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10 Years with the Colt 901 (Part 2)

Shawn asked me to do a data dump on the Colt 901 for Part 2 of the series. Initial Modular Rifle PatentsPaul Hochstrate, Laurance Robbins, and Arthur F. Daigle Colt engineers first filed a patent application for their Modular Rifle design in June 2004. “…(M)agazine well 46 may be replaceable and removable such that magazine well 46 may beContinue reading “10 Years with the Colt 901 (Part 2)”

10 Years With The Colt 901 (Part1)

Part 1 in a series on the Colt 901 and it’s past 10 years

American Original: Townsend Whelen

From RIA Blog Townsend Whelen loved the outdoors and lived guns. An avid outdoorsman, marksman, hunter, soldier, and author, Whelen wrote for numerous sporting magazines and penned several books on topics ranging from gunsmithing to rifle scopes to big game hunting, shooting, and weapon cleaning. A career U.S. Army officer, he served as the commanderContinue reading “American Original: Townsend Whelen”

French Exotics – Arcane and THV

Since I broached the topic of metal-piercing projectiles yesterday with the KTW, here are a couple of French metal-piercing rounds from the 1970s and 1980s. The Arcane was the brainchild of Fabrice Bodet. He filed his first patent application in France in June 1978, and received patent FR2429407B1 in December 1980. Bodet did not getContinue reading “French Exotics – Arcane and THV”

Classic LE Cult Films from Second Chance Body Armor

The following is an eight-hour compilation of classic advertising films from Second Chance Body Armor. It includes “Second Chance vs. the U.A.P.” (1975), “Second Chance vs. Magnum Force” (1989), and “Second Chance vs. the Cop Killers” (1992). These are a weird mix of fictional dramatizations, reenactments of actual armor saves, comedy sketches, and product demonstrations.Continue reading “Classic LE Cult Films from Second Chance Body Armor”

Colt LE901 Sniper Variant

Brent recently got a special variant of the 901 configured as a sniper rifle for some Kalifornia PD. You can see about it in his video below and then sub to his youtube channel.

A Collection of Screwdriver Bit Projectile Patents

You can’t seem to swing a dead cat these days without hitting another scalloped projectile design claimed to promote increased temporary cavitation and tissue disruption. In rifles, the initial blame might be placed upon CETME engineer Gunther Voss who designed the asymmetric löffelspitz (spoon-point) bullet for use with the 4.6x36mm CETME/HK assault rifle cartridge startingContinue reading “A Collection of Screwdriver Bit Projectile Patents”