How it was: “Are those level 4 plates?”

How it should be: “Those lvl 4 plates won’t save you.”

Via - @ohiorangsdays

Browning Model 1900 Semi-Automatic Pistol, Raymond J. Wielgus, 1910, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and Renaissance

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wielgus Size: Overall L. 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.) Barrel Overall L. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.) Caliber .32 Medium: English oak, steel, ivory, and gold inlay

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/69870/

A handful of favorite shots. The only rifle I’m actively hunting for anymore is an M1944 carbine, but I’m not gunning for it too hard. It’d be just a space filler.

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A Bosnian girl, holding an AK-47 rifle smokes a cigarette as she waits for a funeral service at Sarajevo’s Lion’s cemetery in 1992.

Little firearm safety for us all.

Heckler & Koch 512

Although it bears the name of the legendary German gun manufacturer, the 512 was actually produced by the Italian shotgun manufacturer Franchi. H&K had commissioned Franchi to design and build it, while they handled the marketing and sales to law enforcement agencies. It was not intended to be for the civilian market, however a contract overrun meant a handful did end up being sold outside of the LEO market. Franchi is famously known for producing the SPAS-12 and you can see certain similarities between it and the 512. It features a very similar receiver layout, push-button safety, oversized release, and most notably the diverter muzzle device. This turns the shotgun’s normal circular pattern into more of a squashed oval, effectively spreading the pellets in a wider oblong pattern. Depending where you get your info, there are less than 300 of these shotguns in the U.S, making them extremely rare and collectable. (GRH)

Sauer&Sohn 38H Weapon-Mounted Lights

Postcard found in the wall of an Armenian home in Aintab: A woman with a Mauser handgun in her right hand and a shortened-barrel (or stage prop) Mosin rifle in her left. 1910. 

For more on the story of this postcard: The Woman in the Wall: A Story of People, Places, and Things, by Vahe Habeshian

Modern styled rifles will never look as cool as this.