Akrabbim and I present REPUBLIFEST

[Charley]

....or just a bunch of guys with guns, blowing things up. Either way, its a winner.

We're done for the day. Didn't get all that I wanted done, and we had some technical difficulties. Still, its all pretty rad. Akrabbim's digital camera ran out of juice early, so we didn't get to take as many pics or video as we'd like. We did, however, get some nice video shots, and a good before/after comparison on the copier.

The copier, suffice to say, was an EXCELLENT target. We perforated everything, and pretty much shot it to pieces. No ricochet worries.

Here were the victims:
3 cans of tomato sauce
3 2 liter bottles of generic root beer
12 cans of generic root beer
2 huge watermelons
1 can of easy cheese
1 can of hair spray
1 can of whipped cream
1 jug of water
1 orange juice carton filled with water
1 box of skeet (144 I think)
1 HUGE Konica copy machine

Here were the shooters:
Glock 26 9mm subcompact
Springfield XD .40 service
Mossberg 12 gauge tactical pump shotgun
Remington 12 gauge pump hunting shotgun
Remington .22 long rifle with 2 power scope
Remington 30-06 bolt action rifle with 10 power scope

PHOTOS:

Copier before:
http://www.akrabbim.com/images/Xero...e%20Carnage.jpg

Copier after:
http://www.akrabbim.com/images/Xero...20Aftermath.jpg

VIDEOS:

Akrabbim turns a can of whipped cream into sweet white mist with his 30-06:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Patt...ped%20Cream.avi

First blood (watermelon juice) for my Springfield XD:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Char...ing%20Melon.avi

Me, liquifying a watermelon with the Mossberg 12 gauge:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Char...ing%20Melon.avi

My friend Moses, exploding a watermelon and laughing maniacally. Akrabbim recommends shooting more things:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Mose...ng%20Things.avi

Guy named Dave, unleashing the fury...and missing horribly.
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Dave%20Shooting.avi

Brandon tries out the baby Glock and scores a near hit on a soda can:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Bran...ith%20Glock.avi

My friend Daniel perforates breakfast beverages, John Wayne style, with the shotty:
http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Dani...h%20Shotgun.avi

[Morgan Evanar]

I've got to do this when I'm up there next time.

[Lion El' Jonson]

Heh. Breakfast beverages always pissed me off. :lol

Sounded like fun.

[Umeko Fangorn]

Akrabim sounds like a canadian comedian.

[Darth Viscera]

Akrabbim's hosting costs are gonna go through the roof with those files. I can help out making the file sizes smaller if you want.

[Loki Ahmrah]

Only one of those links works for me. :\

[Kelt Simoson]

0 of those links actually work.

[Anbira Hicchoru]

If links don't work for you, go to http://www.akrabbim.com and see them there

[Kelt Simoson]

Damn charles you missed 3 rounds with your XD into the creek...

[Anbira Hicchoru]

You try your first mag at 20 yards and do better then.

[Kelt Simoson]

I prefere rifles :)

[Anbira Hicchoru]

*prefer

Then please have a go at 150-200 yards and we'll talk about accuracy.

[Kelt Simoson]

*typo

If we meet in Vegas we shall do just that if we are able :p

[Anbira Hicchoru]

Considering I wouldn't be able to carry a firearm on the plane, we won't be able.

[Kelt Simoson]

drive damn you :)

But for ya first time man ya didnt to badly..2 rounds out of 10 is pretty top class and the recoil on that thing was hard (from what i cold see).

[Anbira Hicchoru]

It was 6/10 actually, but (shrug)

At higher range, you've got to line up the target slightly differently.

[Kelt Simoson]

yeah i just saw. You hitthe bark a few times to. But even so, if you were shooting at a torso (the melon being so) you woulda hit him in a few decent spots.

[Anbira Hicchoru]

I'm not a pistol marksman by any means. I just started using them in January, really. It takes getting used to. Grip, shot recovery, etc. Its not really comparable to shooting a rifle or shotgun.

Most of my work has been under 15 yards (practical use). I'm on the money in quick fire at 7-15 yards. Beyond that, things start deviating.

[Ardath Bey]

Not one link worked for me, hm.


:mad

[Lord Van-Derveld]

Ditto.

[Anbira Hicchoru]

I'm working on getting alternate hosting.

[Ardath Bey]

Sup! :)

[Lord Van-Derveld]

I noticed why the first links aren't working

http://www.akrabbim.com/movies/Bran...ith%20Glock.avi

is what they are linking to (the shortened URL which vB makes longer ones into)

[Sanis Prent]

There's all kinds of funkiness going on with akrabbim.com

No worries, I'll have the whole motherload hosted on my new domain in the next day or two.

In the meantime, here's a teaser of the stuff (whatever I could squeeze onto uni space) Better and more stuff to come!

Here's the copier. Keep in mind, we hit this bad boy with everything we had >D

<img src=http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/xerox1.jpg>
Before.

<img src=http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/xerox2.jpg>
AFTER

VIDEO:

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/1.avi
Me and my XD40 vs watermelon

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/2.avi
Daniel and his 12 gauge shotgun vs orange & milk jugs

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/3.avi
Akrabbim and his 30-06 rifle vs can of whipped cream.

[Wei Wu Wei]

I love the copier! That's just cool! It's like on Office Space. :D

[Jacob Nives]

Originally posted by Sanis Prent

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hicks020/pics/3.avi
Akrabbim and his 30-06 rifle vs can of whipped cream.

Haha yes :D