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Pretty well armed.
It makes me wonder how all that stuff survived.
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i posted that on facebook. I have a fascination with this stuff, but it pales in comparison. I really wonder how he keeps it secure. some of those machine guns he was pointing out are in the 50,000 dollar range these days.
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another question, how does he protect all that from theft? Would you steal from a man holding a mortar shell?
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His place isn't to far from where I live. has a range you can shoot at, I believe you an shoot some of his machine guns there. Also has a motocross track if I remember right.
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His place isn't to far from where I live. has a range you can shoot at, I believe you an shoot some of his machine guns there. Also has a motocross track if I remember right. Certainly sounds like the man has a better plan than most of us.
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That Gentleman would be a very good fellow to know.
Especially when the SHTF. If that place caught on fire, they would have to clear the area for miles and miles.
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That Gentleman would be a very good fellow to know.
Especially when the SHTF I think he would be interesting just to converse with.
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Check Dragon Arms Inc. on line. It's a huge gunstore, range, machine shop for motorcycles, etc. Major deal.
That museum is something. With all that live ordinance, land miines, 500# and 1000# bombs, rockets, grenades, ammo, etc., I wonder about security and insurance. Looks like he'd have issues with the Haz Mat folks. Appears he's got it figured out.
He has multiple millions of dollars in stock. Really a cool deal.
Thanks for sharing.
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That Gentleman would be a very good fellow to know.
Especially when the SHTF. If that place caught on fire, they would have to clear the area for miles and miles. I think all that ordinance would do just that, clear the area for miles and miles, not to be confused with flatten the area for miles and miles... DF
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That Gentleman would be a very good fellow to know.
Especially when the SHTF. If that place caught on fire, they would have to clear the area for miles and miles. I think all that ordinance would do just that, clear the area for miles and miles, not to be confused with flatten the area for miles and miles... DF Something tells me the local fire department cringes just thinking about a fire there.....
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That Gentleman would be a very good fellow to know.
Especially when the SHTF. If that place caught on fire, they would have to clear the area for miles and miles. I think all that ordinance would do just that, clear the area for miles and miles, not to be confused with flatten the area for miles and miles... DF Something tells me the local fire department cringes just thinking about a fire there..... Would just have to let it burn(explode) itself out. Once it started, there would be no way to stop it or get close enough to cool it down. Scary. If just one of those land mines or bombs went off, don't ya know it'd set off a chain reaction that would burn and explode for days and days. DF
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Which begs the question, I wonder what his insurance payments are each month?
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Army ammunation plants had to have fairly tall berms around each facility, designed to deflect blast upward.
I wonder how isolated he is and if he's required to have those blast barrier berms.
He may not be able to get other than liability insurance and I doubt it's cheap. Comprehensive on the inventory, I'd be surprised if he has it or can even get it.
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That is astonishing!! I am going to have to visit that place. The questions that start to flood my mind once you watch the video are too numerous to list. tens and tens of millions of dollars there and lots of highly regulated munitions.......wow!
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Interesting article about him here: Apparently, his wife was killed in a freak accident from one of the rockets. http://gazette.com/dragon-mans-fire...mpire-has-gotten-tougher/article/1596032
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Dragon Man's store and range is just east of Colorado Springs. I like to take first time shooters to his range because they have a range officer and practice good discipline.
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Reading that article it makes him sound a little off.
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Reading that article it makes him sound a little off. He's a character, that's for sure.
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I thought that site sounded familiar. BAD BAD FUGGING NEWS. http://www.dragonmans.com/content/online_catalogHe used to buy aftemarket "seconds" Harley engine cases and re machine them then sell them "as new" Specs were waayyyyy off and in some cases were literally unusable. AVOID, AVOID, AVOID !!!!!!!!!!
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