Top 10 Mall Ninja Guns
This conveys the top 10 mall ninja guns of our time, in all their bonerific glory. What is a mall ninja you may ask? Pretty much anyone who is pissing themselves over the release of Modern Warfare 2 and masturbating to their $200+ Marui airsoft gun.
Just The Facts
- Mall ninjas were first introduced to society in 1913 with the introduction of the picatinny rail. Obviously there were no mall ninjas in the 1500s, as the Arquebus had no rails.
- It has been well documented that Jesus and Moses fought off the Romans using AK-47s. Just watch Family Guy.
- It's possible the first fictional mall ninja depicted on film was Rambo, who wielded a belt fed machine gun in every film to detract from his steroid filled muscles.
#10 - Automatic Assault-12 (AA-12) shotgun
The first gun on our list is the Automatic Assault-12 (AA-12) shotgun, also known as the scariest fucking device on Earth to the ATF:

You may have seen this beast on FutureWeapons, or maybe during one of those Youtube quests everybody's had at least once in their life. And I'm sure you thought it was hot shit. I mean, it's a drum fed, fully automatic shotgun! What's not to love? It fires buckshot, slugs, birdshot, flares, less-lethal rounds, and Frag-12 rounds. You know, shotgun rounds that fucking explode on impact! And it has a low recoil system so your shoulder doesn't take a Mike Tyson punch from 20 rounds.
Here's the problem... it's a shotgun. The ammunition and the magazines that house it are huge. The 10 round magazine is a big as a brick. The 20 round drum is as bulky as Rosie O'Donnell. You'll be lucky if you can carry more than two or three spare magazines, tops. And the weapon is firing these rounds on full-auto. Do the math on this one, full-auto, 20 rounds. That about a good five seconds of ass-kicking fun. But once your unstoppable beheamoth runs dry, you're boned. And the truth is, you don't *need* to send that much shotgun spew down range. The shotgun is a close range single purpose weapon. Trying to make it a multi-purpose assault weapon is like trying to make a cookie out of cat-shit. It might look like a cookie, but it still tastes like cat shit.
Oh, but lets not forget the HAMMER system! Oh yeah, lets slap two of these fuckers together, mount them upside down, and remotely fire them from the top of a vehicle:

It doesn't even look like a hammer...
GREAT idea. Except when those 40 rounds are done in about ten seconds and you now have a nice roof ornament. If you're in combat, chances are you don't want to poke your head out and reload these things.
#9 - Heckler & Koch MP7A1
The next weapon on our list is the Heckler & Koch MP7A1, the personal defense weapon of the future:

Hitler und Koke-head's piss-poor dick-compensating weapon, or PDW.
Ooh, so sexy, sleak, and tacti-cool. I'm sure you've heard nothing but A+ reviews on the MP7A1. I mean, it's an HK weapon, there's no such thing as bad publicity for them right? Maybe that's because THEY control their publicity. And being a civilian, you've probably never even seen one of these in person before. Because you suck, and HK hates you. Look under the gun, it says so under the foregrip. Oh wait! You can't, because you can't see the fucking gun!
Now the MP7A1 is basically a big "fuck you" to the guys at FN-USA. After they built the FN P90, that really cool PDW in 5.7x28mm...:

The non-bastard child of the PDW world.
...they felt small in the pants and had to retaliate. So they built a new bullet, the underpowered 4.6x30mm, because god forbid anyone has some form of conveniance and can use readily available ammunition, and released the MP7A1. Thanks to FutureWeapons and Rainbow Six: Vegas, you probably love this weapon. It's not a mutual relationship, and the gun is a whore. Find a new piece and move on... let Woody Harrelson enjoy it.

Woody may be shooting blanks here, but so was H&K. (credit goes to www.IMFDb.org for the screencaps from Zombieland)
#8 - Glock 18
Next on the list is the Glock 18, tupperware machine pistol:

A 3rd-gen Glock 18C.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a Glock-hater. I mean, they're polymer framed pistols that cram more in their well than Paris Hilton. Toss it in the ocean and watch it continue to operate. Run it over with a truck and watch it still fire. Glocks are fucking cool. But there is a point when one takes coolness too far. In this case, that point is the Glock 18. Basically, good ol' Gaston Glock decided to take his pistol design, and make it capable of firing at 1300rpm. Sounds good in theory, works horrible in practice. Do you know why the tortoise beat the hare? Because when something is faster, it sucks. Sex is a good example of this...
Unfortunately no one will be able to do more than duly note what I'm saying here. Why? Because Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey will kick your fucking ass if you don't love Glock. Semper Fi!

