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Topic: What Should I Shoot with an FN PS90? Keep it Legal!
Duttoneer's photo
Tue 03/26/13 01:01 PM
Edited by Duttoneer on Tue 03/26/13 01:04 PM
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However, the US Murder Rate is at near historical lows, with the '94 Ban on curtain kinds of guns Expired and Millions of Guns Sold; where as England is still twice as high as before you passed any Gun Laws whatsoever and made owning a gun nearly impossible.

With Gun Bans, England's Murder Rate is Climbing whereas Guns being Bought and Sold the US Muder Rate is Falling; can you explain that?


It may be true that homicides are increasing in the UK and falling in the USA. What is true, is that today gun laws in the UK are much more stringent, and gun ownership is much more restricted in the UK, than it is in the USA. In consequence far fewer people in the UK own a gun, than the numbers of people owning a gun in the USA. There are far more murders in the USA than the UK, and in my opinion our UK gun laws play a significant part in our having far fewer murders than in the USA, and that can only be a good thing. Clearly, we need to do more in other areas if the numbers of murders are increasing here in the UK.

Duttoneer's photo
Tue 03/26/13 01:17 PM







I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Why?
I'm always safe with a Gun; I've taken NRA Safety Training & Tactical Training from a Few Different Schools and Local Law Enforcement Loves me (in a Platanic Manner of course) and I even have all the Permits needed (as Protest for the Current Anti-Gun Leglislation going on) to own Fully Automatic Weapons.

To Date, the Only Victims of my Guns are made of Paper, Wood, Soda Bottles, a few Cender Blocks and some Drywall as part of a Demo; Plus a few Unwanted Critters that had wondered onto my Property as I have a Small Horse Ranch/Farm, and some Deer when in Season.

I'm the Person you want in the Mall Nearby while you're shopping (or some other "Gun Free Zone") if a Madman with a Gun is Looking for a Body Count.




I live in the UK, where thankfully, we have very strict gunlaws. I have a friend who did once compete in pistol shooting competitions, he has since retired from the sport and sold all his pistols, but he use to them keep secuely locked in a regulation safe in his house, as required by UK law. What you say regarding walking round a shopping mall carrying your pistol I find very alarming, is this legally allowed in the USA? Is anyone allowed to carry a pistol with them in their coat pocket when they go shopping? I am not absolutely sure, but I do not believe this would be allowed in the UK even by the holder of a firearms licence.
and miraculously all the Guncrime and serious Crime ceased in the UK!bigsmile


Comparing the UK Crime Rate with the US Crime Rate is Misleading as the US had always had a Higher Crime Rate than the UK; if you compare the History of Crime in the UK to Today you'd get a different picture.

In 1910, England had a Murder Rate (All Forms of Murder) of 0.8 Per 100K, back when you could walk into a Hardware Store and Buy any Gun you wished; then England started to pass Gun Laws a little at a time and the Murder Rate started to Climb to its Present Day Rate of 1.6 Per 100K after a Peak of 2.4.

In 1910 the US had a Murder Rate of 8.4 Per 100K and had swung widely between that and around 4 Per 100K in the 50's and back up to around 8 - 9 per 100K in the 70's, dipped in the 80's & Early 90 before heading back up in 95 and started dropping back down to the Now 4 Per 100K after 2,000; With MILLIONS of GUNS SOLD to the GENERAL POPULATION.

Can you explain those numbers to me?


Yes. Let us look at the muder rates, and look at more recent statistics, considering only homicides committed as this is the most violent crime.

in the UK the Office of National Statistics, see webpage below
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime/index.html

Advises the total number of homicides in 2011/12 was 540 for England and wales, {I accept this is not the complete UK, but it is a very large part}


In the USA using the US Department of Justice Bureau of statistics, see webpage below
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf

Page 2 shows a graph of Total homicides for 2010 alone (none yet available for 2011/12) at around 15000.

Wikipedia gives UK population in 2011 at 63 million and USA population in 2012 at 314 million.

The USA has 5 times the population of the UK, but has 28 times the number of homicides.

The USA is a far more violent society today than the UK, we would need to look at how many of these homicides were gun crimes, but my guess is that for the USA at least it will be a very high proportion. I believe this does have something to do with the fact that millions of people in the USA own guns compared to far fewer in the UK, this is my opinion.



you're not working for CNN by any chance?
Now,since you think it is the Guns,look up the Firearms per Capita of Switzerland,and the amount of Guncrimes there!laugh
Besides,outlawing Guns in the UK hasn't really done much to the overall amount of violent Crime!
The Criminals just use other Implements!


