The Citizen’s Guide to Small Arms

Found on Fark.com. No mention of original author. I would be happy to credit the original author if I knew who they were.

Guns, Humor Comments 17 Sep 7th, 2009

17 Responses to “The Citizen’s Guide to Small Arms”

  1. Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » I Think This Should Read … Says:
    September 7th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    [...] a journalists guide to Firearms Identification.  I’d be pretty impressed with any journalist that could correctly identify all of these, [...]

  2. anonymous Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 1:47 am

    ak — AR-15,M16
    FN P90 — mini Uzi (not micro)
    bolt action barrett 50 — walther PPK (Bond, James Bond)
    browning high power — RPG
    ray gun, yugo?

  3. SayUncle » Media Guide To Firearms Identification Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 5:58 am

    [...] Heh. [...]

  4. MrWolf Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Close, but no cigar. I’m fairly sure the ‘browning high power’ is a CZ.
    A-, must try (a bit) harder.
    Best wishes.

  5. Jeff the Baptist Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    That’s a Barrett Model 95. It’s also a CZ 75 not a hipower. The bottom row looks a like a squirt gun to me and I have no idea what the car is.

  6. Tam Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 7:20 am

    I’m not sure about all those Uzis, but I think the car is a Gaia-pollutin’, size 18 EEE carbon-footprint-havin’, non-eco friendly, love child of a Vauxhall Cresta and an AMC Matador.

  7. Arizona Rifleman Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    anonymous, I think the bottom-left “ray gun” is actually a potato-pellet gun.

    Many thanks to Inebriated Arsonist at Sebastian’s for identifying it.

  8. richard Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    I wonder if this was in response to……
    http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/07/1417255/Police-Swarm-Bungie-Office-Over-Halo-Replica-Rifle

  9. Kevin K Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    The car is a British-market Ford Cortina mark III. Looks to be a ‘72.

  10. Arizona Rifleman Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    richard: Indeed, it was.

  11. Steve Skubinna Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Horse poop. Every single one of those is a “high powered fully automatic assault rifle.”

    Except the last, which is a Gaia-raper.

  12. Ride Fast Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    [...] Gun Identification Charts [...]

    Brilliant.

  13. a non y-moose Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    And in part this:
    http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2009/09/dreaded-ar-47.html

  14. Chris M Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    I remember buying those “spud guns” at the local drug store in the late fifties. IIRC, they cost about a buck. Stick that short muzzle into a potato (spud), squeeze the grip, and the short piece of potato stuck in the muzzle would launch towards your target. Me and the neighbor boys had many an epic battle with those.

  15. nichole Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    heynow …

    i’ll stick with “shooty things” for #’s 1-9, although #9 somewhat resembles a nerf gun to me … all #10 looks like it could shoot is holes in your checking account :)

  16. dustbury.com » Know your weapons Says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 6:25 am

    [...] The Arizona Rifleman, as a public service to hoplophobes everywhere, has reproduced this handy guide to so-called “assault” weapons: [...]

  17. Ken’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Media spoof Says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    [...] A Journalist's Citizen's Guide to Firearms Identification. Courtesy of The Arizona Rifleman. [...]

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