FPS Russia has been on hiatus for nine months. His unexplained absence/radio silence may or may not have anything to do with the still-unsolved point blank assassination of his business manager. Kyle’s on-cam mea culpa makes no mention of his brush with “gun violence.” The most famous faux Russian since Yakov Smirnov claims his business troubles prevented him from producing new work. Yeah, right. ‘Cause these videos are so complicated. And YouTube rights are so difficult to manage. Anyway, slo-mo bullpup shotgun action on jars of paint is the dish of the day. Every time I critique this guy I get flame broiled. So . . . I hope FPS gets his mojo back from whoever stole it. ‘Nuff said?
Ah, yes. Let’s criticize FPSRussia because he actually has *fun* with his guns. As we all know, we’re never supposed to have guns for recreational use.
Seriously though, I hate it when People of the Gun attack other People of the Gun. It’s divisive, it’s stupid, and it gives the anti’s entertainment as we devour each other. Can we please stop the personal attacks and unite against those who would take our rights away?
It’s required that everyone participate in the “2 minutes of hate”.
Honestly I don’t give a rat’s rear end if somebody wants to off themselves.
Do it at your own place on your own dime. At least these guys just offed themselves though. I had a good friend of mine killed when someone rented a gun at an indoor range and started shooting other customers before he killed himself.
I don’t go to indoor ranges anymore.
the new primary arms 1-6 with the .300 blackout reticle will be out soon
Not surprised they found a gun….even if they had to bring it to the party themselves.
In Jack London’s “The People of the Abyss”, written in 1903 about the citizens of the east end of London there is a curious mention. Two homeless men London is palling around with say to him they both had considered suicide but couldn’t get hold of a revolver. This was in the days when a failed suicide attempt got you thrown into prison doing hard labor. The judges would berate those who had failed by saying, “Next time choose a taller bridge so you won’t waste taxpayer money again….60 Days!” When I read this years ago I remember thinking how humane a firearm could have actually been to these tramps. They were all half staved, cold, miserable, unemployed and thoroughly depressed with no hope of redemption. I never forgot those words and if it ever comes to it I would be quite thankful to have a “revolver” rather than a greasy rope or plunge into a frigid river with the hopes that it worked.
The gun community is ripe with off-putting, obnoxious people, you’ll get used to it as time goes on and you become an older person of the gun…
Few things to keep in mind, just remember, everyone is a firearms and tactics expert and anyone who disagrees with you is an idiot. Um, let’s see, whichever guns you own are totally awesome, all other guns are complete crap, and for God’s sake make sure people know it… Please don’t forget, all calibers are inept, except the ones you shoot, of course. Oh and, if you don’t have the latest, Whack Master 5000 gun, or the newest, supersonic, death ray ammo, you’re probably going to die.
Well, I think that’s about it, so other than that, welcome aboard!
There are NO anti gun laws in this country that pass Constitutional muster. The article is correct…..anytime one of these condescending fools begin the argument with, “I believe in the Second Amendment but….” the former is a lie.
It sounds like this women is wanting to put into effect more anti gun laws to ignore.
I just can’t shake an unbelievably powerful feeling of sheer boredom with this news, since there are so many choices for ARs.
I guess I just don’t get what the big news here is.
While I’m ever suspicious of government overreach and deeply troubled by police militarization and the lack of oversight of their activity, the level of cop hating in this thread is disgusting. While it’s probably true (it hurts me to say this) that if this was a bad shoot it will be covered up, there is nothing so far to suggest anything but legitimate defense of another.
The video:
From the angle and the distortion of the windshield I can’t see into the vehicle, however I would imagine the officers could and if they say they saw a gun, then found a gun, I’m going to go with the guy pointed a gun at them. It has nothing to do with them being police officers but rather I doubt that on camera and in full view of a crowd several people without colluding would simultaneously commit murder. Occam’s Razor: The simpler of two solutions is usually the correct one.
In this case the guy is running from the police, has felony priors and seems to fit the description of a shooting suspect and several close range eye witnesses claim he pointed a gun at them before they fired. The simpler solution to the equation is that he pulled a gun on them, not that they conspired to execute him.