Considering there are considerably fewer homicides here in the UK, than there are in the USA, I have a lot of support for our gun laws, and certainly would not want to see the UK adopt the gun laws used in the USA.


Conrad_73's photo
Tue 03/26/13 01:35 PM
Edited by Conrad_73 on Tue 03/26/13 01:36 PM








I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Why?
I'm always safe with a Gun; I've taken NRA Safety Training & Tactical Training from a Few Different Schools and Local Law Enforcement Loves me (in a Platanic Manner of course) and I even have all the Permits needed (as Protest for the Current Anti-Gun Leglislation going on) to own Fully Automatic Weapons.

To Date, the Only Victims of my Guns are made of Paper, Wood, Soda Bottles, a few Cender Blocks and some Drywall as part of a Demo; Plus a few Unwanted Critters that had wondered onto my Property as I have a Small Horse Ranch/Farm, and some Deer when in Season.

I'm the Person you want in the Mall Nearby while you're shopping (or some other "Gun Free Zone") if a Madman with a Gun is Looking for a Body Count.




I live in the UK, where thankfully, we have very strict gunlaws. I have a friend who did once compete in pistol shooting competitions, he has since retired from the sport and sold all his pistols, but he use to them keep secuely locked in a regulation safe in his house, as required by UK law. What you say regarding walking round a shopping mall carrying your pistol I find very alarming, is this legally allowed in the USA? Is anyone allowed to carry a pistol with them in their coat pocket when they go shopping? I am not absolutely sure, but I do not believe this would be allowed in the UK even by the holder of a firearms licence.
and miraculously all the Guncrime and serious Crime ceased in the UK!bigsmile


Comparing the UK Crime Rate with the US Crime Rate is Misleading as the US had always had a Higher Crime Rate than the UK; if you compare the History of Crime in the UK to Today you'd get a different picture.

In 1910, England had a Murder Rate (All Forms of Murder) of 0.8 Per 100K, back when you could walk into a Hardware Store and Buy any Gun you wished; then England started to pass Gun Laws a little at a time and the Murder Rate started to Climb to its Present Day Rate of 1.6 Per 100K after a Peak of 2.4.

In 1910 the US had a Murder Rate of 8.4 Per 100K and had swung widely between that and around 4 Per 100K in the 50's and back up to around 8 - 9 per 100K in the 70's, dipped in the 80's & Early 90 before heading back up in 95 and started dropping back down to the Now 4 Per 100K after 2,000; With MILLIONS of GUNS SOLD to the GENERAL POPULATION.

Can you explain those numbers to me?


Yes. Let us look at the muder rates, and look at more recent statistics, considering only homicides committed as this is the most violent crime.

in the UK the Office of National Statistics, see webpage below
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime/index.html

Advises the total number of homicides in 2011/12 was 540 for England and wales, {I accept this is not the complete UK, but it is a very large part}


In the USA using the US Department of Justice Bureau of statistics, see webpage below
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf

Page 2 shows a graph of Total homicides for 2010 alone (none yet available for 2011/12) at around 15000.

Wikipedia gives UK population in 2011 at 63 million and USA population in 2012 at 314 million.

The USA has 5 times the population of the UK, but has 28 times the number of homicides.

The USA is a far more violent society today than the UK, we would need to look at how many of these homicides were gun crimes, but my guess is that for the USA at least it will be a very high proportion. I believe this does have something to do with the fact that millions of people in the USA own guns compared to far fewer in the UK, this is my opinion.



you're not working for CNN by any chance?
Now,since you think it is the Guns,look up the Firearms per Capita of Switzerland,and the amount of Guncrimes there!laugh
Besides,outlawing Guns in the UK hasn't really done much to the overall amount of violent Crime!
The Criminals just use other Implements!


Considering there are considerably fewer homicides here in the UK, than there are in the USA, I have a lot of support for our gun laws, and certainly would not want to see the UK adopt the gun laws used in the USA.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FWNOiw_XIV8#!

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table_16_rate_number_of_crimes_per_100000_inhabitants_by_population_group_2011.xls


Piers Morgan fudged it!
Poor Guy!

You still haven't explained the Swiss-Phenomenon to me!laugh

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Tue 03/26/13 01:51 PM








I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Why?
I'm always safe with a Gun; I've taken NRA Safety Training & Tactical Training from a Few Different Schools and Local Law Enforcement Loves me (in a Platanic Manner of course) and I even have all the Permits needed (as Protest for the Current Anti-Gun Leglislation going on) to own Fully Automatic Weapons.

To Date, the Only Victims of my Guns are made of Paper, Wood, Soda Bottles, a few Cender Blocks and some Drywall as part of a Demo; Plus a few Unwanted Critters that had wondered onto my Property as I have a Small Horse Ranch/Farm, and some Deer when in Season.

