Counter-Sniper Rig in about 30 inches...

Americans are traditionalists for the most part. We aren't really fond of change, especially big changes in short timeframes, and even moreso if those changes are forced on us. I don't know about you, but I am still miffed about adding colors to my greenbacks, the Glock thing baffles me (firearms are supposed to be steel and wood, period), and we won't even talk about this passing fad called the internet.

So it is with this knowledge and the understanding that beratement and possible involuntary commitment to the local looney facility that I offer that serious people considering the sniper/counter-sniper role in an American future, a role that will have size considerations, start contemplating bullpup designs.

One sacrifices considerably by chopping a .308 barrel down to 16 inches just to make it easier to slip into a backpack.

But the bullpup could allow a full 26" or even longer barrel on a total package probably not longer than about 30 inches.

That's compact, with knock-down energy. Learning to work a bolt in a new position will take a bit of training, but it is doable.

Think about it.

Kerodin
III

Just a note for artistic & entrepreneurial III Patriots out there...

I just did a google search to buy a small sculpture of the Lexington Minuteman (considered to be John Parker, though he was not a Minuteman).

Guess what - I couldn't find one.

Now, first thing to check is copyright, I'm not sure how old the original sculpture may be.

But if you are good on Copyright, I'd think you'd be golden - literally.

And to get around any potential copyright, just start from scratch and add your own details, then you own the copyright.

Just an idea.

Kerodin
III

I need a physics answer, please

Does recoil perform a necessary function (beyond recoil-operated actions, obviously).

My question: If we were to take a dozen .50 BMG rifles and weld them into a steel frame, and that steel frame is bolted rigidly to a concrete floor, and there is no system in place designed to absorb or otherwise take issue with recoil, when we fire off all of the rifles in unison, will the machine break?

Thanks,

Kerodin
III

Spreading Liberty

I wrote last night the post below this one that may have sounded harsh to some people, particularly the final line.

It wasn't meant to be harsh, just to convey my dedication.

Any one of us could pick up a rifle and gear up, march on the Enemies of Liberty, and we'd make no real difference.

But a hundred Patriots standing on the Green of any Courthouse in America will make a political statement that will reverberate through every Hall of Power in the land. Make no mistake, they will probably die or be imprisoned as martyrs, as few among us would gear up to join or defend them.

But three thousand households standing on the walls of their hometown with rifles slung and Go Bags at their feet would never have to utter a word.

Consider just ten thousand Americans standing quietly on their front lawn, geared up.

Arming those families, and more like them, is Liberty in action.

We are stronger together.

I choose Liberty.

Here is a list of firearms and cartridges from wiki credited, at least in part, to John Browning. I could fill the rest of my life working from this list to give the power of Liberty to Americans. I know many of you have chosen to join me in this endeavor, and I am proud to stand with you.

Several of Browning's designs are still in production today. Some of his most notable designs include:

Firearms
U.S. M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun
FN Browning M1899/M1900
Colt Model 1900
Colt Model 1902
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP)
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP)
Colt Model 1905
Remington Model 8 (1906), a long recoil semi-automatic rifle
Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket (.25 ACP)
Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP)
FN Model 1910
U.S. M1911 pistol (.45 ACP)
Colt Woodsman pistol
Winchester Model 1885 falling-block single shot rifle
Winchester Model 1886 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun
Winchester Model 1890 slide-action repeating rifle (.22)
Winchester Model 1892 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1895 lever-action repeating rifle
Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun
Browning Auto-5 long recoil semi-automatic shotgun
U.S. M1917 water-cooled machine gun
U.S. M1919 air-cooled machine gun
U.S. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
U.S. M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun of 1921 (the famed "Ma-Deuce" weapon)
Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifle
Remington Model 24 semi-auto rifle (.22) Also produced by Browning Firearms (as the SA-22) and several others
Browning Hi-Power (Grand Puissance or GP), the standard sidearm of many military and police forces
The Browning Superposed over/under shotgun was designed by John Browning in 1922 and entered production in 1931
Ithaca Model 37 pump-action repeating shotgun

Cartridges
In addition, the cartridges he developed are still some of the most popular in the world. They include:
.25 ACP
.32 ACP
.38 ACP
9mm Browning Long
.380 ACP
.45 ACP
.50 BMG

There is a lot to work with on that list. We will not build safe queens, or competition guns, or even arms designed for hunting...at least not primarily hunting game.