Hoo-ah, motherfucker! (image from www.IMFDB.org of Mail Call)
#7 - Magpul FMG-9
Up next is the same gun in a new plastic shell, the Magpul Folding Machine Gun-9 or FMG-9:

The Magpul FMG-9, the deadliest toolbox on the market...
Now this gun is a double-mall ninja weapon. Not only is it a folding machine gun, it's housing a -- Glock 18! Like some cruel joke, this weapon is the equivalent of a drunken one night stand, when you aren't aware the chick is actually a pre-op trannie:

Almost as bad as a chick with a dick.
Now, what is the marketing ploy on this weapon? I highly doubt any civilians can buy it (since, you know, it's a machine gun that folds up like a tool-box) yet who else would legally use it? Police? Military? Who needs to look inconspicious in such a scenario? The enemy might suspect something if all our soldiers are walking around with toolboxes. But hey, it has a flashlight on it too incase you need to see in the dark when you sneak up and kill someone with your lunchbox gun.
#6 - Stoeger Double Defense Coach shotgun
Next up to the plate is the Stoeger Double Defense Coach shotgun:

What a surprise, it has rails.
This gun is proof you can make anything tacti-cool if you put picatinny rails on it. I mean, what next? Muskets with EOTech sights and Surefire lights? What more is there to say? All it needs is a faux-M203 flare launcher mounted on it and the universe will finally collapse on itself.
#5 - KBP Instrument Design Bureau PP-2000
Next is the KBP IDB PP-2000 submachine gun:

If you're laughing because the acronym has PP in it... so am I.
If you aren't completely tongue-tied by that mile long jumble of acronyms, you're probably wondering what this ugly little bastard is. It's Russia's answer to the PDW. It's small, fires 9mm, and has controllable recoil. They also designed a +P+ 9mm round to fire in it so it could take a huge dump on H&K and FN-USA's PDW designs. So, it's *kinda* cool. But it's stock is either a wire stock or a spare magazine. If you opt to use the wire stock, you're now carrying one less spare mag. If you opt to use the spare magazine as the stock, when you use that spare mag, now you have no stock. This mind fuck alone is enough to make any operator go crazy:

Solution - use neither the stock or the spare magazine. Extra mall ninja points for firing it with one hand and a bent elbow.
#4 - Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher
Here's something every mall ninja's AR-15 needs, a Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher:

On the top is the real 40mm M203, on the bottom is the faux-M203, a 39mm flare launching phony.
Obviously the Cobray flare launcher looks a lot like the M203 grenade launcher. Film makers agree, you may have seen they substitute the M203 with this thing all the time. But what is the point of this device, truly? Does one attach it to his AR-15 so when he accidentally twists his ankle while deer hunting he can fire a flare into the air for help? No, he attaches it because it looks like a really fucking cool grenade launcher. And who knows, maybe it'll scare off Smokey the Bear when he comes to kick your ass for burning down the forest with that flare, you asshole.

...could be such a dumbass.
#3 - Mossberg Cruiser variants
Third on the list is the Mossberg "Cruiser" variants:

A Mossberg 590 "Cruiser" with a door breacher muzzle break. You know, so you can breach some doors in your own house...
Don't let its innocent looks fool you, this weapon is a major mall ninja offender. Most people start off with a standard Mossberg 500/590 shotgun. Then they get bored with it. "Eh, I'll slap a pistol grip on it." Now it's pretty damn cool, right? "Hmm, it needs a heat shield. I burn my thumb so badly when I fire off hundreds of rounds at insurgents in my backyard." Now you have a Cruiser, baby! Now comes the 1-point tactical sling, the pump sling, and the door breacher muzzle. Also, buy some copper shot shotgun shells so you can safely breach door locks. Since its a home defense gun, you'll be breaching your own fucking doors, but who cares?! You're an operator now dammit!
#2 - Smith & Wesson Model 500
Ironically number 2 on the list is the Smith & Wesson Model 500:

