IMHO Installment #15: Something's Wrong Here
This...
... is the .50 Cal BMG Windrunner M96, manufactured by EDM Arms in Redlands, California. According to the web site, the rifle can be "assembled, without any tools, in less than 1 minute." Pretty nifty. I wouldn't mind shooting one, to tell you the truth. It's also perfectly legal to own, which some have issues with. If you're considering purchasing one, I'd like to share some sage advice from the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association, Inc. at www.FCSA.org:
The decision to purchase a .50 caliber should be given careful consideration. .50 caliber rifles are expensive and range in price from $2500.00 to more than $7000.00. The sport of competitive shooting also carries with it a commitment of significant financial obligation with all the ancillary support equipment that is necessary.
Duly noted, FSCA. Thank you. I'd like to now present you with something different:
This...
... is a set of lawn darts. It's not the famous "Jarts" brand because I was unable to find a picture of a Jart on the Internet. Unlike the .50 caliber Windrunner M96 (which, arguably, could take down a commercial aircraft), lawn darts are illegal in this country. They were banned in the 1980s by the Consumer Product Safety Commission because, if you're a complete motherfucking idiot, you might throw one up in the air and hurt yourself (or someone else) when it comes back down.
--posted by Patrick at Blowing Shit Up With Gas.
10 Comments:
It's ironies like this that make me shake my head. No person anywhere for any reason needs to own a gun like this. I served in the Canadian Forces btw and have used a Browning .50 cal HMG so before any does - don't accuse me of being left-wing and anti-gun. If you want to play with big guns grow a set and join the forces of whatever country you live in (especially those of you who live south of the 49th).
I think the theory is that kids use lawn darts and adults use .50 cal machine guns, but I personally don't know anyone killed by either one. I also don't know anyone who died from falling off his bicycle, but kids today have to ride them wearing hockey pads and helmets.
Even though I'm from Boston, I'm not anti-gun, but I fail to see the need for a weapon like that in anyone's home. I agree with reg.
People, in general, are apeshit nuts.
On the other hand, that gun looks hottttt.
I have a set of lawn darts, the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab
a Battlestar Galactica Missile Launcher and Creepy Crawlers.
Go on. Mess with me.
It's things like this that make me wish that I could convince myself that stupidity is actually entertaining (take the Darwin aAwards, for example). Alas, I find myself just shaking my head.
I think I'll go be a badass and buy some black-market lawn darts. If I'm lucky, I might actually hit what I aim for and be a menace to society. And if asked why I didn't instead but the perfectly legal gun to threaten the damned squirrels with, I'll quietly respond, "Guns are for pussies."
youd have to b a complete fuckhead to do something like that
Although I agree with reg...I really think that buying a gun like that will result in you never, ever needing Viagra. Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is, Mama. Bang bang; shoot shoot. Damn, I'm getting a woodie.
I found a few pics of Jarts for sale in several auctions including here: http://www.ioffer.com/i/18769356
I was not aware of this game frenzy until this post so it was quite informative. I was surprised to find a site that had a jarts event every year and tons of pics of the event posted by enthusiasts. Haven't seen an amassing of that sort of nerdery since I got the Mensa magazine with all the pics included from the annual meeting.
Sadly, California has banned .50 bmg rifles. I say sadly because they banned them because they are scary and not because they are an actual threat.
These rifles tend to weigh 25-35 pounds unloaded. The recoil is around 150lb of force. They make an amazing amount of noise when fired. It has to be fired from a prone position and after a few shots you need a shoulder transplant. Granted, if you take the $5000 rifle, the $3500 scope and skill you can hit a target at 2000 yards.
The 2000 yard kill with .50 bmg rifle is a wet-dream scenario that school-boys and guys with lesser rifles discuss. I know. I'd love one ;) The truth is that there very few things that it can do that other rifles can't.
Now, look at any deer rifle. You can get one of these with a scope for under $1000 at Walmart and you'll hit the same size target at 1000 yards. You won't go through quarter inch steel plate, but whatever gets hit is having a bad day.
I own a .223 bolt-action rifle with scope. I've never fired a .50bmg, but will most likely buy one if a federal ban is instituted just because I can. Remember, they've been legal since introdution in 1921.
I'm not scared of .50 bmg or anyone with
one. It's a big toy and if someone wants to spend $5 to go bang, I say, "why not?"
Nobody gets killed with fifty's. Unless of course they are in Iraq or Afghanistan on the wrong end of one. But the truthfulness of the situation presents itself blatantly! Nobody has ever been killed by a fifty in a crime in the US.
And they are damn fun..
Haters.
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