Uncle points to this laughable article:
How convenient! Someone has finally invented a weapon that combines the killing power of a double-barreled shotgun with the portability of a handgun.
LOL. This is all about the stupid new Double-1911 making the chatter around the blogs recently. I love me some 1911s, but I must say even if this gun isn’t considered a Machine Gun by NFA standards, I see no real point to it. The gun is a monster brick and I can’t see any advantage it offers over say an STI 2011 (and I suspect the STIs will be easier to aquire, cheaper, and of vastly better build quality and reliability)
Its a screaming answer to a question nobody asked, and in a world where double-stack, double-action, polymer framed guns are king, and advanced JHP ammo has really rendered the .45 vs 9x19mm argument moot (maybe in WWII Europe when German troops with 9×19 Walthers, Mausers, and Lugers went up against M1911A1s, both loaded with Ball ammo, but in civilian or law enforcement guns loaded with modern JHP ammo, maybe loaded to +P pressures, the 9×19 has the edge because of capacity alone.
Still the big thing that got me chuckling is this moron has obviously never read anything about firearms. If they HAD they might be aware of a thing called a “Howdah Pistol”, a heavy double-barrel percussion or Flintlock pistol designed for two quick shots against big scary cats that are capable of plucking men out of their Howdah (that basket for passengers on the backs of Elephants….AKA the SUVs of the per-industrial age). They were in fact double (or in some cases triple or quadruple) barreled shotguns the size of a very large handgun.
What’s even neater is given that they’re black powder muzzle-loading firearms they are not considered a “Firearm” by BATFE standards. So if you were to find a shop that sells them you can simply have them mail it to your door!
Are you a felon? Under Age? An Illegal Alien? Doesn’t matter because under the law this is no more a gun than a hubcap or a butcher knife!
Yeah! Oh and the above image is by Robb Allen who further trumped this post here.
Oh and if you weren’t laughing hard enough:
The new gun, which can be ordered with one trigger or two, can hit a target the size of an orange 15 yards away and has the power to knock down a bull.
Well the only thing correct there was the “Bull” part. BTW reporters this stupid are legally allowed behind the wheel of a 4,000lb piece of steel traveling at speeds in excess of 60mph! Now that’s scary!
I can’t imagine that I’ll ever have the money (or the hand size) to own this pistol, but I love it. If for no other reason than “why not?”
What if creative people always gave up because someone said “that’s stupid”.
Hello? There is no way that thing is ever going to go into general production. It’s a publicity stunt, pure and simple. I love that they actually got it working (if it really is), but it isn’t going to “take America by storm” because they probably won’t be building any more than what they already have built.
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