Dirty Harry shrinks in stature...
What mall ninja wouldn't want to own this beast? It is *the* most powerful production revolver available on the market. Firing five massive .500 S&W Magnum rounds, you will discover very quickly that bears DO shit in the woods, mainly out of fear of being shot by this piece. And not only is it 100% lethal to those on the recieving end, it's pretty lethal to the person firing it too. The recoil is harder than your grandpa on Viagra. People have had their thumbs severed by the gas exhaust from the cylinder gap. And eyes have been blinded by poorly mounted scopes following Newton's second law devoutly. Basically the gun hates you and the enemy:

Warning! Heavy recoil may cause loss of testicles.
The worste part about this gun? It's falsely holding a position it doesn't have. Many believe this gun to be the most powerful handgun in the world. It's not. It's the most powerful PRODUCTION handgun in the world. That's because the real rightful owner of this label is the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro revolver. It's also the largest handgun in the world, and cannot physically be fired free-hand.

Fuck Doom, here's your BFG right here...
And for dramatic effect, here's a guy firing the gun from a rest. Amazingly, he survived.

You cannot blame him for experiencing magnum flinch, just look at the gun!
#1 - Desert Eagle
Last and certainly least on the list is the Desert Eagle:

Proof you can polish a turd. And plate it in 24k gold...
Every mall ninja has a "Deagle" as their sidearm, it's a rule. Who cares that it weighs five pounds, is unreliable, and has massive recoil? Mickey Rourke in "Year of the Dragon", Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Last Action Hero", The Agents in "The Matrix series" and Demi Moore in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle". Cinema has done an excellent job of making the Desert Eagle look like the baddest motherfucking handgun in the world. And hey, you just pwned five noobs on COD4 with it. AND got it gold plated. But that's fiction. In real life you buy one, your hands get tired after holding it for five minutes, you piss away tons of money on a small amount of .50 AE ammo, bruise your hands firing it, miss every can you set up for targets, spend 10 minutes trying to fix the stove-pipe stoppage it had, and then finally sell it for a nice 1911 instead.

Hey, something the DE has going for it is that it shot Keanu Reeves a dozen times in the chest. It failed though because he's still alive, continuing to act on a sub-par level.






