TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing : Week 7 2023

This Week in Firearms History:

February 12: In 1809 President Abraham Lincoln is born; in 1893 General Omar Bradley is born

February 13: In 1866 Jesse James robs his 1st bank in Liberty, MO; in 1945 WWII, Nazi & Hungarian forces surrender to the Red Army in Budapest

February 14: St. Valentine's Day; in 1779 Capt James Cook is killed by native Hawaiians, in 1854 S&W is issued its 1st patent; in 1885 gun maker Benjamin Hotchkiss dies, in 1911 John Browning is issued a patent for the 1911 pistol, in 1929 Al Capone has his gang murder 7 members of a rival gang in Chicago.

February 15: in 1764 St Louis, MO is founded as a French trading post; In 1898 the USS Maine explodes in Havana harbor, killing 260 Americans, sparking the Spanish-American War

February 16: in 1945, WWII, US forces land on the Filipino island of Corregidor

February 17: in 1865, US Civil War; Columbia, SC is burned as Confederate forces flee the city; in 1910 John Browning applies for a patent for the 1911 pistol

February 18: In 1878 the Lincoln County War begins in New Mexico; in 1886 Dirty Dave Rudebaugh (aka Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh) is killed in a gunfight in Mexico; in 1983 the Wah Mee Massacre leaves 13 dead in Seattle

Gun of the Week: Colt Cobra

The Colt Cobra was introduced in 1950 and was the first of 7 Colt revolvers to be named after snakes.

Essentially an aluminum framed version of the Colt Detective Special, the 6 shot revolver was chambered in .22 LR, .32 Colt New Police (aka .32 S&W Long) and most commonly 38 Special. The original Cobra was made for 31 years, being disco'd in 1981. Colt brought back the name, with a new stainless pistol using newer lock work in 2017, read more here.

Cartridge of the Week: .300 AAC Blackout

The .300 Blackout is a rifle round designed for subsonic use in the AR-15 rifle.

The .223 Remington case was shortened and necked up to create the 300 Blackout cartridge. Developed in 2010 by Advanced Armament Corporation, it was a built upon the work done by JD Jones and his .300 Whisper. Using heavy .308 diameter bullets the round is capable of subsonic velocities while still operating in the AR platform. If need be the cartridge can be loaded for supersonic operation as well. The fact that the parent case is the 223 Remington, the cartridge feeds from a standard STANAG magazine.

Gun Quote of the Week:

“Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force? How can a truly “free” state exist if the individual citizen is enslaved to the forceful will of individual or organized aggressors? It cannot.” - Tiffany Madison

Bubba Gun of the Week:

The gunsmith behind this gem, is Camaro Wade Smith, he calls it the "undercover rifle-pistol". He was a contender for the Golden Poop Award for Gunsmithing in the Best Tactical Rifle under $100 category