Guitar Strap Giveaway - Target Shooting With A Pistol

Guitar Strap Giveaway - Target Shooting With A Pistol

For a proper introduction to our new line of Guitar Straps featuring the leather of wild hogs, we chose to give the first strap away in this style. Here is our version of the proper way to choose the winner. Thanks to everyone for the reposts, hashtags, links, etc.

Pepperbox Pistols, The Belgian Hand Cannon

More firepower you say? Well, look no further than the past to understand how this rationale has forever been a part of the mindset of gun aficionado's. The one thing that bugs us though, is how would you ever be able to holster this hand cannon? We dig the ingenuity though and surely many a steampunk lover can get some ideas from this piece of history.

Dig into some more info on all that is Gilles Mariette

More information on all that is hand guns from Genitron

Gilles Mariette pepperbox cluster revolver

Need some fireworks ideas, try out the hand cannons of Gilles Mariette

"Gilles Mariette, an arms manufacturer in Cheratte, Belgium, pateneted the 'cluster revolver (pepperbox) with double action' in 1837. This percussion-era weapon is distinguished by its mutliple rotating barrel design. Its barrels, instead of being bored from a single block, were screwed separately onto individual chambers milled into a rotating breechblock.

Each barrel had four rectangular slots at 90 degree intervals round the muzzle to facilitate its removal with a special key, and each barrel was also numbered, along with each chamber. The cluster of barrels was screwed to a spindle on the standing breech, access to which was gained by way of the space left in the center of the cluster of barrels. Various pepperbox designs had as few as four barrels to as many as eighteen barrels, as shown here.

In most designs the percussion cap nipples were in the same axis as the barrels. This reduced the chances of a misfire and made the arm neat and compact, although in models with larger numbers of barrels some cap nipples had to be offset from their barrels. Pressure on the ring-trigger caused the barrels to rotate, bringing each in turn into line, and also drew back and released the internal hammer, which struck the cap nipple on the lowest barrel.

There are partitions between the nipples, and in addition, a further shield rose as the hammer fell to completely cover the cap being fired. Re-capping was achieved by pressing the trigger sufficiently to allow the barrels to be manually rotated; a small slot was provided in the right-hand side of the frame, allowing the caps to be slid into place."

Working A Tough Job Site, Need Some Firepower

Imagine this, you are working a job site and there is some asshole that is part of a crew that is stealing tools during work and doing potentially more damaging things after work. No one will do anything as it slows job progress and the company is more interested in getting the job done. If it were John Wayne's write up, maybe it could be called the Dewalt Peacemaker, but needless to say, this here piece of work is fully functional and should be kept on hand and fully charged.

Link to original article on Geekologie

Dewalt cordless drill or a Glock .45 in construction site camo

"This is a Glock .45 pistol modded to look like a DeWalt cordless drill. It's just a gun though, the drill doesn't actually work. Although I suppose you could use it as a little bayonet in a fight.

"Here is a really neat project put together by one of our trainers, Mark Bilicki, working with local gunsmith James Oberkirsch. It is a fully functioning Glock Model 21 .45. No, the drill doesn't work, but if you point where you want a hole, it can make it happen!"

LOL @ "No ,the drill doesn't work, but if you point it where you want a hole, it can make it happen!" Oh man, that's great. Drills are obsolete anyways. *BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG* Haha -- take that you f***ing 2 x 4's! *roof collapses*


Thanks to bb, who agrees disguising guns as power tools is a great way to accidentally shoot a friend during craft time. *sobbing* We were just building birdhouses!"

Is It Illegal To Build A Homemade Shotgun?

Do we have the right to bear arms, but only if they are from designated manufacturers? It might seem so in this tidbit we found in an online search. Who woulda thunk that an individual creating a sculpture with a firing mechanism would have come under such scrutiny. Maybe next time keep those "sculptures" out of the public view and more specifically out of museums where the wine and cheese pc crowd won't be so offended.

Homemade Shotgun "sculpture" created by Chad Person

"Five months ago one of my sculptures was seized by the ATF. Agents visited my art dealer with orders to confiscate "Improvised Shotgun - White" following a citizen complaint. The citizen/agency questioned the legality of the manufacturing and trafficking of the alleged weapon.


Last week, the lengthy (and undoubtedly expensive) investigation was closed. While I held my breath, ATF engineers spent months - or maybe just a day - attempting to fire a standard 12 gauge round through my improvised shotgun sculpture. In the end, they met with success.


While I have yet to see any evidence that the sculpture was successfully weaponized, the BATFE has informed me that they have classified my sculpture as a firearm, placing it within jurisdiction of the infamous Gun Control Act (GCA). Hence it would appear that, the act of making the sculpture and my transference of said sculpture to art gallery in Los Angeles was illegal.

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms paid a visit to Chad Person

As outlined by the letter you see here (click to enlarge), the ATF considers my actions "unlawful manufacture and transfer of firearms" which carry the penalty of "imprisonment for not more than 5 years and/or a fine of up to $250,000." So, why am I not in jail? In a word; context. I am not an arms manufacturer, nor am I an arms trafficker - I am an artist. Fortunately, the ATF appears to agree.


Is it illegal to manufacture firearms and traffic them across state lines without proper permits, etc.? You bet it is; and I would highly recommend that you do not try this at home. However, given the context of my unique situation a decision was made to pass on enforcement of the crimes I allegedly committed. (I continue to maintain that there was no actual crime.)  


In an earlier post I remarked that questioning, researching and debating the laws we are forced to live by is the very essence of a democratic state. As an artist, I routinely push against boundaries, conventions, and in this instance, the GCA, in order to ask difficult questions about my life and the world around me. My art is speech, and my speech is protected. I can only assume that this was the rationale that led the ATF to issue me (in person) a cease and desist and take no further action.


This simultaneous vilification and vindication has been nothing short of inspirational. I am proud of the ATF for making what I believe is a sensible call, and thankful to not be engaged in a lengthy legal battle over the nature of my work. Whereas I am disheartened to lose the sculpture, since the BATFE has refused to return it to me, I will be writing it off as an unrecoverable business loss in 2012.


On a very personal note, I feel a renewed sense of purpose and faith in my work. This experience has reaffirmed that by continuing to ask questions and following my ideas to their natural end - regardless of difficulty or intimidation - I will inevitably find moments of truth and beauty.


*I am continuing to seek hard evidence (photographic/video) that the sculpture in question was successfully weaponized in the BATFE lab. If/when I obtain this, I will post a follow up.* 

In the meantime, I would like to remind anyone reading this post to read the disclaimers on my Project Statement Page and do your own research before undertaking any actions that may be dangerous or illegal where you reside."