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This is a working Beretta M9A1 designed to look like it came from the Halo games. It has some amazing detail. The grips were custom-designed and feature the UNSC emblem. The gun is real and works. It just needs some covenant to kill.

Those grips glow in the dark too. They were made by DSgrips. He made this one for redditor ucfnate. The grips cost $120(USD), which isn’t too bad considering how awesome this one looks.

The color and angles were inspired by Master Chief’s armor. Whether you like guns or not, you have to admit that this one is a beauty.

[via Kotaku]

Defense Distributed’s plan is to put the power of guns in the hands of every person with access to the internet and a 3D printer. Until now, however, we’d only seen the Liberator pistol built using an expensive industrial-grade printer — despite the fact that the blueprints for gun have been downloaded by thousands of people who don’t have access to such a high-end machine. One of those folks decided to put the Liberator in the hands of the printing proletariat by making it with a consumer-level Lulzbot A0-101 3D printer, a nail and some common screws.

This new version, called the Lulz Liberator, differs from the original in that it’s got a rifled barrel and uses metal hardware to hold it together (as opposed to printed plastic pins). Printing it took around two days and used about $25 worth of generic ABS material, and the pistol produced was fired successfully nine times, but its creator claims it could’ve shot more. It’s still a far cry from a Glock or Beretta, of course, as the gun misfired several times, and removing spent shell casings required the use of a hammer. So, it’s not quite ready for prime time, but it’s one more bit of proof that the age of printed pistols is officially upon us.

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Nerf’s doing it, and so is Hasbro, but there’s plenty of room for other folks in the laser tag market, and Hex3 is a startup looking to get in on the action. Called the AppTag Laser Blaster, it combines old school IR-based laser tag with new school augmented reality. Like its aforementioned competition, the gun uses your Android or iPhone (yes, that includes the 5) and a companion app. The app turns your phone into a HUD when playing with friends or an AR window when you’re shooting solo.

Where AppTag differs is in how the pistol communicates with your phone. It uses a proprietary high frequency audio signal that requires no pairing or other similar procedures — you simply load up the app, clamp it to the gun and you’re good to go. Additionally, AppTag’s removable pistol grip is attached to the gun via a rail mount. That means the system can be attached to existing Nerf weapons and even real firearms should you be so inclined, plus there’s a corded pressure switch that you can affix to the trigger of any gun. For now, there are a handful of games included in the app, but Hex3 is releasing an SDK so that developers can get creative building their own using the blaster’s four buttons, trigger and reload switch. Interested? AppTag’s currently up for pre-order at $59 bucks a pop, with shipping slated to start in 4-6 weeks. Before you part with any hard earned cash, however, check out our video after the break to see in action.

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Firing off 12 rounds in a row at the same target doesn’t do you any good if you’ve got crappy aim. To be sure you hit SOMETHING, you’ll want this gun instead.

What you’re looking at is a rare old 56-Bore Four-Barrel Flintlock Box-Lock “Duck’s Foot” pistol, dated back to 1810. Now, I’ve heard of a four-barrel carburetor, but never a four-barrel pistol.

Apparently, pulling a single trigger on this weapon would fire four projectiles simultaneously, taking down targets at a variety of angles at the same time. I can only imagine the recoil on this thing was insane, pushing exploded gunpowder residue in four directions at once. And aiming at anything with this must have been a complete crapshoot – but if you had one of these, accuracy was probably not your primary objective. Oh, and I’d have to guess you couldn’t fit this in a standard holster.

[via Neatorama]