Assault Rifle Basics

I’ve become weirdly enamored with the Assault Rifle Basics podcast that I found randomly in iTunes. Basically it’s these two gamers who play a lot of first person shooters, and they got curious about the real-life weapons featured in the games. They talk to gun owners and retailers, who show off different gun models and configurations. If, like me, you’re sadly bereft of an actual Bushmaster M-16 (Now that’ll keep the neighborhood kids off your lawn), you can watch the videos and get a decent idea of how it works. Handy for writers who might want to feature an assault rifle in a work of fiction. (And really, what work of fiction wouldn’t benefit from the inclusion of a few assault rifles? Take The Grapes of Wrath. Pretty decent story, right? But throw in some assault rifles and … bam! Now we’re talking. See what I mean?) What these podcasts lack in professional polish they make up for by being free. (Go to the iTunes music store and search for assault rifle basics.)