IWA is an abbreviation for Internationale Waffen Ausstellung (International Weapons Exhibition). It’s an annual trade-show for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry in Nuremberg, Germany. (No irony there.) I wanted to send Leghorn but the boy’s busy blogging and practicing for his debut on FNH USA’s 3-Gun team. Luckily, thetacticalwire.com had a man on the ground: Frank James. Mr. James reveals that the IWA Show was originally developed to showcase the products and skills of the German gunsmiths and firearms trade. It has since become the leading European international trade exhibition for the hunting, the shooting sports and outdoor equipment of all types and in recent years for law enforcement and personal security.” (Still no irony.) James reports that the gun above is . . .
“The Saiga MK-107 is a semi-auto rifle being offered for the first time by the Russians at IWA. It is chambered for the 5.56x45mm cartridge instead of the normal 7.62x39mm or 5.45x39mm. It is a variation of a military rifle the Russians developed to provide for more accurate fully-automatic fire, but one questions the advantage in a rifle capable only of semi-auto fire.
“FIRST SPEAR [relatively logo-free stand above] is a tactical equipment company based in St. Louis, MO. They know the importance of the IWA for more sales and increased exports. Even though the firm is only two years ago their experienced staff know the value of attending the IWA Show and international sales.
“Shown above: a new blowback operated, closed bolt submachine gun from Swiss company B&T AG. It features a 3 lug barrel, a folding stock and select-fire capability. This together with the Sig MP-X represents renewed interest by manufacturers who sell to law enforcement in tactical weapons chambered for the more traditional calibers and not the newer anti-soft body armor cartridges and guns.
“The M26 [above] is a modular accessory shotgun system developed by Ira Kay. Because it features a short 16.5 inch barrel it is ruled by the American BATF as an NFA device, but that doesn’t mean the European law enforcement market isn’t interested in a short handy dual purpose firearm for both ‘breaching’ and ‘entry’ duty.”
This image above: the new HK developed MG121 which is the new belt fed 7.62 NATO machine gun that some think will become the standard general purpose machine gun for the German Army.
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All a study you understand. In this case a study of those who don’t understand what they’re trying to study and make a point of letting everyone else know about it.
Whatcha got here from one perspective, is more or less the fairly self evident truth about what the academic-types might point to as a classic example of the Tabula Rasa Syndrome.
That would be the blank slate part of the bio-brain onto which limited experiential memory is writ and some agent either within the brain or external to it — the brain / mind debate — is acting upon info as assimilated in an ongoing process of tryin’ to arrange impressions present in the retrievable part of memory in some cohesive fashion.
In short, the Mindless over what doesn’t really matter.
Problems for the academic-types only begin with starting their lines of inquiry from a reality that’s been fashioned almost exclusively within the confines of their own brain based on obvious-to-everyone-but-them limitations imposed by an absence of their own actual-world experience.
Filling the brain with terminology then tryin’ to go about fitting whatever it is they experience into the myopic confines of impressions based on terms is what some might recognize, identify and describe and define in colloquial terms as well, just about almost nearly if not nearly entirely …bass-ackwards.
Oh, and on that ‘gun culture’ thing, heard about that idea years ago. Set a big petri dish off to the side and been waitin’ for a gun to grow out of it ever since.
Is any of this gear legal for the subjects in Europe to own? Or is it strictly for the upper classes men at arms?
Always be very careful of who or how you sell your firearms.
This is the problem. You have half of the people out there who support the cause that Defense Distributed is putting out there and the other half poo pooing their work. These guys have made a lower reciever that rivals those made commercially, and are working on creating dozens of magazines that will fit all kinds of guns. If their was even the slightest chance that Cody Wilson and his gang could tip gun control on its head and make a fully printable gun available to the public don’t you think it would be worth it to lend him some support?
I think most of us support the informational half of the project (I’ve long wished to see a wiki-type site for firearms parts), but assuming that the CAD files and solid models alone ensure any measure of protection from government infringement on an individual right to bear arms is dangerous. Believing that a family of polymers with tensile strength comparable to ABS will produce a safe, reliable firearm receiver is even more dangerous. People simply need to be aware of this prior to shelling out their hard-earned cash for 3D printers, much less shooting something they produced on one.
The “commercially comparable” product most of us know and love in the AR-15 world is the 80% receiver and its finishing jig: a tenth the price, and ten times the performance. If someone wants to use a 3D printer to revolutionize the firearms market to the point of complete decentralization, they need to design -from the ground up- a firearm with significant tolerances for elasticity and deformation, where high pressure parts can be easily machined from common size metal stock with accessible hand tools, and the springs and other small parts that can’t be printed are readily purchasable from any old hardware or home supply store. Until then, it’s just the flavor of the week.
Glad you enjoyed the class. Especially happy to hear some feedback on the tactics portion of the class. You do know there were two cans at the class? One running 300Black and one running 223. The guy running 223 with a can works for “The Suppressor Store” there in Austin.
Interesting theories. I’ll stick to my training. If I’m running around with a firearm at the ready, it’s because I have already made a conscious decision that I am in fear or imminent danger.
Having established that I fear for my safety, where my eyes go, so does my muzzle, for one without the other is pointless.
Thus, if my eyes need light to see, it makes no difference if the light is attached to the weapon (my preference) or held by my support hand; however, a support hand is that only when it supports the firearm. As it clutches the light, it is not a support hand. I prefer to have both hands on my firearm if possible.
YMMV.
Yet another admission of deception and misrepresentation. But what are you going to do in a state the is the home of UN-American politicians? Reminds me of Bill Murry’s “What about Bob?”- baby steps.