{"id":93336,"date":"2018-06-26T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=93336"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:17:45","slug":"ar-15-chainsaw-bayonet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ar-15-chainsaw-bayonet\/","title":{"rendered":"The AR-15 Chainsaw Bayonet Is a Real Thing, and It\u2019s Hilariously Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new model features a battery pack that can be attached to a gun’s stock (Photo: Panacea X<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Remember last year when the pro-gun Twitterverse took down USA Today<\/a> for including a \u201cchainsaw bayonet\u201d in its list of possible AR-15 modifications? The online magazine\u2019s stellar reporting spawned a raft of excellent parodies, memes, and even some stylish apparel<\/a>. Everyone had a good laugh and moved on, though some GunsAmerica commenters voiced their appreciation for USA Today\u2019s creativity.<\/p>\n

It turns out the chainsaw bayonet is a real product, and it\u2019s currently available in its second iteration for the low, low price of $800. The \u201cKillsaw<\/a>\u201d is being manufactured by a Nevada company called Panacea X, and the 20V, 10-inch saw is ready and waiting to be mounted to the picatinny rail of your zombie survival rifle.<\/p>\n

The Killsaw is the new-and-improve version of the original battery-powered Zombie X Chainsaw Bayonet. It features a battery pack that can be mounted to the stock of an AR-15, which will last users “about 20 minutes of serious sawing,” according to the product’s inventor, Robert Weir.<\/p>\n

An even newer version will be available in September 2018, and it will allow users to attach the battery either to a rifle’s stock or to the saw for use as a standalone tool. The forthcoming version will also reduce the cost down to $350, Weir told GunsAmerica.<\/p>\n

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The battery pack also acts as a counterweight to the chainsaw.<\/p><\/div>\n

Weir first conceived of the idea as nothing more than a promotional gag designed to attract people to his booth at the 2012 SHOT Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had intended the Zombie X Chainsaw Bayonet was just to be promotional [sic], an item for the show, just to attract attention to our booth,\u201d he says on his company\u2019s website<\/a>. \u201cBut after the second day, we could see from the smiles and the glee on people\u2019s faces that if we did not manufacture them, someone else was going to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weir used the opportunity to found Panacea X, a survival gear company that produces machetes and knives along with their \u201cweaponized chainsaws.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Weir models his product.<\/p><\/div>\n

It isn\u2019t immediately clear whether Weir intends the Killsaw for serious applications. His list of \u201cBest Uses for the Zombie X Chainsaw Bayonet,\u201d for example, includes both serious and comical suggestions:<\/p>\n