I take issue with the cruiser. No, i'm not using the damn thing to breach doors, but it's tight, light and good for confined spaces... hence its utility as a home defence weapon. The "Breaching" aspect of the barrel is a bit much, but it does have utility in other ways: Firstly, it looks wicked. Second, it easily shatters glass, even automotive glass (try it [no, you idiot, not on your own car window! try it on an ex-girlfriend's], it's actually much more difficult than you might imagine). Thirdly, (and admittedly the most dubious) if someone grabs the weapon--or if you just feel like being a dick-- you can jab the s**t out of someone in the chest with it and it will hurt like a fuckin' bastard. Say you've fired a round or there is otherwise not a shell chambered, and someone grabs the the barrel and attempts to pull it toward them and away from you in an effort to wrest it from your control; instead of trying to pull it back and away from them and getting into a tug-o-war, use their momentum and energy to push it towards them, guiding it into contact with their chest. With the combined energy of their pull and your push, you can really cause some pain. And as we all know (especially men who have been, say, kicked in the balls [which is, I imagine, fairly common for the average Cracked reader]), pain momentarily shuts off the brain, and that can give you the opportunity to regain control of your weapon...
Replydont diss the pp200. it uses both armor peircing AND standard 9x19mm ammo, and a spare OR empty mag can be used for the stock
Replyif you want a subgun that folds in half, just get a kel-tec sub-2000. longer barrel, so more range and accuracy, and weighs much less than the fmg-9. oh, and it's civilian legal. it's semi auto, but the stoppoing power granted by the longer barrel more than makes up for the lost dakka
Replytoo much plastic...
Only on non-stressed components.
Completely agree on the Desert Eagle... damn tactiturds show up at the range periodically with DE's in .50AE, shoot two or three rounds, then immediately try to sell the things to anyone with cash.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesEven worse are the tactibubbas, who take historical rifles, cut their stocks off, cram all sorts of "sporting" scopes on them, and spot weld rails all over the place. Saw one of 'em turn a $13,000 all matching G41(M) into a $500 turd in one fell swoop (only a few small parts were salvageable, since the idiot cut and welded the bolt, crammed a scope onto the top, destroyed the stock, cut off the magazine and welded a plate on the bottom to make it a 3 rounder for use in hunting, and completely destroyed all of the semi auto parts). Some of those people are just purely brilliant.
THE HORROR!!!
I got a question. Am I a tactibubba (Hey... now that does sound funny to say. Tactibubba =D) if I buy an FN-FAL, attach an adjustable stock cause I'm so short (five foot four, in fact) then mount a scope?
I'd suggest you take it to a gunsmith and have any mods done right
I agree with ran76 on that front. The FAL can be a tricky weapon to work on, and you should always have an experienced gunsmith do the work on it. Attaching a folding stock isn't terribly hard (and there are original military folding stocks available on the market for a pittance), and original scope mounts are available for inch pattern rifles (mostly the Canadian C1A1s, but I **think** there may be some for the metric pattern Israeli FALO on the market). The caveat is that they cost a small fortune...
Anyway, a semi-auto FAL is already a mutt since it has a whole lot of American parts in it (unless you're lucky enough to get your hands on the very rare pre-ban examples that are all matching numbered Belgian parts, and if you bubba one of those, an FAL collector will appear in your house in the middle of the night and remove your heart with a melon baller), so you can more or less attach anything you want without worrying about ruining anything historically significant.
hey if a guy buys a gun with his own money, then he has every damn right to do what ever the hell he wants to it.
i agree with the part about the aa-12.i mean,at most, with buckshot and maybe solid slugs flying all over you only need a SEMI-AUTO shotgun
ReplyPersonaly my Opinion
Reply1 AA-12
This gun was made mostly for R&D purposes, not actually made for combat therefor it is to see how far we can push a shotgun
2 Heckler & Koch MP7A1
You have most likely not held one of these much less fired one, but if you have then you would know of the heavily pentetrating round it delivers
3 Glock 18
Dont take a crap on Glock. Their guns are amazing
4 Magpul FMG-9
Your right on the desgin of this gun, stupid, but the Glock still is awesome
5 Stoeger Double Defense Coach shotgun
your right this is an idotic gun but they are just trying to put a new consept on an old desgin *Innovation*
6 KBP Instrument Design Bureau PP-2000
Due to my lack of knowlage on this gun I must go with what im told about it
7 Cobray CM203 Flare Launcher
While there isnt much use for this add on but to look cool the consept has the right idea. My friend was saved when he twisted his foot while hikeing and used his flare pistol.
8 Mossberg Cruiser
Your right about the door-breeching round but otherwise this gun is excellent for home defence
9 Smith & Wesson Model 500
Right again this gun is highly impractal
10 Desert Eagle
I some what agree with you but what most people dont realize is that the DE is chambed in 3 different cartriges: .357 Mangum, .44 Mangum, And .50 Action Express. This gun is also Based on R&D and not suited for combat what so ever
isn't there also a .40 version of the DE?
The PP-2000 is actually highly controllable, easily concealable, and nearly maintenance free. It's an all around excellent weapon with its only really major flaw being the extremely short barrel, which makes it highly inaccurate at any decent range.
Slapping tactical stuff on a gun is not always bad. with an SKS and stuff ordered off amazon, you have an assault rifle worthy of competing among the best.
Replytrue.even the standard sks is pretty f**king awesome.It's short,accurate,powerful (it fires 7.62x39mm rounds the exact same as the ak 47 and rpd light machine gun.the only real draw-back is the 10 round magazine that must be fed by 10 or 5 round stripper clips or single rounds.even that can be solved with parts kits. It's basically the perfect zombie fighting rifle.Oh and did i forget to mention it's simple,reliable,and easy to use/clean?
