October Free for All

[Tinman507]

Yeah, as in United Arab Emirates.
Nice gun, I think I'll pass.

[jocko]

agree, I didn't know they also own MERKEL which is a ultra high dollar ultra premium shotgun. Just sayin


Development

Starting in 2002, a team of European weapons designers and experts working in conjunction with the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces started the development of a range of modern pistols and accessories. The research and development team was led by the Austrian firearms designer Wilhelm Bubits who previously had designed the Steyr M pistol.[1]

Before being put into production the Caracal pistol was evaluated through independent tests. These tests were carried out by the Federal German Armed Forces Technical Center for Weapons and Ammunition (WTD 91) in Meppen, Germany[5] which included metallurgic and composite analysis, functional fitness-for-purpose and quality evaluation, endurance firing, environmental exposure, safety and accuracy tests. A certificate was issued by the Bundeswehr Technical Center for Weapons and Ammunition (WTD 91) in May 2006 after the pistol successfully complied with the NATO D14 standard, the German Federal Police Standard and the German Federal Armed Forces Technical Purchasing requirements. These tests are the most stringent test protocols ever devised for a service firearm.[1]

By the end of 2006, Caracal International L.L.C .was incorporated and registered as a company in Abu Dhabi. With that, the foundation of a pistol manufacturing industry was established for the first time in the GCC.

The pistols were unveiled at the International Defence Exhibition, IDEX 2007 in Abu Dhabi.

In February 2007 25,000 Caracal F pistols in 9 mm were ordered by various armies and security forces of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.[6] The Caracal pistol is now the new service pistol of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Jordan as of April, 2008. The United Arab Emirates and Algeria established on November, 17th, 2008 a joint committee in order to test the Caracal pistol for further adoption by Algeria. The Caracal pistols were originally slated to be introduced into the European market and made available to Austrian customers in early 2009;[7] this was rectified at the IDEX 2009 exhibition, when Caracal announced that an export line to Italy was to be started with "the first samples delivered immediately after the IDEX".[8] The Caracal pistols have been introduced on the Italian civilian/sport shooters market during the 2009 EXA expo (Brescia, 18–21 April 2009), and are being imported by the Italian arms company Fratelli Tanfoglio S.N.C.[9][10]

On 15 January 2009 Caracal received an export licence from the United States, which will enable it to ship its products to the United States.[11] According to Caracal's commercial director Saeed Ali Al Shamsi, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gave its approval for sales in the United States in May 2009 and the company plans to embark on a soft launch of the firearms in America in 2010 with the handguns selling for up to USD 720 (AED 2,650) in North America.[7]

Besides the within NATO and many other militaries standard 9x19mm Parabellum chambering, the manufacturer will offer this pistol also in the 9x21mm, .357 SIG and .40 Smith & Wesson chamberings. At the IDEX 2009, the company announced that work is being carried on to manufacture the Caracal pistols in .45 ACP, and that an SCHV (small-caliber/high-velocity) ammunition, along the lines of 5.7x28mm and 4.6x30mm, is also under study for military customers

[GROTMAN]

Man And His Monkey
A man and his monkey walked into a bar to chill for a while. Someone slipped a few beers to the monkey, and he started gettin' crazy. Next thing you know, the monkey starts jumping around on the pool table interrupting the game, pool players start getting upset, then the monkey scoops up the cue ball and swallows it. Big bad bartender by now is fed up with all this commotion going on, starts raising hell and tells the man to get his monkey and get the hell out of there and don't come back.
Couple of days later around mid day the man and his monkey return to the bar, and pull up a couple of seats at the bar to talk to the bartender. The man starts out "Man, I am sorry about the other night, somebody slipped some beer to the monkey and that stuff gets him kinda wild sometimes. I'll try to keep a eye on him from now on where that won't happen again. Oh, and here's your cue ball the monkey left with the other night. Sorry, man".
Bartender said "Well, no harm done, I guess. We just don't need any trouble in here - HEY! WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING NOW?" They look, and the monkey is taking peanuts off the bar, sticking them up his butt, pulling them back out, and eating them!
The guy says "Don't pay him no mind - It's just since he swallowed that cue ball the other night, He sizes everything now before he eats it."

Is this the one ?

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[JFootin]

whats that cut out thing above the trigger guard.

The take down levers, similar to Glocks.

[JFootin]

The Caracal SC looks interesting to me.
It looks like they may produce guns in 40 and 357 Sig in the future.
But I wouldn't mind a micro 9mm.

By micro 9mm, are you referring to the gun or the caliber? Because the gun is the size of a G19 and a little heavier. Not a micro gun. But 9mm isn't a micro caliber, either.

[JFootin]

"UAE" ????????

not me

Yeah, as in United Arab Emirates.
Nice gun, I think I'll pass.

UAE are very liberal and Western oriented. Not a hotbed of fudamentalism or terrorist activity. Are you wanting to discourage that?

So, it's OK to buy a Springer made in Croatia, or a Glock made in Austria, or a Beretta made in Italy, but it's not OK to buy a high quality gun because the company is owned by Arabs? Are we painting all Arabs with the same brush?

[mr surveyor]

for the record, the only firearms I currently own or have purchased in the last 5 years (except for one Italian made Beretta shotgun) are Kimber, Kahr, Kel-Tec, Ruger, S&W (old models), Marlin (old models), Mossberg...... also some really old family hand down shotguns that were all American made.

Nope, for me, no longer any firearms purchased from manufacturers based in countries that do not allow their citizens the right to purchase, possess and use their product. For me, there's enough American produced firearms, either new production or superb quality "previously owned" models to satisfy my needs for the rest of my life.

I will admit that I have owned various firearms made in Spain, Germany, Russia, Yugoslavia, Italy, South America, Turkey and other places I don't even remember, but they are all someone else's "hardware" now. The only thing that keeps me from a major guilt trip on those previous purchases is that all but a couple (or three) of those firearms were second hand, so very little of "my" money fed those countries.

Yeah, I may be a stick in the mud on that issue, but that's just the way it is for me.


surv

[LorenzoB]

This is along those lines...
What gets me are Bibles printed in China!

This is a little off from that...
What really gets me is American flags made in China!!
Or US Olympic uniforms made in China!

Please, go right ahead, and put that US dollar toward your next nuclear sub.

Ok, stepping down from my soap box.

[mr surveyor]

there are some things I can control, and some I cannot.

I'm damned near going barefoot right now looking for work boots that aren't made in china.

[TucsonMTB]

I'm damned near going barefoot right now looking for work boots that aren't made in china.

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[LorenzoB]

Nice!

[Bawanna]

I always wore Double H boots back in my working days. Sometimes the toes would stick out when I had to walk wall plates and set truss's. Skeered of heights.

Used to be real good boots.

[JFootin]

Free Pot Offered To Lure Residents To Vote

Can you believe this? I went and early voted yesterday, and nobody offered me any pot.

http://conservativebyte.com/2012/10/...dents-to-vote/

[O'Dell]

Can you believe this? I went and early voted yesterday, and nobody offered me any pot.

http://conservativebyte.com/2012/10/...dents-to-vote/

You must have been standing in the Republican line. The pot's in the democratic.

[HalfCocked]

all the pot people vote late, if they remember to vote at all....