We’ve probably all seen some of this video before, but I didn’t know what the rifle was; a .557 Tyrannosaur. If an elephant or rhino is charging you, it might be the weapon of choice, other than that, I don’t think I’d want to give a try. . . more than once, anyway.
From the Dong-a Ilbo: “President of the Families of Abducted and Detained in North Korea, confirmed yesterday at a press conference, ‘A former South Korean soldier surnamed Kim is currently staying in a third country. He crossed the North Korean border at around 10 p.m. on June 14. He joined the South Korean army in August 1951 at age 17. He is now 74 years old.’”
- #GI Korea has an excellent and lengthy post on the background, events, and aftermath of the 2002 accident where a U.S. armored vehicle killed to schoolgirls. I arrived in Korea a few days after the accident, but things didn't start to heat up until two months later, as I was returning to the States.
- #Via Reuters: “…there was strong suspicion a huge shipment of methamphetamines seized at the former U.S. navy base of Subic north of Manila this week came from clandestine drugs laboratories in North Korea.” The Joker took over Batman’s abandoned cave.
- #From TimesOnline: "THE first case of murder and suicide caused by North Korea’s new food crisis has emerged with the account of a man who killed his hungry wife and children and then took his own life in despair." This report can't be confirmed, but it is entirely plausible.
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March 26th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
I love guns, but there is a limit even for me.
One thing I found odd is the posture that all the shooters has on the clip. Not one leans the upper body forward to brace for the extra recoil, as one would with, say, a particularly harsh 10 gauge shotgun load.
In fact, several shooters positively leans backward (!), which magnifies the effect of the recoil.
March 27th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I wonder if someone was playing a joke on them, told them to fire incorrectly? Some joke. A couple of the guys do look solid and are using the correct posture, and they still look like it was a pretty big shock.
When I was a kid I saw a 4 gauge shotgun used for duck hunting in a museum (now illegal for hunting). It was setup to be fired from a rowboat that had a small reinforced beam across it to brace the gun against, and was said to propel the boat a good bit when fired.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
In fact, that is what Massad Ayoob, a gun trainer, taught slender women to do with, say, a 12 gauge shotgun. Brace the stock under the armpit and let it touch a wall.
I believe 10 gauge is now the largest commercially available shotgun shell.
I find it unpleasant to shoot.
12 gauge, of course, is the standard, but I agree with Ayoob that a light, short barreled 20 gauge semi-auto or slide-action (Remington 1100 and 870, respectively) makes the most versatile shotgun for home defense.
Yes, it gives some power and range compared to the 12, but 20 more than makes up with the lower recoil, handiness and more rapid follow-up shots.
March 27th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Found the pic via here; “4 Gauge (Brass & Paper) vs 12 Gauge”
March 28th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
4 guage is not as big as they come. 2 and 3 guage were offered in the US by the major manufacturers until everything larger than 10 guage was outlawed for hunting (8 guage kiln-gun cartridges are still loaded). The biggest commercially loaded shotshells for hunting were 2-inch, which because of the way guage is calculated would have a guage number well under 1. All of these were used in punt guns, mounted in punts (the row boat mentioned was a punt), but not used in shoulder-fired guns (maximum for that was 8). The only regular users were market hunters.
As for rifles, 700 (that is seven hundred) nitro express rifles and ammunition have been made in the last twenty years. The 700 bullets are nominally .133 inch greater in diameter than .577 and a hit (a near miss as well) is guaranteed to stop that charging rabit dead in its tracks. Loaded 700 nitro sells for only about $125 per round (less in quantity). There is nothing living on the surface of this planet that requires use of these, so their main motivation now must have something to do with the psychology of the owner.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
A lot of that in the gun business.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:59 am
The scary thing is the guys that lean their faces over the stock to aim. I think there must be a couple of dislocated shoulders and bruised cheeks there.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:07 am
One person already said it but most of them were shooting like retards. If you were to do that with a 10ga shotgun it would do the same thing. The last guy, the big one, was standing right. Notice that the guy did not go flying back. Makes you wonder.
Now i have shot a .50 BMG (which is bigger then the .557 t-rex [cheaper too]) standing up. It was a Barrett M99 which we removed the muzzle ports from. It is possible to do if you are standing properly. One thing different about this rifle and the Barrett is that the .50 cal weighs like 30 pounds where those would weigh about 9 or 10 lbs.
The lesson is not to be a retard and stand properly.