I'm the Person you want in the Mall Nearby while you're shopping (or some other "Gun Free Zone") if a Madman with a Gun is Looking for a Body Count.




I live in the UK, where thankfully, we have very strict gunlaws. I have a friend who did once compete in pistol shooting competitions, he has since retired from the sport and sold all his pistols, but he use to them keep secuely locked in a regulation safe in his house, as required by UK law. What you say regarding walking round a shopping mall carrying your pistol I find very alarming, is this legally allowed in the USA? Is anyone allowed to carry a pistol with them in their coat pocket when they go shopping? I am not absolutely sure, but I do not believe this would be allowed in the UK even by the holder of a firearms licence.
and miraculously all the Guncrime and serious Crime ceased in the UK!bigsmile


Comparing the UK Crime Rate with the US Crime Rate is Misleading as the US had always had a Higher Crime Rate than the UK; if you compare the History of Crime in the UK to Today you'd get a different picture.

In 1910, England had a Murder Rate (All Forms of Murder) of 0.8 Per 100K, back when you could walk into a Hardware Store and Buy any Gun you wished; then England started to pass Gun Laws a little at a time and the Murder Rate started to Climb to its Present Day Rate of 1.6 Per 100K after a Peak of 2.4.

In 1910 the US had a Murder Rate of 8.4 Per 100K and had swung widely between that and around 4 Per 100K in the 50's and back up to around 8 - 9 per 100K in the 70's, dipped in the 80's & Early 90 before heading back up in 95 and started dropping back down to the Now 4 Per 100K after 2,000; With MILLIONS of GUNS SOLD to the GENERAL POPULATION.

Can you explain those numbers to me?


Yes. Let us look at the muder rates, and look at more recent statistics, considering only homicides committed as this is the most violent crime.

in the UK the Office of National Statistics, see webpage below
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime/index.html

Advises the total number of homicides in 2011/12 was 540 for England and wales, {I accept this is not the complete UK, but it is a very large part}


In the USA using the US Department of Justice Bureau of statistics, see webpage below
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf

Page 2 shows a graph of Total homicides for 2010 alone (none yet available for 2011/12) at around 15000.

Wikipedia gives UK population in 2011 at 63 million and USA population in 2012 at 314 million.

The USA has 5 times the population of the UK, but has 28 times the number of homicides.

The USA is a far more violent society today than the UK, we would need to look at how many of these homicides were gun crimes, but my guess is that for the USA at least it will be a very high proportion. I believe this does have something to do with the fact that millions of people in the USA own guns compared to far fewer in the UK, this is my opinion.



you're not working for CNN by any chance?
Now,since you think it is the Guns,look up the Firearms per Capita of Switzerland,and the amount of Guncrimes there!laugh
Besides,outlawing Guns in the UK hasn't really done much to the overall amount of violent Crime!
The Criminals just use other Implements!


Considering there are considerably fewer homicides here in the UK, than there are in the USA, I have a lot of support for our gun laws, and certainly would not want to see the UK adopt the gun laws used in the USA.




Yes the Number of Gun Related Crimes are way down, but Violent Crime in the UK is going Up as is your Homicide Rate with your Gun Ban.

In the U.S, which always had a higher Crime & Homicide Rate than the UK, our Crime & Homicide Rates are Falling despite the fact that Millions of Guns are being Sold.

The Problem isn't Guns, but Crime; to Blame a Gun for a Crime is like Blaming a Fork for being Fat.

Duttoneer's photo
Tue 03/26/13 02:20 PM









I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Why?
I'm always safe with a Gun; I've taken NRA Safety Training & Tactical Training from a Few Different Schools and Local Law Enforcement Loves me (in a Platanic Manner of course) and I even have all the Permits needed (as Protest for the Current Anti-Gun Leglislation going on) to own Fully Automatic Weapons.

To Date, the Only Victims of my Guns are made of Paper, Wood, Soda Bottles, a few Cender Blocks and some Drywall as part of a Demo; Plus a few Unwanted Critters that had wondered onto my Property as I have a Small Horse Ranch/Farm, and some Deer when in Season.

I'm the Person you want in the Mall Nearby while you're shopping (or some other "Gun Free Zone") if a Madman with a Gun is Looking for a Body Count.




