This military collection is more than impressive

[Targa]

I definitely plan on taking this tour. I can not begin to fathom the amount of time, research and money this man has in his collection.
https://youtu.be/XkVn1lzcK70

[rickyrick]

Money, the amount of money there is unfathomable.

[Ricklin]

That's about all I can say. I want a machine gun! I don't want to end up on a street corner with a sign stating Will work for ammo. Thus I don't have a machine gun.

[Targa]

I really am in awe of this collection/museum. The fact that everything functions is really amazing. I don't think I would want to be the fire department that responded if the place went up though....

[g.willikers]

Holy Cow, can you imagine just the legal obstacles to be able to do this.
What a show, and he says it's open to the public on Sundays.
Wonder where it actually is??

[Targa]

It is in the southeast portion of Colorad Springs, about 10miles outside of the city limits which is pretty much just high plains.

[lamarw]

How about security? It does not look like it is even close to a city/town police force. A semi and a gang could waltz away.

[DaleA]

I agree with the poster that said WOW.
Just WOW.

Here's a newspaper story about him:
http://gazette.com/dragon-mans-fire-...rticle/1596032

And yeah, I can't begin to imagine the legal and zoning stuff he had to go through to create this place.

The place is a few miles east of Colorado Springs, CO.

Bring up Google Maps and input Dragon man and it'll come up for you.

[g.willikers]

I beg yer pardon.
Holy Cow trumps Wow every time.
It's got more words, too.

[Jeff2222]

Pretty cool stuff he has but that article is a rough read. If I read that correctly he got his wife killed while filming a trailer for a reality series.


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[Capt. Charlie]

I don't think I would want to be the fire department that responded if the place went up though....

Truly amazing! One thing that puzzles me though, is the amount of old, live explosives on site. Some of that stuff becomes unstable over time. Old dynamite will "sweat" nitroglycerin, and can go off at the snap of your fingers... literally.

But the guy obviously knows his stuff, which leads me to believe that some of his collection has to be inert.

[rickyrick]

I was thinking about the same thing.

Can't be all live... if it was, I wouldn't leave it with belts of ammunition loaded in guns.

[Ruger480]

Yeah, wow. I had intended to just "pop in" and see what he had. Before I knew it the whole 20 minute video was over...

[Targa]

That's what happened with me as well Ruger. My soon to be father in law sent me the link and I was captivated through the whole 20min. Some of the collection is certainly a bit disturbing but very important and interesting history nonetheless.

[rickyrick]

Me too, I kept wanting the camera to pan under my control lol

[OS11085]

Quite a collection, wish I lived closer for a visit

[Nvreloader]

I love the photo of him holding the 106 Recoilless rd,
and to his right, mounted on the the jeep is the recoilless rifle,
and 50 cal Single shot spotting rifle.

The short 50 cal spotting case has the same trajectory as the 106 rd,
shoot the 50 cal with tracers, when they landed on target,
launch the 106 rd, direct hit.

I loved the Beehive rd,
when we did the road clearing detail, looking for booby traps/land mines etc,
from the FB, down to the main Hiway, the road clearing crew was always taking sniper fire, from the ridge lines that lined the the dirt road
between the FB and Hwy, about 6 miles.

Swing the 106 to the area, fire a couple of 50 rds,
touch off the 106 and timed BEE hive rd and the sniper fire would stop.

After several times of doing this, the sniper fire ceased..........

You just have to SEE the damage of the BEE Hive rd creates,
UNREAL.......

See here for info on the Bee Hive rd,
http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com...flechette.html

Nam Oct 67-Dec 68,
II Corps,
Dak To and surrounding central High lands,
173 rd ABN 2/503 "Recon"

[dajowi]

Aside from the fact that it really is an unbelievable private collection. I can't believe a rational person would have live hand grenades and other explosives within arms reach of the public.

[Jeff2222]

Originally Posted by dajowi

Aside from the fact that it really is an unbelievable private collection. I can't believe a rational person would have live hand grenades and other explosives within arms reach of the public.

If you read the article posted about him he doesn't sound like a rational person. Or it could be the writer's bias coming through. I think maybe it's a combination of both.

Here another rather long but interesting article about him.

http://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/...nt?oid=1128712

[Don Fischer]

Only semi auto's I've ever owned have been 22 rifle's and a few handguns. At this time I have no desire to have a full auto firearm. If the time come's I need one, I'll shoot the enemy and take his. But that collection is really impressive! I can't imagine how much he's got into them! I wonder what the guy has for nice sporter rifle's, of course I'm referring to bolt actions! Wonder how far out the guy live's? Bet if he were to be bothered by thief's they would be well educated thief's knowing exactly what they were after and know when the best time's are to invade. Makes me think. He's got to have an armory to keep the stuff in. I didn't watch the whole film, did he show it and how he protect's it?

After Charleton Heston died I saw a photo of part of his collection. No where as much as this guy's but impressive just the same. Lot of full auto guns in it.

[dewcrew8]

he has a live range there plus a gun shop . He also has a big Full auto shoot there each year. just bring your cash and you can shoot almost anything there!!! plus a dirt track.

[ronl]

Impressive, to say the least. Being a former WW2 collector, I cannot imagine the time it takes in maintaining the collection. My collection used to take up around 1600-1800 sq ft to properly display, and I thought that was a lot. I'd love to visit the place someday. Be interesting to know if any of the one-of-a-kind items I had ended up there, as the monetary cost of that collection simply boggles my mind.

[Machineguntony]

I like my limbs too much to play with explosives.

While taping a reality TV show, he accidentally blew up his wife and killed her. It was caught on camera and the footage could be seen on Liveleak for a while. Subsequently, the TV show was cancelled because of the death.

There's an interview where he laments that if not for the accident, the show would have made him famous.

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/06...h-smoke-bombs/