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Stops 50 cal at point blank range. And an M-60. Sweet.
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March 18th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Why the heck is the APC-200LE “Designed exclusively for Law Enforcement” Does that mean that mere mortals are forbidden to purchase this product?
You know, a friend of mine had a basement with a dirt floor. Before he finished pouring the floor, he took a post hole digger and went down about seven feet. Then he inserted a ten foot piece of steel pipe and added in some sand. This comes in real handy to function test firearms without having to drive to the range. For clearing weapons, however, we just generally took the radical measure of training ourselves to removed any magazine and visually check the chamber. There’s nothing wrong with being extra safe, but I would worry if they had to ship these back to the manufacture for warranty work any more than once a decade or so. This thingy is not a substitute for proper training. (And let’s hope the once a decade guy never lives that mistake down.)
$550 a pop. Ouch. Does it use depleted uranium or something?
March 18th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Was it necessary to show a 9mm subgun AFTER they demonstrated it can stop a 12-ga. slug?
Oh, wait, I forgot, the MP5 has scary-looking features, so naturally, it’s WAY more powerful than the John Forbes Kerry-compliant shotgun.
March 18th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I don’t get it either. Neat, but what’s the point? If you’re following basic gun safety rules, you’re clearing the chamber. Period.
March 19th, 2007 at 12:35 am
We’ve started seeing these pop up around the sandbox. I was a little nervous about them before seeing the video. After seeing the video I have to say that they one heck of an improvement over the standard steel drum filled with sand.
Yes you are just clearing the chamber. People make mistakes. The point of a clearing barrel is that those mistakes are vented safely. The person making the mistake still ends up seriously embarassed and written up for negligent discharge. It’s the military, they love paperwork.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Maximum Point blank range:
“The Maximum Point Blank Range (MPBR), which is shown in the last column of the table below, is the distance at which the bullet falls 3 inches below the line of sight. Thus between the muzzle and the distance given as the MPBR, the bullet never strays more than 3 inches above or below the line of sight (1.5 inches for varmint loads).” Courtesy of http://www.chuckhawks.com/rifle_trajectory_table.htm
That would make point blank range anything inside of the MPBR. It’s used as a misnomer most of the time.
March 20th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Rule #2 is always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. If you are checking your gun before you enter a building, you need to unload it first which means you need to point it in a safe direction whilst doing so.
These devices simply provides you with a safe direction.
March 20th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Personally, I think it would be nice if gun shows and gun stores that don’t allow customers to carry loaded guns provided these.