Friday, June 25, 2010

Friday Gun Pr0n #169

Weerd beard was kind enough to send me some of the pictures he took at the NRA convention last month. This beauty was in amongst them:

Brought Enough Gun? Yes!

Yes, that is a Barrett M82 I am posing with. It's every bit as heavy as you might imagine, and just as unwieldy... I remember, about a dozen or so years ago one of the night time "news" programs did a hit piece on the Barrett, one of the forerunners to the "ZOMG IT SHOOTS DOWN TEH PLANEZ" that they have now. They pointed out that there was less regulation on the Barrett than on a handgun (well, duh, it's a long arm) and that it was "sought after" for it's "power", leaving the impression that just anyone could walk in off the street and buy one.

They neglected a few simple facts:

  • It's five feet long
  • It weighs over 30 pounds loaded
  • It costs $9K
  • Each round costs $3-$5.
Other than that, the story was right on...

That is all.

3 comments:

SCI-FI said...

...which looks an awful lot like the "Cobra Assault Cannon" from RoboCop.

Bubblehead Les. said...

But when I win the Lottery....5 PLEASE!

Robert said...

I initially misread "planez" as "planets"- hell of a gun!