do to us all while they themselves hide deep underground.

Marty K.

'Duck & Cover' - Humour Under Attack:

That phrase 'DUCK & COVER' has been presented for use against three types of attack:

Nuclear Explosion ..      Earthquake ..       Bear Attack ..

I fully accept the advice value contained therein .. for what it's worth eh.

Pithy But Wise Words like this Sticker on my Gun box 

(Along with "NOT TO BE USED BY FUCK-WITS"):

BUT - All three possible violent events above may prove terminal and very sore.

I seriously do recognize the sense of that 'duck & cover' advice .. but of these three threats, - I've only experienced big earthquakes in the Christchurch area - and both times I was too scared to move - In fact the shaking was so violent that I couldn't move until it stopped.

Now if you come-up against an aggressive bear you'll need to have a fresh can of BEAR PEPPER SPRAY in one hand and a full power handgun or long arm in the other .. "duck & cover"? - might be part of your defense.

Both of the other two cataclysmic events can be prepared for by having emergency foods, water, strengthened locations and civil-defense preparations such as battery torches, radios, phones etc .. and these provisions did indeed nurture me some with meals, shelter & hot drinks. (Have you got potassium iodide & iodine (for radiation) along with your canned beans?).

.. BUT if you are in the epicenter when you are nuked or quaked ... well you might get lucky eh.

My Dad (a WWII Commando corporal) told this story long after the war to an Irish Guards mate - about diving into a ditch for cover from a STUKA dive bomber 7.92 mm machine guns (Junkers JU 87 ground attack a.c): "Corp, Corp .. what shall we do?" ... "Pray you c#nt."

Link to short STUKA video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uvqhA4_2tU

- Now of course - those of you who are awake may have noticed that "Duck & Cover" is quite similar to the NZ police advice to anyone subject to unlawful violence .. or as my Dad put it .. "PRAY YOU C#NT"

 - But the difference is that when you are being machine-gunned by a STUKA or Nuked by an unfriendly government - such words of comfort are actually appropriate ..

.. whereas if some hoodie wearing prospect is trying to 'qualify' by beating on your skull with a rusty ball-pein hammer you might well be advised to energetically & forcefully defend yourself .. by means other than by pretending to be a turtle..

Marty K.

Ever More 'old' PALM PISTOLS:

I found two more "palm pistol" designs on the world-wide-wait .. the first - a MONTIAHUS Pistol is said to be in the National Firearms Museum (USA) & there is a set of images on their site ..

http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/robert-e-petersen-collection/firearms-curiosa/montlahus-palm-pistol-22-cal.aspx

- But there's no technical description other than it may be in a .22" caliber .. and it looks be a variation of the sliding chamber (Harmonica) types.

Whatever .. it needs to be added to my "SQUEEZER-Palm Pistol" story ..

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2018/06/squeezer-palm-pistols-antique-modern.html

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- the second one seems to be a prototype one-off built for the patent application; Link to patent:

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1c/dc/25/2e2fe59803fced/US913756.pdf

William B McCarty Patent Revolving Pistol.

- Eighteen Shot .22"

Now the one big idea here has to be the way the 18 chambers are drilled diagonally to the radii to reduce the depth of the annular magazine structure while maximizing it's capacity. - That's a clever feature eh.

- Reading the patent explanation .. it seems that the firing-pin is fixed to a heavy hammer that is meant to form something like a breech face to hold the cartridge in the chamber on firing? - but a fitted/ shaped ring or disc of 'breech-faces' might be used to clamp them all in place from 'backing-out' (as part of a rotating cover?).

.. Now if you were to incorporate that high capacity diagonal chamber feature into an updated "Chicago Protector Palm Pistol" you might have a .22" Long Rifle caliber winner in your hands ..

This design originated in France 1882 when Jacques E Turbiaux patented his Turbiaux le Protector squeeze cocking palm pistol - & later bigger modified versions were made in USA.