The action:
The cop on the near left did some very nice shooting given the circumstances. In the best of times and on the square range, off the timer I doubt that many of the local keyboard commandos could shoot like that. Input stress and movement (in this case to cover even) and that is some stellar shooting. I suspect a couple of the rounds in the high right of the windshield were ricochets from the hood (the angle looks right) and the rest appear from the cameras perspective to have entered at the right place to have transected the area where the driver would be seated. Case in point, the driver is in critical condition so someone must have hit him. I also note that the same officer used a very deliberate (if rapid) cadence of fire. assuming this was a justifiable shooting the NYC PD ought to hire this guy immediately and have him train their officers in the use of the handgun. We have movement, effective fire, accuracy, and just enough calm though the stress can be seen in his movements. The only thing I’d fault is that he moved away from his initial cover to an open space and advanced on the target but this is often instinctive, he appears to be attempting to get a better angle for his fire and possibly to avoid shooting someone the camera isn’t seeing behind the impact area he would have had from his original position. All in all the tactical situation looks fairly sound though with room for improvement.
The summary:
Could we, even for a moment, allow that these officers might have both perceived life threatening danger and actually been in life threatening danger when they began firing? Is it too much to assume that this man would not have been shot had he at any point from the initial attempt to stop all the way to the end of the chase surrendered himself and complied with the lawful orders the police were giving him?
We are a nation of laws, as we must be. Often these ensure liberty as much as infringe upon it. If the basic tenants of the enforcement of laws, the duty to stop when hailed, to not flee from police, to not endanger the public, and to not offer physical resistance to lawful arrest are not upheld the result will be anarchy and the tyranny of the strong and the violent over the peaceful and the weak.
All he had to do was stop, submit to arrest, and contact his attorney. The place to fight the police is in the courtroom, not the street.
there’s a company just down the road from FNH in SC that sells an upper with FNH bbl for around $400 and a lower for $200. You snap them together with 2 pins and they run like a sewing machine. $1150 entry level AR? Maybe this time last year.
A complete upper for $400 including the a receiver, barrel, handguard, gas block and tube? I’m sure that’s one hell of a quality upper.
And a complete lower, including fcg, lpk, receiver, tube, and stock for $200? Sounds like real quality.
And what of the bcg?
A guy named “HKFan” espousing a price-based philosophy? Perhaps a subtle trolling..?
Jimmyjames, are you talking about Del-Ton?
I have their upper and yes, it runs like a clock.
Price based? How about reality based.
Well, the folks that moved out are safer.
Hate seeing a perfectly good rifle thrown out in trash bags like that!
I enjoy FPS Russia because I recognize it for what it is…pure entertainment. People mostly criticize him for things he never claims to be (i.e. a gun reviewer, a Russian, etc.). Bottom-line is that the guy has nearly 5 million subscribers on YouTube and each video gets a million views within a few days of release. He’s found a niche and has a monopoly on it. Plus, I’m sure he drives the anti-‘s nuts!
There’s no such thing as bad publicity. Hate him all you want, I wish I had thought of that. According to speculation based on YT’s payout schedule and his subscriber numbers, he’s raking in the $$$. May be close to a cool million a year.
When I take my Webley to the range many people want to shoot it, Much more interesting than Sigs, Glock and H&Ks
If people in state and federal government buildings were armed there would be less impetus for the nuts to try and murder people in those places.
Im a librarian. Some nut a few years ago brought up the fear of guns and suggested the library ban them. Thankfully the response was something along the lines of “this isnt Mass”
Felt good to not have to quit my job.
This is why I mock the gun free zone signs saying the better hire Harry Potter or Hermoine because just putting the sign up is pointless.
For example, say one of our lefties in Wisconsin decided to make good on one of their many death threats against the lawmakers here during our union reforms. Even if the Capitol building had instituted a gun free zone policy (they didn’t for the record), they would not have put in place metal detectors, manned security at control entrance point and the rest. THe lefty seeking to make good on the threats was not going to walk up to the Capitol building, see the no guns sign, and say guess I can’t do this here and turn back. They would just blow by the sign, illegally carry the concealed weapon and commit their murder.
Sad to say, but it’s the same thing the killer did at Sandy Hook. This common sense law say if you want to be gun free, put your money where your mouth is and properly secure your building.
Guns bad, perverts watching porn and masturbating good. The Progressive mindset in a nutshell.
He’s good for the gun community. He is entertaining and good at reaching out to younger shooters. He is addressing the huge Call of Duty community that will one day help us in the 2A fight. Old Fat White Guys and Arm Chair Quarterbacks will do what they do.
We have the same rule in my county in Colorado–the signs read “the display of firearms at this facility is prohibited”. Meaning carry concealed, and you are OK.
So far, there has been NO rivers of blood down the hallways.
