Sneak peek of AR57

AR57 PDW Upper on Standard AR Lower

The Firearm Blog has the goods:

The AR Five Seven is a one piece 5.7×28mm upper that attaches to a AR-15 lower and uses the 50 round FN P90 magazines.

Also see his earlier post on the subject, which includes a reader comment about turning an AR magazine body into a brass catcher.

–cross-posted from MO.

MP5 is more deadly than AK says Indian Commando

That must mean that the MP5 is about five times more lethal than the 5.56 poodle shooters…

I recently received a Magpul CTR stock, but it’s for a mil-spec extension tube and not a commercial one. So I’ve decided to pick up a mil-spec tube to avoid this issue in the future.

What’s the purpose of this difference?

As always, Brownell’s HowtobuildanAR15.com has a video on the subject of AR maintenance.

Wednesday’s post on Charter Arms’ New Rimless Revolver seems to have attracted a bit of attention from a wide range of sources. Opinions are varied, but check it out if you missed it.

Italian Police arrest man with phone gun

.22 Caliber Phone Gun

These things have cropped up every once in a while for that past several years.

The stories always say the antenna is the barrel, but I’ve seen a video that shows pressing four buttons on the keypad each fires the bullet it is above. I’m thinking it’s more likely that each round has its own barrel (such as it is) an is really four single shots.

UPDATE: Here’s the video. Definitely not some sort of semi-auto:
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Charter Arms announces the Charter Arms Rimless Revolver (CARR) a revolutionary new rimless revolver for popular semi-auto cartridges.

From the press release:

Available Calibers: Charter Arms will first offer the .40 S&W chambering, followed quickly by the .45ACP and 9×19 mm Parabellum (the 9mm Parabellum revolver will also chamber factory .380ACP). All three of Charter Arms’ Rimless Revolvers (9mm, .40 and .45) are rated for higher velocity +P loadings.

The advantage is now the average gun owner can own an affordable, trouble-free revolver chambered in these popular semi-auto rounds without the need for specialized ammunition clips and a specialized gun.

Back up and self-defense: For law enforcement work the always ready-to-fire, fiddle-factor-free revolver is the back up to have; especially if is the same caliber as the officer’s carry gun. As a primary self-defense carry gun, these three calibers mean reliable protection in popular semi-auto self defense-calibers.

If more power is needed, step up to +P ammo. The advantage with Charter Arms Rimless Revolvers is they will fire any mix of cartridges while maintaining 100% reliability. For plinking with .45ACP or 9mm surplus and discounted military type ammo, the affordable Charter Arms Rimless Revolver will prove to be very economical and it’s also a .380 revolver. Now that is fun!

The secret is the patent-pending Charter Arms Rimless Revolver Round System. Basically, when a round is loaded into the chamber a specialized spring engages the cartridge’s ejector groove. When the cylinder is opened and the ejector rod operated, it extracts and ejects the fired cases.

Models: Initially snubbarrels (2″ 9mm and 2.2″ .40 and .45ACP) as these revolvers are designed for self- defense and back up. The 9mm is built on Charter Arms’ compact and lightweight undercover platform featuring an aluminum frame and weighing only 12 ounces. The .40 and .45ACP built on the popular and robust Bulldog frame due to the larger diameter of these cartridges while maintaining a compact profile.

Availability: First quarter of 2009.

MSRP Prices: 9mm $399.00, .40 $449.00, .45ACP $449.00

That .40 looks pretty good to me. Particularly for carry. I expect that these will sell well to a wide range of shooters.

I’ve been unable to get some good photos, but I’ve had this over a week and haven’t posted on it yet:

Auto-Ordnance M1 by Kahr Arms

I was checking out the used gun section at a local store when I happened upon this. It was only lightly used and at a great price, so I couldn’t say no. It’s the first time I’ve ever bought a gun “on a whim” without loads of research and lots of thought. However, I’ve wanted an M1 for a long, long time and had already checked out the Auto-Ordnance models. Although I still plan on picking up a GI surplus M1 at some point, I also wanted a reproduction to shoot without worries about trying to keep it in condition.

The ventilated upper handguaurd (complete with totally evil bayonet lug) and the adjustable rear site were added by the previous owner. Next stop will be to pick up some additional mags (it only came with one 15-rounder) and a sling.

I’ve wanted an M1 Carbine since before I was really into guns. Awesome.