Link to Forgotten Weapons video:

 https://www.forgottenweapons.com/chicago-palm-protector-pistols-at-ria/

Marty K.

The Brownings - Harmonica Pistols - & Weapons Technology:

"Old tech" -  for a short time the guys tried making "Harmonica Pistols". - In Paris, Europe 'Jarre' made a lot - but in USA John Browning's father made 'Harmonica pistols'.

The famous John Moses Browning (1855-1926) had 21 siblings .. (with three mothers) and his father Jonathon Browning (1805-1879) was a gunsmith who made sliding chamber guns in the 1830s.

These Harmonica pistols were HOT for a while - but revolvers were a better balanced design .. then the cleaner nitro based smokeless propellants developed and lead on to the newer automatic pistol and rifle designs.

Rare Jarre Four Shot Harmonica Percussion.

You can't stop progress - especially when there's a dollar to be made .."LASER PLASMA BALLS"

"The Laser Induced Plasma Effect program is part of the military’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, which is developing a host of, as the name suggests, non-lethal technologies. According to the Military Times a current focus is creating human voice in the right wavelengths to travel through lasers. The outlet obtained footage of a small plasma ball forming in the air and commanding listeners to stop. It appears to emanate from an apparatus just a few inches away."

I don't know just how close this laser is to being deployed against us, the world's public - and I understand why the media focus is right now very much on civilian ownership of 'guns' - whereas the government military ("defense forces") spend their time and money on much bigger science.

I was interested to read this comment below about the plasma-laser weapons:

At some point, we have to ask ourselves: who is the enemy? Is it our adversaries, or the inventors, promoters and profit takers, under the guise of ‘defense’?

Yup .. Try watching a few minutes video about nuclear ram jets deployed in SLAM .. Supersonic Low Altitude Missiles - known as 'The Big Stick' ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHONQAMV48

.. If you thought that the HAROP Loitering Munition was diobolic 😈 ... think about this nuclear version flying around for months waiting to deliver multiple H-Bombs (up to x26) THEN going on to circle & spew-out radiation from a low level for weeks until it expires ! .. These government people are without question INSANE .. but we vote for them.

Marty K.

60 "Pistols" Stopped At UK Borders:

British Border Protection Police-Customs proudly announced that they have arrested an Irish citizen Robert Keogh -  for smuggling 60 pistols into UK through the Channel Port of Dover on August 2.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/08/07/man-charged-after-60-guns-recovered-hidden-in-car/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29

I guess that in legal language that report would be correct .. but the FACTS are that these are actually Turkish made blank firing guns that may have been adapted to accept a live cartridge.

The pistols had been secreted in the panels and bumper of a Volkswagen Passat.

The gun shown in the image seems to be a 'ZORAKI 2918' that was built by Atak Arms in Istanbul from plastic and zinc alloy - in several versions that either fire "blanks" or perhaps rubber balls.

Video Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usRdJAOQV_c

- Here are 19 of these "sealed" as found ..

The 'pot metal' slides are definitely not made to withstand the pressures and velocity from live round fire unless extensively modified or rebuilt. - However they seem to otherwise be well made as blank firing devices.

Zinc-aluminum alloys (pot metal) such as "Zamak 3" have a place in die cast toys for sure .. but are not likely to survive more than one or two real shots if adapted into a full power handgun.

2017 VW Passat.

I have often read comment when contraband is found - that there is likely a lot more that gets through undetected.

 - My #1 comment would be that anyone flashing a replica-toy firearm as a "frightener" has got to be a dumb bottom-feeder with a short life expectancy eh.

UK knife crime rose 22% in 2017 to 39,598 offences  - Gun Crime rose to 6,604 offences.

They had 688 Homicides recorded - a 15% increase.

Keogh was remanded to reappear in Canterbury Crown Court next month.

(New Zealand 'per capita' gun deaths are around 12 times less than USA .. but about 5 times more than UK).