I live in the UK, where thankfully, we have very strict gunlaws. I have a friend who did once compete in pistol shooting competitions, he has since retired from the sport and sold all his pistols, but he use to them keep secuely locked in a regulation safe in his house, as required by UK law. What you say regarding walking round a shopping mall carrying your pistol I find very alarming, is this legally allowed in the USA? Is anyone allowed to carry a pistol with them in their coat pocket when they go shopping? I am not absolutely sure, but I do not believe this would be allowed in the UK even by the holder of a firearms licence.
and miraculously all the Guncrime and serious Crime ceased in the UK!bigsmile


Comparing the UK Crime Rate with the US Crime Rate is Misleading as the US had always had a Higher Crime Rate than the UK; if you compare the History of Crime in the UK to Today you'd get a different picture.

In 1910, England had a Murder Rate (All Forms of Murder) of 0.8 Per 100K, back when you could walk into a Hardware Store and Buy any Gun you wished; then England started to pass Gun Laws a little at a time and the Murder Rate started to Climb to its Present Day Rate of 1.6 Per 100K after a Peak of 2.4.

In 1910 the US had a Murder Rate of 8.4 Per 100K and had swung widely between that and around 4 Per 100K in the 50's and back up to around 8 - 9 per 100K in the 70's, dipped in the 80's & Early 90 before heading back up in 95 and started dropping back down to the Now 4 Per 100K after 2,000; With MILLIONS of GUNS SOLD to the GENERAL POPULATION.

Can you explain those numbers to me?


Yes. Let us look at the muder rates, and look at more recent statistics, considering only homicides committed as this is the most violent crime.

in the UK the Office of National Statistics, see webpage below
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime/index.html

Advises the total number of homicides in 2011/12 was 540 for England and wales, {I accept this is not the complete UK, but it is a very large part}


In the USA using the US Department of Justice Bureau of statistics, see webpage below
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf

Page 2 shows a graph of Total homicides for 2010 alone (none yet available for 2011/12) at around 15000.

Wikipedia gives UK population in 2011 at 63 million and USA population in 2012 at 314 million.

The USA has 5 times the population of the UK, but has 28 times the number of homicides.

The USA is a far more violent society today than the UK, we would need to look at how many of these homicides were gun crimes, but my guess is that for the USA at least it will be a very high proportion. I believe this does have something to do with the fact that millions of people in the USA own guns compared to far fewer in the UK, this is my opinion.



you're not working for CNN by any chance?
Now,since you think it is the Guns,look up the Firearms per Capita of Switzerland,and the amount of Guncrimes there!laugh
Besides,outlawing Guns in the UK hasn't really done much to the overall amount of violent Crime!
The Criminals just use other Implements!


Considering there are considerably fewer homicides here in the UK, than there are in the USA, I have a lot of support for our gun laws, and certainly would not want to see the UK adopt the gun laws used in the USA.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FWNOiw_XIV8#!

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table_16_rate_number_of_crimes_per_100000_inhabitants_by_population_group_2011.xls


Piers Morgan fudged it!
Poor Guy!

You still haven't explained the Swiss-Phenomenon to me!laugh


We need to have clearly defined what constitutes a violent crime here in the UK, and in the USA, they could be different, some crimes can be classified as less serious in one country than another, and politicians move goal posts. Murder is the same wherever you find it.I agree it would be very interesting to investigate this more thoroughly.However, I am not convinced that the USA is less violent than the UK, there is certainly a much higher murder rate, and that is despite the fact many USA states have the death penalty, the ultimate deterent, there is no death penalty in the UK. Regarding the Swiss, Wikipedia gives it a population of 8 million, we have more people living in London,
You would be able to find a place somewhere in the USA with that size of population and more guns and less violent crime. We are talking about large countries here not a spot on the map.

willing2's photo
Tue 03/26/13 02:51 PM
I would say.
Read up on how hot the barrel can get before you run the danger of having to replace it.
Ammo is going to be pricey.
Start out shooting cans.
Then, get used to the drift of full auto.
Three round bursts are easier to control.
How many selections of fire dose it come with?

PS
Screw the UK and their babysitting attitude. Why don't they grow some gnads and beat down the bad guys?
Whiny bunch.slaphead

metalwing's photo
Tue 03/26/13 03:49 PM

I would say.
Read up on how hot the barrel can get before you run the danger of having to replace it.
Ammo is going to be pricey.
Start out shooting cans.
Then, get used to the drift of full auto.
Three round bursts are easier to control.
How many selections of fire dose it come with?

PS
Screw the UK and their babysitting attitude. Why don't they grow some gnads and beat down the bad guys?
Whiny bunch.slaphead


laugh :thumbsup:

no photo
Tue 03/26/13 07:40 PM

I would say.
Read up on how hot the barrel can get before you run the danger of having to replace it.
Ammo is going to be pricey.
Start out shooting cans.
Then, get used to the drift of full auto.
Three round bursts are easier to control.
How many selections of fire dose it come with?

