Alex C.
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On 9/13/2019 at 4:44 PM, Meplat said:
Dont be angry, but I used to have some neat M240 bits.
Rail "forend", some odd topcover NODS mount (I think for a PVS-4, it was huge) a couple tank/armor barrels, a couple of T&E's.
Tried selling them at a couple SAR shows, but was offered cents on the dollar. So I gave them to a good friend who had one of the semi-auto ones, for helping me move to Kentucky.
Oh I havent owned that gun in many years but I wouldnt say that is was one of my favorites. Good GPMG? Yes, they are but it was not that fun to shoot. IMO the M60 is a lot more fun but I have seen them choke more than I have 240s. These were all m60e1s though.
On 9/13/2019 at 1:12 PM, Sturgeon said:Those goddamn kraut top covers are the weak point in a lot of belt feds. Time to move on to a more robust design.
You are not wrong. I know belt feds are kind of the logical choice for a modern military/GPMG design but there really is something to be said for guns like the Bren L4. A good AG and you have an unstoppable beast with an RoF close to a belt gun. Not that I would rather have an L4 in the military but there is something to be said about a box magazine fed MG.
This is also just me lusting after a Bren L4.
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18 hours ago, Meplat said:
You have to work to kill a MAG.
I killed mine by wearing out the topcover components. Bought a new topcover on gunbroker and it got back to humming along just fine.
Oh how I miss it.
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9 hours ago, Sturgeon said:
I've long suspected this. The issue has been known in the M16 family for decades, hence the emergence of free float rails (which fix it). Heck, even the Finns knew about it, that's why the M39's barrel is an odd 27 inches (they adjusted barrel length until a node sat at the forward stock bedding point).
I had wondered if the prevalence of magazine-grip holds among AK users was in part an attempt to address this (it's also a good way to avoid burns).Absolutely. I cant contribute much in the way of SVD testing (that guy pretty much nailed it) but you do see a lot of photos of guys holding them by the magwell. The bipod mine came with (apparently made by a gunsmith in Russia who is well known for them) clamps onto the receiver recesses near the trunnion. Looks silly but there isnt really a good way to attach a bipod otherwise.
The SVD is an amazing rifle and does *exactly* what is was designed to do, people in the west (and apparently Russia according to that guy) just hold them to mythical status. I mean the gun has a detachable scope *and* cheekpiece so you can see the irons and engage in an assault. It also had a damn bayonet lug if you expend your fiddy rounds of ammo while your squad is advancing.
Most accurate rifle? No but it could well suppress an enemy position by pinning them, detect fucking night vision with the flip-down screen, had a distance calculator, and even without optics is a capable self-loading rifle. And yes I realize I’m preaching to the choir!
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That SVD article is one of the most interesting things I have read in a while. I am shocked at how much hand placement effects POI.
I like that the author was very clear in stating that the accuracy of the SVD is, in his words "neither bad nor good, it is sufficient". This is pretty much what Max P. said in his interview with Ian on the SVD.
Credit where it's due: The Soviet studies the author posted show a first shot 40%+ hit probability at 500m. Of course with the SVD if you miss you can just, you know, pull the trigger again.
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42 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:
the control blob
Its a real thing though. Ambi too!
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2 hours ago, Sturgeon said:
As someone who's wrestled with charging handle design before, the AR charging design is pretty damn good. It's just a fact of life that there are no good compromises in charging handles.
My biggest issue is that charging handle design sucks like an electrolux if you don't have a last round hold open.
I hereby put forth a deceleration of shenanigans.
Combining the charging handle, safety, fire mode selector, and forward assist into one non-reciprocating unit is the ultimate setup.
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3 hours ago, Hisname said:This is not true. The manual says nothing about it. Any hold is allowed. To improve accuracy, you need to use the same hold when shooting, which was used when preliminary shot(adjustment fire). But even it makes sense to do only at long distances.
I cannot read the document above but 3/4 are holding by the mag?
"This Russian sniper demonstrates the proper aiming position of the SVD. Note the support hand is holding the magazine and not the hand guards. The sling is allowed to hang free so it does not induce pressure on the barrel.
