#Homebrew

Like many children of the 80’s, I enjoy playing video games. No, they aren’t remotely “combat simulators” or any of that sort of nonsense. They’re just fun entertainment. One of my all time favorites has been the Fallout series of post apocalyptic, alternate history sci-fi. If you haven’t played it, Fallout takes place in a world that is very much like we thought the future might look like in the 1950’s. Well, that future after a thermonuclear war. There are plenty of futuristic lasers and plasma rifles, but there are also more traditional guns and cobbled together homebrew guns. This is where Raider14 of AR15.com took his inspiration for his post apocalyptic AR build.

I continue to thank my lucky stars that in the United States one is allowed to “manufacture” their own firearms for personal usage. Without that key provision, many an aspiring firearms enthusiast and designer would be otherwise dissuaded from pursuing innovative designs or personal dreams which in the case of ECCO Machine is a bit of both.

Long-time TFB friend Axel, AKA TroubleshooterBerlin is the man behind the mysterious upside-down shotgun we blogged about a couple of weeks ago, just before the 2017 SHOT Show. Miles Vining spoke with Axel about his creation (and I mean creation in the “it’s aliiiiive!” sense) at Ventura Munitions during the show, and now Axel has released his own live fire and discussion video regarding the… What do we call it? The ReMG-42/11, maybe? Just watch:

Battle Arms Development really created a “Bad ASS” design with their ambi-safety systems. Taking it a step further for those who want to print at home, user Down0047 has posted up 3-D CAD files of the system allowing users to design and print their own selectors.