No, but you did forget to mention the built-in bayonet! These are among my favourite "old school rifles," and it's right up there with the Mosin-Nagant.
I actually own a cruiser 500, but only because it was the breach shotgun I used in Iraq, so more for sentimental reasons. However, I have used it for it's intended purposes. Besides, you can screw a collapsible stock on it in seconds.
ReplyI'm pretty sure the first picture of the Glock 18 is of an airsoft replica, a KSC one to be exact. I'm pretty sure the selector on the real one does not have a 'safe' position, which that of the picture is in.
Replygood article, but my only disagreement is with the statement that the shotgun is a short-range, single-purpose weapon. It's actually a pretty versatile firearm, with various ammunition making it effective from 5-100 Yards, and various munitions like taser rounds(!) and impact rounds (basically a bean bag that strikes with the force of a 120 mph fastball to the gut). I couldn't tell whether or not you were promoting the P90, but let me say i'm a fan. other that those things it was a great article.
Replytrue, especially with solid slugs,which basically give it the distance of an assault rifle, if not more.but taser rounds ar frickking expensive!
i was expecting the awsm to be on the list. its high powered, long range, legal and the sniper rifle from counter-strike
Reply Hide All See All 3 Replieswell it's a practical and efficient firearm that a few countries have picked up. these are "rule of cool" guns.
well it's a practical, efficient, no-frills bolt-action rifle. this is for the guy who thinks he should go hunting with a VSS Vintorez because it would be "kewl".
Isn't that the BFBC2 auto sniper?
it's wierd, but i suddenly have a feeling to look up the aa-12 on youtube! :)
ReplyPretty good article, but I'm surprised that the Saiga twelve (post conversion) AR or AK variant, or a rifle in .50 BMG didn't make it on the list. I agree with replacing the DE with a 1911.
ReplyPS, I love IMFDB and contribute a bit, keep up the good work.
ReplyIn during "but HK can do no wrong!"
ReplyI shouldn't even have to explain why they absolutely can. Also, the AA-12 weighs as much as a SAW and has the aesthetics of, well, a glock. Plus there are only a dozen or so actually in existence so it's not like anyone's actually taken it into combat, and I doubt they ever will.
Good article for the most part. I definitely agree with the Desert Eagle and the S&W 500 being the top two. But I do have a few things to say about the MP7. First: Why the hate for Heckler & Koch? They do make very high-quality weapons. More reliable than the s**t Colt's been selling us for the last few decades, at any rate. Second: The MP7 was originally developed as a component in the U.S. Army's Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) system. It was only after the OICW program was cancelled that the MP7 was converted into a PDW and became a competitor to the FN P90.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesAnd As for the FMG-9, it's intended to be used by government personnel who need a defensive weapon, and need, or would prefer to keep it out of sight, so as not to arouse suspicion or concern from nearby civilians. In other words, the Secret Service, or personnel from any of the various Intelligence Agencies that operate overseas. Several other weapons have been developed for the same purpose that use similar toolbox/briefcase designs for concealment.
how about the S&W 1250?? it kills tanks and im a cyborg [-,-]
how could you possibly be inconspicuous? it looks like nothing else in existance. your enemies might assume it was a uselessly small briefcase or toolbox, on the 100000-to-1 chance they have never seen an FMG-9
The 45 caliber, while a good gun, seems to have lot of recoil, I fired once. Yes, it is still popular but I feel that you still need a lot of practice to effectively wield one, so I guess it should be here.
Replyno, you miss the point entirely. practice a bit with a .45 and it will be an instrument of terror in your hands. these weapons are useless whether in the hands of an experienced marine or a ten-year-old.
well, fire it MORE THAN ONCE and you get better at it. train well and it's a weapon of terror in your hands (well, not YOUR hands, they would get blisters from the recoil). these guns are useless in anyone's hands, be they an experienced marine or a ten-year-old.
I fixed the captions so they show up under the images instead of just when you hover over them. And added smokey the bear. For shits and giggles? Perhaps...
ReplyIt's not that the gun is s****y (well, kinda...), it's a mall ninja weapon. It's potentially bought more because people think it looks cool and want to own a .50 AE pistol, instead of knowing it's heavy and prone to jamming and pretty much piss poor for practical shooting applications. Still, I'd rather fire a DE .50 over an Automag V any day. Those pieces of s**t break when you fire them, and I have a scar on my forehead to vouch for that!
Reply#1 is the Desert Eagle? Are you saying the Israelis made a s****y gun? And, the reasons you don't make compact full auto weapons is two-fold. 1) You can put out a fuck-ton of bullets. If they don't hit anything they don't count. Mind there's nothing about full auto weapons that necessarily makes them impossible to aim. As Future Weapons showed you can make a low recoil weapon that doesn't do a lot of muzzle lift (or any even). But, why? If you're going to fire aimed shots, why not just service each target with one round? There's something to be said for ammo conservation. Give me a good battle rifle instead. 2) A compact gun that you don't need to aim and fires on full auto is for firing into crowds. Congratulations gun industry you've made guns for drug gangs, terrorist, and gun massacrerers.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesThe Desert Eagle is an American-designed gun; the Israelis just manufacture it.
Nice job, Gunmaster, way to represent for us.
Well, I hadn't thought so; but Magnum Research did most of the design work. Israel Weapon Industries re-designed it as a production model.
No problem MatBananas, I haven't visited IMFDb in almost two months, so I kind of owe it to the site.