3D Printed Liberator Guns

'Liberator' 3D printed gun enters London's V&A Museum.

It's interesting to see The Liberator reborn in the 21st Century using modern technologies developed for the masses.

It's rather symbolic of our times...

Victoria & Albert Museum Liberator

Forbes Story

First line of defense is you.

Cooper vs. Terrorism

Cooper vs. Terrorism
by Jeff Cooper

So here we are in the "Age of Extortion." Our local friendly felons have finally discovered what has long been taken for granted in what we used to call "more backward countries"—that crime does pay—in millions. All you need to do is threaten to do something terrible and people will throw money at you. You don't need any particular talent or skill to get rich this way, and you don't need education or training. The only requisite is nastiness, and that is no rare quality.

We can speculate at length upon why this foulness has come upon us so strikingly at this point in our history, but I doubt that any incontrovertible conclusion will result. My own suggestion is simply overpopulation. Like rats, we get testier as we get crowded. By simple arithmetic, if the proportion of goblins to people in our society remains constant, doubling our population doubles the number of goblins. And they reinforce each other as their numbers rise.

But such speculation is academic. We have the problem; never mind why. What shall we do about it? In a socialist atmosphere, the immediate response is to hand the problem to the state. Pass a law! Any law. Just so you can say that something has been done. And above all, spend money. We have come to assume that the more money we spend on a problem, the quicker it will go away.

Now it is quite true that the state can indeed abolish extortion, terrorism, and crime. History offers many examples of nations in which none of these things existed. We can start with Senacherib of Assyria and browse on up to Porfirio Diaz of Mexico. An iron fist will do it. That's the state's simple and effective answer to disorderly conduct. If you want it arranged so that the state will protect you, you can do so. What you give up in return is your liberty.

No deal.

The man to protect you is you. Not the state, not the agent of the state, and not your hired hand—YOU!

How often is our intelligence insulted by the fatuous claim that we should rely on the police for our physical security! I cannot believe that the people who advance this idea believe it themselves. The police do indeed abort a certain amount of violent crime by their coincidental presence on the scene, and that's fine. But to tell us that all we have to do is call a cop when confronted by a troll is to talk like a fool—and those who tell us this know it.

The "in" crime today is kidnapping. The police have never prevented a kidnapping. Not once. On the other hand, the intended victim often has. You don't hear much about these latter episodes, because a crime that does not take place is not newsworthy, but it is my business to know about such things and I keep track of them as best I may, and there have been at least a dozen instances brought to my attention in the last two years.

Hiring other people, public or private, to protect yourself, is perhaps not totally futile, but it must never be considered more than marginally effective. Both policemen and bodyguards can be suborned, and skill levels are problematical.

Pistol skill is not something to count on in a hired hand. Two recent examples stand out because they were caught by television cameras. These were the attempts on Governor Wallace and Imelda Marcos. In each case, guards were plentiful, and armed, but not sufficiently skilled. In each case, there was plenty of time to hit the attacker before he acted, but those responsible reacted only afterward.

On the other hand, the intended victim can seek his own skill level, and he can put it to use more quickly than any other person when he suddenly finds that he himself is a target.

Your best protector is you!

Apart from the skill factor, there is the matter of reliability. A man you hire to protect you can be hired by somebody else not to. It is nerve-wracking to be dogged about by armed men on your daily rounds, and it is also both conspicuous and un-private.

Some years ago, I undertook to train the personal guard of a certain chief of state in pistolcraft. When the course was completed, I was able to address my client thus:

"Your excellency, 24 of your 28 men are now distinctly more efficient with their sidearms than the generality of those who guard the President of the United States. They are very good, but I don't know who they are—I hope you do."

He knew what I meant. One of his predecessors in office had been murdered by one of his own guards. Of my students who previously employed bodyguards, most now do not, except as car watchers.

Your best protector is you!

Still we hear, over and over again, that we should not be armed, that we should not resist, that we should rely on the police for our personal safety—that our best answer to violence is to give up. Such drivel demands a stronger stomach than mine.

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure—and in some cases I have—that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

Your best protector is you! The obvious way to eradicate crime is to eradicate criminals, but neither the lawgivers nor the constabulary seem inclined to do this. The man who elects to prey upon society deserves no consideration from society. If he survives his act of violence, he rates a fair trial—but only to be sure that there has been no mistake about his identity. If he is killed in the act, there can be little doubt about whose act it was.

But we don't want a "Porfiriato," in which the police simply shoot all suspects out of hand. Such a regime may indeed have a certain austere appeal in today's climate of urban chaos, but to trade one's liberty for security is to sell one's soul to the devil, as Ben Franklin noted. And, to quote James Burnham, it is both our lives and our liberties that are at stake.

Laws are not the answer. We have laws against murder. We have laws against kidnapping. We have laws against extortion. And murder, kidnapping, and extortion are on the rise. The answer, it seems to me, is wrath. Let the thug take his chances with an alert, prepared, and angry citizenry. It may very well spoil his whole career.

This is not a call for vigilantism: It is a call for self-reliance. For those who feel short on self-reliance, I have a suggestion. Take up practical pistol shooting as a recreation. It is a good game. It is fun. It is "relevant." And it does wonders for your self-reliance.

Your best protector is—as it always has been—you!