PS
Screw the UK and their babysitting attitude. Why don't they grow some gnads and beat down the bad guys?
Whiny bunch.slaphead


Cans are too Boring with a Gun that looks like my Profile Pic at the momentindifferentyawn: ; it looks like something that came out of some Sci-Fi Movie; and is Standard Issue to the Protective Details (Military Grade) of the U.S. Secrect Service and is something that Special Forces around the World is switching to.

I need something like Invasion of the Killer Tomatos (There's an Idea) kind of Target (Rotten of course as Killer Tomatos are Always Rottenlaugh ) to warm up and break-in this Bad Boy of a Gun.pitchfork

I Need Some Really Threatening Targets (Paper, wood, Rotten Fruit & Vegs, whatever) to shoot with Single or Full Auto down on the Home Shooting Range; I'm Sure that People Here Could Think-Up Something Creative.

heavenlyboy34's photo
Wed 03/27/13 01:40 PM

I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Check out FPSRussia's channel on youtube and his facebook page. He often uses tannerite for explosions, but he shoots all kinds of things.

Conrad_73's photo
Wed 03/27/13 01:48 PM


I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Check out FPSRussia's channel on youtube and his facebook page. He often uses tannerite for explosions, but he shoots all kinds of things.


In the news

A Minnesotan man was fined $2,583 and sentenced to three years' probation[5] on charges of detonating an explosive device and unlawful possession of components for explosives after he detonated 100 lb (45 kg) of Tannerite inside the bed of a dump truck by shooting it with a rifle chambered in .50 BMG from 300 yards (270 m) away on January 14, 2008 in Red Wing, Minnesota. The man was on probation when he mixed and shot the Tannerite and was not allowed to possess firearms or explosives. [6][7] The blast could be felt at Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant (roughly 5 miles away).[8]

A 20-year-old man in Busti, New York stated that he shot 18 pounds of Tannerite, an explosive used on many shooting ranges that sent a "loud boom" through the area and extended as far south as Pennsylvania. This explosive noise caused numerous phone calls to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, the New York State Police, and other law enforcement in the area. [9](WIKI)

What is probably Tannerite's biggest claim to fame is it's common usage in FPSRussia videos, who is amongst the top 10 most subscribed channels on YouTube.laugh

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Wed 03/27/13 10:42 PM



I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Check out FPSRussia's channel on youtube and his facebook page. He often uses tannerite for explosions, but he shoots all kinds of things.


In the news

A Minnesotan man was fined $2,583 and sentenced to three years' probation[5] on charges of detonating an explosive device and unlawful possession of components for explosives after he detonated 100 lb (45 kg) of Tannerite inside the bed of a dump truck by shooting it with a rifle chambered in .50 BMG from 300 yards (270 m) away on January 14, 2008 in Red Wing, Minnesota. The man was on probation when he mixed and shot the Tannerite and was not allowed to possess firearms or explosives. [6][7] The blast could be felt at Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant (roughly 5 miles away).[8]

A 20-year-old man in Busti, New York stated that he shot 18 pounds of Tannerite, an explosive used on many shooting ranges that sent a "loud boom" through the area and extended as far south as Pennsylvania. This explosive noise caused numerous phone calls to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, the New York State Police, and other law enforcement in the area. [9](WIKI)

What is probably Tannerite's biggest claim to fame is it's common usage in FPSRussia videos, who is amongst the top 10 most subscribed channels on YouTube.laugh


I doubt that anyone would mind if I used Tannerite on My Own Property on My Own Shooting Range; they now have some that you can use a .22 to set off.

As Noted in the Story; the Idiot has a history of Ilresponsible Behavior, no need to Punish Responsible People for it.

no photo
Wed 03/27/13 10:52 PM


I had just placed an Order for a FN PS90, the Very Same Gun (Civilian Version) as the U.S. Secret Service Protective Details have Standard Issued (I Imange the Anti-Gun Nuts are Going Crazy about Now but they are Fun, Fun, Fun to Shoot) and Fires a 5.7 Round that can go through Body Armor but not Drywall.

It looks like a gun out of Star Wars or Star Trek, Maybe Babalon 5; so I would like some ideas on what to Shoot once I get it.

Check out FPSRussia's channel on youtube and his facebook page. He often uses tannerite for explosions, but he shoots all kinds of things.


Been there, done that; as fun a Channel as it is watching, he stands a bit too close when he uses Tannerite in the quatities he uses.

His Cameraman got hurt in one video he shot and I've seen things blow right past him in a few shoots; he needs to learn to stand a bit farther back, and/or use less Tannerite when he shoots

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