I’m more impressed with the mastodon-tooth grips than the Damascus slide. I guess it’s just how my geeky side rolls.
“550 Law Enforcement agencies rely on the Bearcat on a daily basis???” OMG! They must be getting attacked rather viciously out there! I hadn’t realized that the “war on cops” had actually broken out! Ummmm…which side of that are we on again??
By the way this is not the Damascus steel you reference in the article. The processes for making true Damascus steel have been lost. What is called Damascus steel is a modern version that gives similar look but not similar properties. For example it lacks the carbon structures (carbon nanotubes) than allowed it to be strong but not brittle and hold a fine edge. The original processes resulted in a far superior steel to anything else at that time but many modern alloys can provide similar characteristics.
-Cranky
It’s interesting to watch some of the entities in KS try to deal with the new law. Most won’t have a choice but to allow CC. I’m waiting to see how the folks who were granted the 4-year exemption finally come to terms with it, particularly the KS Board of Regents. It still pisses me off that I could be terminated from my campus job for legally carrying and/or defending my life (and the lives of co-workers and students) at work. Just a stupid, stupid situation.
Does this serve as justification to recognize those damn RPG’s I’ve always wanted as falling under the 2nd Amendment?
“In an alternative world where things are as they should be, Americans would be “allowed” to exercise their natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms whenever and wherever they travel within the United States.”
Yea, except for private property.
For example, if I so chose I can demand you remove firearms before entering my home. If you don’t like it, you simply don’t come in.
Same with airplanes, *IF* that were the airline’s policy – you would have no standing. Your remedy is to not use their service. You can make your own private airline – and allow guns on board as an alternative if you so wish.
Would Lenco sell one to a civilian?
“Actual military weapons are extremely difficult for the DTOs [Drug Trafficking organizations] to acquire…”
Uuum… wat. Are they ignoring the countless military weapons that walk off base, out of police stations, or crated off boats that show up in nearly every governemnt “pat-on-back” photo op?
Some one needs to issus a search warrant for Holders crib, bet they would find the blueprints in his basement.
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Stop whining…shaddup ya lil girl
When it jams at the range you can brag to the guys with Glocks its all steel and cost a ton of money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puIDWSlPpd0
“Tha Bullet” by Celly Cel. Kinda cool because it plays into the (mostly BS) mythology of Black Talons and the song is from the bullet’s perspective.
I spent over 250 bucks on a Geissele SD3G. The 3MR is double that price but I’m not sure if it has twice the value. Hope to see some comparison videos!
What a burden. You know,…that we have so many of these 1st world problems to occupy our minds. We’ve got it so good, we’re actually bitching about not being able to buy a rifle that costs 17-grand?
If there is anything new in a .357/38SPL rifle presented at the show, I’d like to hear some mention made of it. As it is, I’m leaning toward a Ruger 77/357, but I’m still casting about for other ideas.
I am discouraged by the ignorance in the comments regarding the benefits of controlled game management and conservation.
It’s even better when a successful individual pays large sums of money to engage in such hunts, (thereby infusing money back into the local economy, creating jobs, and helping others put food on their own tables) instead of hiring guards and rangers paid through the extortion of local jobless or underemployed tax-payers, who then are forced to turn to crimes like poaching the locally protected species for their subsistence (whereby the protected species actually faces greater predation than when controlled hunting is allowed). Paid trophy hunting is largely what brought the African elephant population back from the edge of decimation in many countries, whereas elephant populations continue to suffer in countries with strict prohibitions on any elephant hunting whatsoever. TTAG has covered this topic before, so there is a historical and ongoing frame of reference to support the causal relationship between managed conservation, including trophy hunting, and decreased predation.
It’s awfully short sighted to ignore the inherent virtue of a successful individual willfully paying his hard-earned money to the benefit of a species and, even more importantly, the benefit of his fellow man through the reinvigoration of a local economy.
Might the moral point better be stated that one should only kill an animal he/she intends to eat, or if it will help someone else eat, and only if it is beneficial to the welfare of the species?
Seems like a really good price, and should be reliable with the full mass bcg (if that is, what it is)
I would be interested to see it compared to an 18″ rifle length gas system.
Kicking and screaming….
“A Straightjacket is a devise to assist a person who may otherwise cause harm to him/herself or others.”
Considering their past abuse of rights, I think it quite fitting the court placed Chicago elitist rulers in a legal straightjacket.
Good to see people can still take a joke once in awhile…