We will build Fighting Arms. We will build arms designed to empower you with the power do protect the ground beneath your feet in the name of Liberty.

III Arms.

Kerodin
III

Reality

Politicians like to think they shape the world with their words and mandates.

ok.

But the men willing to kill the men who stand against that mandate have a vote.

And ultimately, only the men who hold inventions from John Browning and Mikhail Kalishnakov can actually make it happen.

I will devote my life to arming men with the creations of Browning to secure Liberty.

Convince me I can do more, and I will listen.

Until then, get out of my way, you are wasting my time.

Kerodin
III

1911 Gunners

If you are a 1911 gunner, you already own the one to which you trust your life. You probably own a few more, scattered around the house, shed, in vehicles, in case you ever need one in an unexpected place.

So here is a brutal business question: What will motivate you to add a III to your hip or home?

Before you can answer that, you'll need a few details: The III 1911s being built would retail from any custom shop for $2,500 - $3,000. Those are not my numbers pulled out of my arse, those are the numbers given to me by the master gunsmiths who are building our prototypes. We are not building Rock River or even modest SAs.

We designed a 1911 specifically for carrying out the front door with full knowledge you may have to defend your life.

Features: Low profile 3 dot sights, lowered and flared ejection port, ambi & extended safety, beavertail, bobbed hammer, beveled mag well. The pistols are specifically designed to go bang every f'n time you pull the trigger, no matter what. And I am told it will be the rare hundgunner who can out-shoot these pistols in terms of accuracy.

Price: Don't know yet, but they'll be well under $2k. The first guns will be more expensive than later guns(NOT more than $2K!!!), and the prices will come down as we move more and more operations in-house under our own roof. But for the sake of discussion, forget price - it should be the last consideration when deciding which pistol you will reach for every single time your life is in danger.

So, please be brutally honest: For what will you be looking before you add a III 1911 to your home, or your hip?

Kerodin
III

III Arms Website: Initial Design

Folks, it is important that all of you know this: I am the least important cog in this machine. I'm just the guy who got the ball rolling, and experts are stepping up in several places. I am not the face of III Arms, I'm not even a good face for the company, I am but a consultant who will always have a deep and vested interested in success, but once we get this baby rolling in the proper direction I'll be turning my attention as quickly as possible to the Citadel development while serious gun experts like Jim and others run your company. There is a LOT going on behind the scenes, from gun experts to marketing experts to folks with common sense, to lawyers and Trademarks and discussions with ATF, and more. More will be revealed as the flower blooms in its proper time.

Look at Dan's first attempt at a web design above. Click the pic for a full-size version. He had very, very little direction from me, he just did his thing. He is going to keep evolving the design, and as more and more of the business comes online, it'll go live. But I want you to see the level of professionalism that you have amongst the owners of III Arms Company.

Yours in Liberty,

Kerodin
III

Room for more than Doom & Gloom

As you consider our future in the Citadel, remember the things we take for granted and may not come to top of mind.

Sports fields come to mind this morning.

Three thousand families will support elementary, junior high and high schools, and kids need fields. Our kids will host opposing schools, and they'll travel to opposing schools.

Beyond school athletics, many of our residents may want to put together a softball league, football, or more. A formal track I think will be important, in addition to our more relaxed biking, hiking and walking trails.

Be sure you think about more than building firearms, preparing for Hordes, and teaching your little darlins Krav Maga and BJJ, and teaching them to ring steel offhand with Daddy's .50 cal 1911 (Yeah, I have ideas).

The Citadel is a place for Life, for generations of Liberty-filled Life.

Please look at that beautiful picture above of Idaho, and consider that we will have at least 640 acres of that beauty inside our walls for ourselves and our children.

What will make you happy, Patriots?

Kerodin
III

Fulton Armory Mk14 Mod 0 EBR

That is a sweet M-14 platform.

It is a bit too busy for my tastes with all that aluminum on the front end, and I'd prefer a clean wood stock (with pistol grip and telescoping shoulder stock).

But all things considered, sweet.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
III

IIIGear Friday

We'll be spending most of Friday catching up on as many III Gear orders as possible. That means a load will ship Saturday. We shipped a large batch Tuesday and yesterday, many of which had backordered Condor gear.

We have a few hundred patches in stock, so if you want to get in on the raffle for the Mossberg Shotgun or the training slots at John Mosby's class, be sure to order anything from IIIGear.com worth $20 or more by Sunday night.

Support the III and possibly win this sweet 12 Gauge, or two slots in an upcoming training class with John Mosby.

IIIGear.com

Kerodin
III

Anybody up to speed on the state of prison rates in Idaho?

8,000 locked up out of a 1.5M population is relatively low.

But I'd like to know how it is trending. Are they locking people up for malum prohibitum? Are they hitting quotas to earn FedGov funding? Can we get in there and make a difference?

Here's the story from Balko.

Kerodin
III

III Arms: .45 ACP Hi Power

The Browning Hi Power was the finest 9mm I ever carried, in my misspent youth.

Kenny (Wirecutter) suggested a .45 ACP version, which I can't find fault with at all.


This one is a custom from Novak - and all I would add is an ambi safety (and .45). I think it's beautiful.

What say you?

Kerodin
III

From Miss Violet

OK - these are just plain funny.

Here.

Kerodin
III

They're coming for your guns, they're killing granny, they're starting false flags...

Folks, I am not saying any of the hyperbole out there is wrong.

I am right there with you when we look at the Political Class and see Bad People.

But there are Bad People on all sides.

Seed Pimps, as Bill Nye calls them, who play upon your fears to sell you over-priced essentials.

2A Pimps who stoke your fears every 4 years about Bad People coming for your guns unless you vote for your political savior, and buy as many new firearms and ammo for your safe as possible.

Financial Pimps who sell you economic Doom & Gloom in rapid cycles to manipulate the cost of commodities, from corn and pork to oil and gas, to gold and silver, and everything else under the sun.

So what? Once you know they are manipulating you, you can defend yourself as much as possible. Most of us have determined that the level of manipulation and corruption is unsustainable, and will crash down upon itself at some point. When? That's the big question.

Now take a deep breath and consider the reality of what it means.

Most price manipulation happens by speculators and financial whiz kids in New York and other financial world centers. such as London. They play with digital 1s and 0s, they do not handle bushels of corn or slabs of pig.

When their playground implodes, it is the farmer who still holds the pigs and cattle. It is still the farmer who still has physical possession of the corn, wheat, soy. It is still the oil companies who have the barrels of oil.

China? Name one asset in America they can pick up and take with them offshore. Tell me who suffers more if we stop letting their Wal-Mart ships dock and offload? If our prudent politicians tell them to suck wind and write-off those trillions of debt, what are they going to do about it? Sorry, the US Navy will not allow ChiCom landing craft at Venice Beach, and they will sink any ChiCom warships within range of lobbing missiles at LA.

The point? On the day of Implosion the sun will rise and shine. Panic will be self-induced. The Doom & Gloom will come from Washington, New York, London, not from Kansas or your front door. When it happens, don't let the people who will truly be losing everything (the speculators and Pimps) frighten you into imprudent behavior.

Sadly, the masses will react emotionally, and that is where the true dangers will be born. But so long as you know the underlying reality, you can set about the task of defending yourself, rationing your needs, and waiting for the natural self-interests of farmers and cattlemen and oilmen to cut out the ruined speculators and get their products to slaughterhouses, and refineries, and get product to market.

Don't buy into the hype.

The key, as in all survival situations, is: Don't get excited.

Not from New York or London, or from "Patriots" who have a self-interest in riling you up.

Kerodin
III

III Gun Shop: Discussion

Time for a discussion including Founders and supporters.