A magazine hold also eliminates the upward pressure of the hand guards against the barrel, which interferes with barrel harmonics. This is also why a bipod can not be effectively mounted below the hand guards. (Photo by RomanS of militaryphotos.net)"
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The SVD manual suggests holding the rifle by the magazine like that (or the little gap in front) for increased accuracy/consistency. The hand guards connect to the barrel so even bipods snap onto the receiver.
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49 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:
A magazine! Wow!
He made it out of a norinco .223 ak magaznine.
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7 hours ago, Vicious_CB said:
And people think Im joking when I say the best Cold War battle rifle was the SVD.
I feel like with a shorter, thicker barrel and a few light modifications it would have been an excellent general issue battle rifle.
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Just random 416 shit:
Spoiler
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2 hours ago, Sturgeon said:
What buffer did you use?
A standard carbine buffer.
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5 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:
Your barrel looks maybe a bit heavier than it could be?
Agreed. It was advertised as a pencil barrel by Aero Precision. Certainly isn't as thin as an SP1 barrel but I haven't busted out the calipers.
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8 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:
What was your weight goal? Where are you at right now?
The rifle was 5 pounds 15.8 ounces. I wanted it to be 5 pounds 10-12 ounces.
When I weighed my factory Colt carbine I kind of gave up:
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8 hours ago, EnsignExpendable said:
They talk a lot about the collapsible wire stock on the "German submachinegun", so it's probably the MP-40.
Although maybe one could argue that the CIA started the rumour that the AK is a clone of the Stg.44
I assumed the agent saw some AKS rifles in the mix. The AKS and AKMS folding stocks look and work like an mp40 folding stock.
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Also if you watch the Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam the veterans describe how automatic firearms were rare at first with maybe one going off to support the bolts and semis. As the war went on automatic fire increased drastically.
Footage also shows weird stuff like ZB26s, Type 99 LMGs, Type 92s, Chatelleraults, RPDs, and a smattering of random stuff like MAS 38s and such. There are also a good amount of Beretta M12 SMGs (that famous footage of the American guard spraying into the window of the embassy is iconic).
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On 4/18/2015 at 11:36 AM, Sturgeon said:
You're correct. As soon as the 1956 Hungarian Uprising shows the AK to the West, the stage is set for the subsequent failure of the M14 program in the late fifties and early sixties to cause a bit of "Kalashnikov panic". US Army Ordnance dismissed the Kalashnikov as little more than a submachine gun, but this was the same organization that was still firmly wedded to the full-power .30 caliber round into the 1960s.
Eventually, the US thoroughly leapfrogged the Soviets with the AR-15, a minor but still significant gap the Soviets never closed, but may this year or next with the AK-12.The CIA knew about it in 1953 according their archives:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A001000900006-5.pdf
The new Soviet gun was described as fitted with a 30-round magazine, a “wooden” or “wire” folding stock, and a “handle grip.” The agent also describes the AK-47’s gas piston operating system, describing a “gas returning metal tube” that caused the bolt to recoil and eject a spent cartridge. Overall, the new weapon was described as “very similar to the German World War II submachine gun,” probably meaning the German StG-44 assault rifle. The new submachine gun round is described as “somewhat longer than for the PPSh (submachine gun) and the top of the projectile is more pointed.”
Obviously this is limited information but between then and ‘56 they almost certainly found out more about the gun.
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22 hours ago, Collimatrix said:
The G3 and MP5 have definitely proven to have staying power.
What's your experience with the HK 33?
I have a 33 and a 53 that are both quite nice. I also have an SL6 and for some reason, a CETME-L (that works only with CETME-L specific mags).
I shot the 33 and sighted her in really nicely maybe two months back and at 300 meters it was shooting about 10 inch groups off of a rest. I know the 5.56 roller guns are seen as the boogeymen of the roller delayed family, but I haven't had any negative experiences.
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Long live roller delayed blowback!
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The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.
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Just some FAMAS photos for... reasons.