Donward Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yeah I know. Big talk for someone who has failed at the basic level of not being able to use this forum's quote function... Stop looking at me! Gaaah!!! *awkwardly leaves, tripping on a loose microphone along the way* Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Drop what you're doing and look at the most adorable Luger in the world. Sturgeon and RobotMinisterofTrueKorea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Watters Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Is that one of John Martz's creations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 If you're going to go Luger, you might as well go with Luger in all of its Teutonic glory. http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/9633/10495951_1.jpg?v=8CDC8CD48E29E10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Video on the innards of the Daewoo K2: One surprise here; that rebound spring thingie in the back of the receiver to boost rate of fire. I hadn't heard of that before in small arms, although a number of autocannons have similar devices. Oh, and if you look, you can see that the K2 has a Stoner/Johnson bolt and a fixed ejector, which is an unusual combination, but neither ingredient is rare on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 "Piston driven"Do I have to say how much I hate these two marketing buzzwords? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well, it's definitely not turbine-driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well, it's definitely not turbine-driven. ...I just got an amazing idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Does it involve a Mazda RX-7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Does it involve a Mazda RX-7? No... ....It involves an RX-8 thank you very much! What kind of savage do you take me for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 QBZ-95 undergoing some pretty harsh reliability testing (2 part series). If it surprises you the video is in Mandarin.... you must be easily surprised. (Someone did actually subtitle it though.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smDubjkoPXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4zLe64pOY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 No... ....It involves an RX-8 thank you very much! What kind of savage do you take me for? Can you start your RX-8 and then turn it off after 15 seconds and have it start again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 The ultimate in Small Caliber, FLY Velocity! http://bugasalt.com I'm expecting a full write-up and torture test of this new weapon system. https://m.youtube.com/user/BUGASALT?%22%5Dhttps://m.youtube.com/user/BUGASALT?'>https://m.youtube.com/user/BUGASALT?"]https://m.youtube.com/user/BUGASALT?[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 The discussion of the sqeeze bore concept on multiple small caliber bullets being researched. (or a bit of discussion.) http://gigconceptsinc.com/Colt-SSB.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 OK. Color me a Fudd but I don't get AR "pistols" and this whole nonsense over the Sig "brace". I know there's a bunch of crap with the ATF and defining what-is-what so it fits inside a nice category that is easy to tax and regulate for government bureaucrats. But to me, this isn't a "pistol". You can call it a carbine, or a semi-automatic "submachine gun" (contradictory term, I know), or Personal Defense Weapon or whatever but that isn't a pistol. You wouldn't carry it as a pistol. You wouldn't holster it like a pistol. And you wouldn't even really fire it as a pistol. Let's be real here. So why is it supposedly billed as a pistol? That's setting aside why anyone would want one and why you'd want to fire a shortened rifle one-handed. Unless you're Steve McQueen shooting a Mare's Leg, it just looks stupid. That Winchester holds, what? Three rounds? So ergonomic and practical. Just what the modern "hunter" needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 It is legally a pistol. Which means it is subject to the regulations that a pistol is, unlike an SBR which is subject to much more strict regulations. That is what makes them desirable. Also, the manufacturer is lawfully required to market them as pistols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 That is no more a pistol than this is a rifle When the legal definitions are wrong and don't match reality, it's time to change those definitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Your law seems to have a real problem with overly rigid and overly tightly-written laws (which are ripe for both stupidity and gaming). Then again, you inherited English common law and the English legislative approach... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 The M2030 round. Some intriguing ideas in this article. The author was clearly an attentive student of arms design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 The M2030 round. Some intriguing ideas in this article. The author was clearly an attentive student of arms design. It's frightening to think those bullets might be powerful enough to go through police body armor, a car door or even an airplane fuselage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 The M2030 primer configuration looks flat unworkable, and I'm not too sure about the consolidated powder grain either. They're interesting ideas though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 That is no more a pistol than this is a rifle When the legal definitions are wrong and don't match reality, it's time to change those definitions. According to the ATF, that is a rifle. Naturally, were I King of the Americas, I wouldn't have made laws this silly, but what else can you expect from bloated democracy-borne systems? It's frightening to think those bullets might be powerful enough to go through police body armor, a car door or even an airplane fuselage. You mean like any other rifle round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I'm wearing my sensationalist pants right now. Particularly after watching a news conference with some government guy talking about guns that were smuggled aboard passenger planes. An AK "pistol" that he was showing off was capable of going through police body armor, car doors or planes. !!!!!!!!!!!1!!1!!2 It is useful to know how the other side thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Watters Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 The M2030 primer configuration looks flat unworkable, and I'm not too sure about the consolidated powder grain either. They're interesting ideas though. I'm fairly certain that Dick Casull designed a rifle cartridge with a recessed base/primer, so that should be feasible. The compressed powder would be little different than some of the caseless schemes, or for that matter, the compressed propellant pellets for available for modern muzzleloaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 The inverted case head is clever, and has a lot going for it at first glance. It's the primer I'm worried about. I'm really doubtful that the propellant grain would make a suitable anvil. Speaking of the propellant grain, in the HK G11, which has a similar consolidated propellant structure, there was a booster charge just ahead of the primer that busted up the consolidated grain to increase its internal surface area so it would burn in a timely fashion. This didn't always work correctly. Jim Schatz mentions it in his presentation on caseless ammo. I don't know much about those muzzleloader propellant blobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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