As we discussed early, the minimum needed to produce our prototypes and launch our first media kit was a shoestring budget, and we hit it. Once we get to the day when we begin accepting orders, we'll know if III Arms will succeed or fail. If we sell units, we win. If people choose not to buy, we lose.

The more money we manage to raise to help with marketing reach, the better our odds of succeeding in selling III firearms.

How do we get there? We can ask Founders for more money - not a good option. We can all hold our breath and hope orders flood into our Distributor once we open the doors. Personally, I prefer to stack the deck in my favor as much as possible.

One of the reasons Holly and I are heading to Idaho is to get a lay of the land, and to look for a place that will be III Arms first admin office. But consider this: III Arms Gun Shop.

We open a small gun shop in some place such as Coeur d'Alene that serves not only the local population (there are already gun stores in the area, but I'm never afraid of competition) and we establish an Internet presence. As our prototypes are built and we slowly begin to earn name recognition via our marketing campaign for III Arms 1911s and ARs, we also build a name faster online via gun sales.

The up side: We start to build a name, faster. But more importantly, we begin to generate income, even if it is modest, so that we don't simply sit idly by and watch as the Investors bank account goes down and down with nothing coming in.

I am not fond of bank accounts that get smaller, as a general rule. ;)

We already have several dealer accounts with gear suppliers. Establishing accounts with a few more would be easy, and we could nominally outfit a shop. We would not use III Arms money to fund this venture, beyond the nominal money III Arms will pay anyway for rent. Holly and I will cover start-up costs. We have several FFL 01's amongst our III Patriots, one of whom may be interested in walking into a turn-key shop.

Here is the one detail that will make or break the concept: Holly and I can't invest enough money at this point to stock the shelves with a full array of firearms. That's a hefty investment.

If we decide to move forward with this project, we will put out the call to you III Patriots to look in your gun cabinets and find a firearm or two that you would offer the shop so we can fill the shelves. You can contribute your firearm outright, with no expectation of return, or you can donate it with a consignment price set. When the piece sells, the shop will send you the consignment price you have set.

If we do this, III Arms Company will have immediate revenue, even if modest, which will help with marketing our III 1911s, ARs and other offerings.

Are you willing to donate one of your firearms to a III Gun Shop?

We could even expand this shop to include used but servicable gear, a thrift store for Patriots/Adventurers/Hunters, of sorts.

Please discuss it here on this thread.

Yours in Liberty.

Kerodin
III

Rifle Ammo Manufacturing

The above picture is a Howell automatic, commercial grade rifle ammunition loader.

As we have discussed, producing our own line of ammunition is pretty much a requisite.

This set up can be put into operation for about $50 thousand, plus cartridge components and produce several thousand rounds per hour.

Anyone have any experience with Howell equipment?

Kerodin
III

Jeff Cooper

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons

Jeff Cooper is credited with that quote, among others you will find on this website.

When I have passed on from this life, if I am remembered as a man who helped to put the Queen of Personal Weapons in the hands of American Patriots who will use them to advance Liberty, I will be pleased.

I have never divined a more noble and beneficial means for helping my fellow Patriots to ensure Liberty.

3,000 Patriots standing quietly with rifles slung need say little.

3% of Americans standing quietly with rifles slung never need to say a word.

Kerodin
III

From Founder Adam

I have a special affinity for serious combat revolvers, and I know III Arms will offer one at some point. The Ruger SP-101 in .357 is a magnificent piece, and the Alaskan .44 is just as awesome.

Founder Adam sent this one to me in email.

I also like the tag line: III Arms - When you seriously need a motherfucker to die...
Kerodin
III

Ballistics Question

How many inches of poured concrete is suitable against .50 BMG?

Many variables, obviously. Consider a few shooters lobbing rounds at a poured concrete house. Residents inside need some time to gear up and form a counter, Is 6" of poured walls going to hold off .50 BMG? 8"?

The object of the exercise is to thwart a sniper with thermal capability. If the sniper locates his Target we don't want a single round taking our target out.

Kerodin
III

Now, this just made me grin.

Thanks, Israel.

Kerodin
III