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(from the 1975 Guns & Ammo Annual)

1957 Hoppe's Gun Cleaning Patches Box

I was cleaning out the the house where my in-law's had lived for the past 56 years and I ran across this old box of Hoppe's No. 2 patches. It's amazing how it survived all those years.

CIA Deer Gun

I thought this was an interesting pistol. The original OSS Liberator pistol built during WWII was chambered in 45 ACP while the CIA Deer gun made for Vietnam was chambered in 9mm.

Found it here where all sorts of fire arms for sale at James Julia.

Details below:

CIA DEER GUN CLANDESTINE SINGLE SHOT PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal.9mm. 1-7/8" blued steel bbl. Single shot. Manufactured around 1964 as an updated version of the famous Liberator pistols which were dropped behind enemy lines in WWII. The "Deer" gun was designed to be dropped in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The guns never made it to Vietnam and the CIA denies their existence. It is rumored that the guns were destroyed and only a handful survived. The frame is one piece cast aluminum with raised checkering on the grip area which was hollow to house a few extra rounds of ammunition. A groove runs down a ramp on top for sighting. The barrel unscrews for loading and removing the empty casing. A cocking knob was pulled until cocked. The aluminum trigger featured no trigger guard. Included with the pistol are a set of orig engineering drawings which may be orig blueprints. Copies of the orig instructions are also included, which show how to use the gun against enemy with a hammer and sickle on his sleeve.

OSS LIBERATOR PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal. 45 ACP. Small, compact single shot pistol manufactured in 1942 by the Guide Lamp Division of General Motors. The pistols are made of stamped sheet metal, spot welded together with a 4" stepped smooth bore bbl, crude fixed sights with a simple striker firing mechanism that has a heavy zinc striker head. The OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the clandestine predecessor to today's CIA and the primary American agency running agents and disinformation programs against the Axis powers during the war. They came up with the idea to produce a cheap but effective single shot pistol to drop behind the lines to partisans to be used to obtain better quality weapons from the enemy. In May of 1942 the Government signed a contract with General Motors for 1 million of these pistols which General Motors was able to complete in just about four weeks at a cost of $1.72 each. The pistols were then packaged in a waxed, waterproof carton with a cartoon-like wordless instruction sheet, 10-rds of ammunition and a small dowel to be used as an ejector for the empty cases. Most of the entire production was shipped to England and the Pacific but little is known of their actual use. It is reported that most of the pieces shipped to England were never used and after the war were melted down for scrap. Obviously any that were dropped behind enemy lines were probably all lost and with the destruction of the shipments to England, very few survive today, especially complete units.

New Bill HR 45 introduced on January 6, 2009

This is an interesting Bill introduced by Bobby Rush a former member of the Black Panther Party.

Looks like B. Rush was bored and wanted to introduce a Bill he was sitting on for a while.

I like this credentials.


The Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009.

Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a magazine or ANY pistol unless:

1. It is registered- Pay attention to this one!
2. You are fingerprinted
3. You supply a current Driver's License
4. You supply your Social Security #
5. You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing
6. Each update - change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail.
7. There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18.

They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.

More info here:

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009

Congress Track of the Bill



Crazy stuff...

Aeorbatic Flying is FUN!!!

This is almost the most fun you can have with your clothes on!

I got to experience all sorts of cool tricks like the "Hammer Head", rolls, loops, inverted flying and whole bunch of other stunts I can't remember the name of.

Holding the camera while pulling 4 g's is pretty challenging but I managed.

I didn't even get sick!

My issued weapon "back in the day"

Canadian C2 Squad Automatic Weapon - a heavy barreled version of FAL, intended as Light Machine Gun



This baby was heavy at just over 15lbs. I was carrying 5 thirty round magazines of 7.62X51. But is was a hell of a lot of fun to shoot. Nice fully auto SAW that, at one point, gave me a fat lip!

Description
The heavy-barrelled FN rifle was taken by the Canadian Armed Forces as its Squad Light Automatic. It has selective fire allowing either single shots or full automatic. There are box magazines holding 20 or 30 rounds. The rearsight is the same type of rotating disc as used on the C1 rifle, which can be adjusted from 200 to 900m.The C2 rifle may readily be recognised by the uncovered gas cylinder over the forward grip. The gas regulator takes a light bipod.The C2 rifle was modified by the substitution of a two-part firing pin (see previous entry) and a plastic carrying handle, to become the C2A1.

Specifications
Cartridge: 7.62×51mm
Operation: gas, selective fire
Locking: tilting block
Feed: 20- or 30-round box magazine
Weight: 6.93kg
Length: 1.136m
Barrel: 533mm
Sights: fore, post; rear, tangent, aperture 200-1,000yds (182.8-914.4m)
Muzzle velocity: 854m/s
Rate of fire: cyclic, 710 rds/min

C2 Light Machine Gun

Adopted at the same time as the FN C1 Assault Rifle, the C2 was the same weapon, with automatic fire capability, a heavier barrel, and a fold out bipod replacing the fore stock (with wooden hand grips for firing the weapon from the shoulder). The C2 fired the same 7.62mm NATO cartridge as the FN, either from the standard 20 round magazine for the C1, or from the intended 30 round magazines, which were of course longer.

Rifleman's Creed

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit.

My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.

Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy.