Guns are a popular item to collect; there are so many different kinds out there to choose from, but what about if you want the world’s smallest gun? Any idea what it is? The world’s smallest gun was created by a 69 year old Swiss artist named Paul Erard in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The gun costs […]
Long before missiles and James Bond gadgets, our ancestors had to be truly creative to defend their homes and lives. On their quest for protection our ancestors showed quite a knack for creating cruel and inventive ways to kill. Many of our modern weapons are merely a more sophisticated variation of these originals. Without further […]
When picturing warfare of time’s long passed, it’s easy to imagine people using crude and unsophisticated weaponry. But, looking back at various era’s, it’s plain to see that some weapons were more complicated than we imagined and advanced for the times they were in. Here are the top 3weapons ahead of their time in history: […]
For a movie to be fun, it needs two elements roguish heroes and fear-inspiring villains, but for action movies to take it to the next level and claim a spot in viewers’ hearts we expect memorable weaponry. Sure, lots of movies have deadly knives, jagged blades or red beam lasers, but these weapons are a […]
A sleeve- gun is an apparatus which conceals a small firearm under a long sleeve. A triggering mechanism causes the weapon to extend out of the sleeve quickly enough for the user to grab hold and fire. Initially used in military contexts, the device has become popularized in various media; Christolph Waltz uses one on […]
It is 1861. A man named Dr. Richard J. Gatling is inventing a complex engine of ballistic destruction ironically, Gatling claimed, to reduce the size of armies and therefore reduce the deaths in combat and to show how futile war was. And so, during the civil war and many times from then on, people actually […]
Looking forward into the future of weapons, most countries these days are prioritizing on defending themselves electronically. It’s safe to say underwater warfare has been bumped a few spots down on the list of possible battles. Regardless, Russia has continued to develop its aquatic arsenal, and yesterday unveiled what it says is the first “amphibian” […]
The most expensive pistol in the world is actually a pair of steel-mounted saddle pistols owned by Sir George Washington himself. They are marked by Jacob Walster, were owned by President George Washington during America’s war of independence. The pistols were auctioned for a total of 2 million dollars.
Recently, there has been a little insanity brewing over the fact that anyone who gets their hands on a 3-D printer can actually print their own guns. Well, we are here to calm that insanity, because as it turns out, plastic 3-D printed guns suck in a variety of ways.
Up until now, if you wanted to flatten a building with a cannon, you would have to put something inside the cannon to shoot at the building. You know, things like iron balls or missiles or whatever. Well, as it turns out, the days of launching physical objects out of cannons is past us. Science […]
The laser injection isn’t so much a weapon as it is a cool new medical device. However, as with most useful things, they can be used for evil as well as good. Of course, the good people over at MIT who have been developing the laser injector don’t intend for people to use it as […]
Tractor beams are the staple of alien movies. You simply cannot have a good alien movie without some sort of gravity-defying nonsense beam sucking up innocents. Well, it just so happens that tractor beams aren’t fantasy anymore, and if you are lucky, you might be able to slap one on your hovercraft in the next […]
Everyone has seen Sci-Fi movies that contain the most absurd and powerful futuristic weapons; and everyone is likely in agreement that none of those weapons could ever exist. Then science came along and was like “Oh yeah?”, and proceeded to make said fantasy weapons. Here is one weapon you won’t believe actually exists now.
Since the dawn of war, humans have been coming up with an incredible amount of different ways to explode each other. In fact, it seems like every day the engineers at the gun factory are coming up with more powerful, more accurate guns that are forged out of the best metals and the purest lunacy.
Turkey is one of the most delicious animals, thats why people save the deliciousness of it to only one day per year – Thanksgiving. Hunting turkey isn’t easy – it takes an intense amount of resources to find and kill turkeys. Oh wait nevermind its pretty easy. Turkey’s are slow and big, which makes them […]
Nets have been used for hundreds if not thousands of years to capture all sorts of edible animals. Many different cultures use nets in many different ways, but it wasn’t until recently that people figured out that if you shove a net inside the barrel of a cannon, you can shoot it at other living […]
We have talked before about some ridiculous old-timey guns. However, we are moving on from just ridiculous guns. We want to share with you some guns that were fathomed in the throes of utter nonsense, guns that were invented for the sole purpose of being the stupidest contraption to ever launch a projectile.
If you thought that the gun katar was crazy, you’re in for a face-punching surprise.
We have talked before about some ridiculous old-timey guns, but we are moving on from just ridiculous guns. We want to share with you some guns that were fathomed in the throes of utter nonsense, guns that were invented for the sole purpose of being the stupidest contraption to ever launch a projectile.
No, this isn’t a gun that floats in space and shoots stuff. This is a gun that rests on Earth’s surface, and uses an incredible amount of energy to blast stuff straight into space without the aid of rockets. Although no Space Gun has been successfully constructed, some attempts have come pretty close, and scientists […]
Back in the day, gunsmiths were not overly concerned with how good-looking or sane their guns were. No, apparently their primary concern was making guns that were so ludicrously absurd that people in the future would be writing funny articles about how ridiculous they are.
Around the time when guns were first invented, people got a little creative with their gun-making. Or in other words, people went finger-kicking insane with their gun inventions. Here are 3 of the most ridiculous yet apparently usable firearms ever invented.
