Safety First! M-1 Receiver explodes (video) after shot fired with squib-load obstructing barrel

When shooting in competition, it's important to keep your goggles on even when you are not the one firing as a catastrophic failure of a firearm elsewhere on the line can cause shrapnel with substantial energy to be delivered in your direction.

The POV of the footage is almost exactly where a 3rd shooter might be positioned during a CMP match and as you can see in the video below, when this M-1 explodes there are parts of the receiver flying directly toward the position where we can imagine a 3rd shooter:

Musical Targets' "Viral" Hit! Ruger 10/22 and the "Star Spangled Banner"

Musical Targets!

Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association

Interview with Jade Miller Tammy Billingsley with footage of their riding and shooting while training for the CMSA competitions with their single-action / black powder cartridge revolvers.

Accidentally shot by simply dropping a bullet on the concrete?

According to this news story, a 22 round fell on the concrete where the primer was struck and supposedly discharged with the bullet actually hit the woman in the upper left leg.

We are watching this story closely, as we're not sure it's actually possible for the lead to move away from the much lighter brass without a chamber to control the gas...

See for yourself:

Kirsten Joy Weiss' "Annie Oakley" Trick Shot

Kirsten Joy Weiss and her gun

Splitting the playing card with her rifle!

Defense Distributed $1200 Home-CNC Unit Sells out in 24 Hours!

While huge amounts of main-stream editorial labor has been invested in concerns about a 3-D Printer's ability to empower nerds to create firearms with inferior materials, many old-school gunsmiths seemed flabbergasted by the new-found media fascination with 3-D printing while machining, especially with a CNC mill, produces a superior product.

Many have thought about the ability to make a low-cost or entry-level CNC machine capable of making a specific component, such as the AR-15 lower receiver.

Defense Distributed Desktop CNC for AR-15 Lower Receivers

Apparently a Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed felt that way as well and has designed a $1,200 CNC mill-in-a-box that is capable of machining AR-15 lower receivers.



We are pretty sure this is going to generate a lot of buzz and a lot of legal entanglements so we'll be watching this story closely.

Teachers with Guns in Utah? New Poll shows 64% Approval