Marty K.

Antique Pocket Pistol - 'Snubbie' Of It's Day:

I'm something of a slow thinking man .. it does take a while for the lift to reach my top floor - but the doors do then open: - I bought this old pistol - an 'NZ official antique' at a recent auction - there is no doubt but that it is indeed old (estimated made 1840-ish) having impressive craftsmanship & engraving.

 - However, back in it's day it was the self-defense carry gun that was slipped into the purse or pocket by worthy thinking folk "just in case".. indeed these guns were known as "pocket guns".

As an old original antique that does not fire a metallic cartridge .. it is accepted as lawful to possess (but not shoot) unlicensed under section 2 of the current Arms Act New Zealand.

- There are a huge number of firearms laws around the world - in 1965 US Congressional testimony claimed that there were 20,000 gun laws on the statute books there - disputed of course but certainly Americans also seem to be free to own muzzle-loading Black Powder firearms outside of any regulation.

Even in the UK - the Un-european Kingdom - licensed target-pistol shooters are still permitted to own & shoot muzzle-loading target pistols.

- My antique 70 Bore specimen is Liege (Belgium) built and proof marked - being nicely engraved and has a fluted hardwood grip with a white metal cap box in the ebonised butt closed by a hinged 'Lions Head' lid.

This two-barreled smooth-bore percussion pistol was assessed GWO&C and my stripping and cleaning has confirmed that it does indeed seem to be in 'GOOD WORKING ORDER & CONDITION'. - provided your definition of smooth (bore) is a little rough 😏😏.

The gun has no sights & the 2 3/4 inch (7 centimeter long) rose damascus twist screw-off barrels are 70 Bore measuring around .405" caliber .. that's 10 mm - and are made of 'Damascus Steel' folded metal - formed by winding & forge welding steel strips around a mandrel.

At a recent pistol club meeting my efforts to introduce & illuminate this class of black powder civilian antique to those shooters was cut short following the comment "So what?" from one military expert .. and the opinion later expressed by another tyro that it was crap because the gun didn't even have a trigger.

- This type of pocket carry arm is safely designed so that the triggers drop into place when the hammers are cocked.

Ah well - "pearls before swine" & "whistling in the wind" .. I did try eh.

The tendency of office holders to always know best - can sometimes lead to stupid ill-informed decisions being imposed .. particularly as applied to firearms regulations - this same ignorance may sometimes also lead to gaps in restrictions.

"There's none so deaf as those that won't hear - There's none so blind as those that won't see."

.. The Old West Frontier has recorded tales of Buffalo (Bison) being slaughtered by riders armed with similar caliber black powder arms.

Marty K.

P.S. Disclaimer for officialdom: - My interest in firearms in New Zealand is solely for lawful sporting, scientific, educational, and recreational interest purposes. I am a pacifist having no thought of violence. Marty K.

Note: -  Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The analogy is to a dog whistle - the ultrasonic tone of which is heard by dogs but inaudible to humans.

Police Relations Trolled:

For over 30 years I have been proud to count serving police officers - especially Firearms Officers - as trusted friends in the Christchurch district.

Several young guys who I have respected as work mates - and school friends of my kids went-on to be fine front-line officers around the country .. and I always felt that I - having proved to be a 'FIT AND PROPER PERSON' as a fully endorsed shooter, collector, and sometime dealer - had something in common with these trusted law enforcement officers.

We often met and talked in armories and various shooting ranges .. I especially sadly miss one pistol shooting senior detective - father to another Firearms Officer - who passed far too young.

- Now this:

The embittered senior officer who chose this public way to state his hostility and disrespect for New Zealand's firearms community may have spent too much time in the company of the criminal underclass.

This same police leader made submissions that have influenced recent new punitive anti-gun legislation.

- Perhaps this can now be reviewed and reconsidered by our politicians.

Marty K.