Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Cool Stuff: An Above The Knee Amputee Guide To Concealed Carry
Boy folks, this is a treat. The other day I was perusing the forums and stumbled upon a post over at Lightfighter that really caught my eye. This hard charger actually converted his prosthetic leg, into a concealed carry platform. I thought it was incredibly innovative and just damn cool. From AR 15’s to Glocks to knives–wow. It actually concealed pretty good too. So with J.’s permission, I have posted a few of his pictures of his work.
For some details, J. is an ‘above the knee’ amputee, and the prosthetic he has is totally adjustable and state of the art. I invite the reader to check out all of the posts pertaining to the development of this project over at Lightfigther. Maybe if there are any equipment manufacturers out there, you can contact J. or ‘zombiehunter’ on the forum and pick his brain about creating a product line. Check it out.-Matt
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Robocop Phase 1 post here.
Robocop Phase 2 post here.
‘Planet Terror’ post here.
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Robocop Phase 1
I got this idea from Pat Rogers and hal5555 along with several other buddies. It’s as close to the internal holster in robocop as I can get since I wear pants. So far its working pretty damn good. I might have to downgrade to a Glock 26 due to the grip bulge. Perfect no rattle, easily accessible.
Your all like Serpa-yuck- right?
Well I don’t have to worry about shooting my foot now do I? -J.
2nd Generation Robocop
Robocop Complete. It took a couple a months but it’s finished. I followed a fellow LFer’s advice and went with a cut Glock 17. I applied super adhesive velcro (loop) from Home Depot to the leg. Loop on one side, hook on the other. This way it will stick to both leg and security band. No movement.
Standard Serpa belt fastener cut to fit Serpa LE version carry holster. Shaved the holster to prevent catching. Velcro (hook) on back to attach to security strap. Velcro hook on belt side of mag carry. Loop side on the other 3 sides. This allows for use of security band. Serpa and Rc-3 attached to leg. Extra mag attached to ankle.
Glock 17 cut down to feed 26 mags. Also textured.Not very noticeable. For instance, I went over to HAL5555’s house and he didn’t know I was wearing it.Primary mag = 10 rds+1. Secondary mag = 31. Plus the standard 17’s work if I need a spare mag in a pocket. -J.
Planet Terror Project
Yeah yeah I got jealous of that hot one legged chick in Planet Terror. I just couldnt get myself to walk on my barrel though… so I compromised.
Plus a hello and thank you to ITS TACTICAL points on this.
In no way am I that paranoid to carry this as a concealed unless 1 of 2 things was happening: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE OR BAGGY JEANS DAY (IM KIDDING). For all you “its for show… he cant even pull the charging handle back” people, your absolutely right it can’t go back when hooked on. But what can be done is one round chambered, mag ejected, on safe, non stop tac-reloads. Only time that charging handle would be required is if malfunction occurred (and I haven’t had one yet 4000+ rounds on it). And on the note of bolt being locked to the rear on empty, all I gotta do is bang the right side so it smacks the leg and the bolt release is pushed. In the 5th pic you’ll notice the selector lever is accessible finally- oh my god there’s no flash suppressor and the barrel is gonna shoot a big fireball everytime he shoots…..I couldn’t care less, I won’t feel it anyways. -J.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Film: PMC’s In Film– ‘Knock Out’ Starring Gina Carano, Director Steven Soderbergh
This just popped up on my radar screen and I am interested. Gina Carano is pretty popular in the MMA arena, and she has the potential to really kick ass. She is not an actress, so for Steven to take a gamble with this gal is a bold move. I am not sure how that will translate on the screen. She does get points for actually being tougher than some of her co-actors, and that will actually make things a little more believable on the big screen with fight scenes and action stuff. But then there is that little thing called dialogue and acting, which either you can do, or you cannot. I hope for her sake, she can pull it off.
Now on to the PMC portion. I have not seen the movie, but from the sounds of it, McGregor will probably mimic a Erik Prince type, or with his accent, maybe a Tim Spicer type. Who knows, but more than likely, he will play the bad guy, thus putting his company in a bad light. Nothing new there. But at least the star of the movie, Gina, will be a security contractor that works for a PMC.
By the way, I have a ton of Hollywood folks reading the blog, and a few that have actually contacted me. For you that are just readers, welcome, and if you need any assistance on your project, let me know. Also, Cade Courtley would be a good choice for any roles in this movie involving contractors, seeing how he has a TV show on Spike and is a former SEAL and security contractor. –Matt
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McGregor, Douglas, Fassbender in Soderbergh’s ‘Knockout’
January 7, 2010
Steven Soderbergh promised to surround mixed martial artist Gina Carano with strong actors for her feature debut when he first spoke about his revenge spy movie “Knockout,” and he is now delivering the goods.
Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Michael Douglas are in negotiations to join the cast of the production, which is being financed by Relativity. Dennis Quaid is also in negotiations in join the cast.
Written by Lem Dobbs, the story sees a female spy (Carano) working for a Blackwater-style security contractor who is betrayed by one of her teammates.
McGregor would play the owner of the company, a one-time confidant of Carano who switches allegiances.
Fassbender will play a British agent who teams up with Carano but proves untrustworthy while Douglas will play an American executive of McGregor’s company who works with her to take down the company.
The movie is scheduled to go before cameras in February in several locations around the world and will be selling at the European Film Market in Berlin. Lionsgate is distributing the movie domestically.
Fassbender, repped by WME, is coming off Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” where he played Lt. Archie Hicox. McGregor, repped by WME and United Agents, next appears in Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” while WME-repped Douglas, who worked with Soderbergh on the Oscar-winning “Traffic,” wrapped “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” last month.
Link to blog here.
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1/07/2010
When the action spy picture “Knockout” was first announced a few months ago, director Steven Soderbergh promised that the lead star, non-actress/ mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano would be surrounded by a name-recognizable cast of supporting talent and he wasn’t kidding.Sources close to the project have confirmed to us that the principal cast members supporting Carano include Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Hunger”), Ewan McGregor, Dennis Quaid and Michael Douglas.
However, it looks like the original concept, — a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes — having gone through the gestation/inception stage was eventually rethought and cast aside (both filmmaker and writer felt that it had “been done”). (more…)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Weapons: M41-A Pulse Rifle From the Movie ‘Aliens’, Shoots Real Ammunition!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Film: Avatar is CGI Cool, But PMC’s Are Once Again The Bad Guys
Thanks to Christian Lowe for the review. This movie sounds impressive, but yet again, Holly-weird has decided to portray private industry as the bad guy. Pffft. For that, I will more than likely watch this movie as a rental or at the cheap theater in town when it gets there.
This gets old, and it is a slap in the face of the thousands of contractors currently in the war, who have served in the war at one point or another, and most importantly, have been killed or maimed in this war. Thanks James Cameron for nothing. Next. –Matt
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Avatar Thrills, but Troops Take Hit
Military.com – Christian Lowe
Dec 17, 2009
It’s pretty simple.
Spend a gazillion dollars on computer animators; concoct an entirely new language, throw the whole thing on another planet with ten-foot-tall aliens that ride dragons and plug into their extraterrestrial horses with biological data cables and add some jet-hovering, super-fortress gunships, belt-fed blasters, and latter day V-22s and you’ve got yourself a pretty good action movie formula, right?
Now make it all 3-D.
That’s exactly what writer/director James Cameron (Aliens, Titanic) tried to do with what is reportedly the most expensive film ever produced. His latest movie Avatar — which opens in U.S. theaters today — certainly lives up to its billing as a visceral assault on the senses. Think of the most gut-wrenching roller coaster ride of your life — and stretch it two and a half hours.