Alex C.

LOL, less than 20 minutes and 4 pretty specific responses about a bayonet. GODS. We're all fucking weapons nerds.

Lol. I have a PVS-7 with a horrendous blem and a gen 3 scope that is.... old:
 

 
But still Gen 3! Kind of neat as it came from the era when HK ruled the civilian tactical marketplace (and was offered with the STANAG mount as pictured):
 
 

MMmmmm... Chinese Type 81 derivative, the "EM356".
 
 

 
 
Basically these were at the 1989 SHOT Show but were banned by the Bush EO the next month.
Apparently three came in as importer samples, all with different stock configs.
 
From a source of mine:
"I spoke to someone who owns a couple other of these (the fixed stock and underfloor examples. Apparently none of them came into the US with magazines, and it appears the magazines were never even fully developed for them. Yours and the other two are the only ones made it would seem."
 
 
So after spending a lot of time with a dremel, a managed to get a Beryl magazine to fit.
 
I tried:
Valmet M76
Galil
AK74
Norinco 5.56
Beryl
SAR 3/Waffle
 
And all of them were not even close to fitting in factory config.

MMmmmm... Chinese Type 81 derivative, the "EM356".
 
 

 
 
Basically these were at the 1989 SHOT Show but were banned by the Bush EO the next month.
Apparently three came in as importer samples, all with different stock configs.
 
From a source of mine:
"I spoke to someone who owns a couple other of these (the fixed stock and underfloor examples. Apparently none of them came into the US with magazines, and it appears the magazines were never even fully developed for them. Yours and the other two are the only ones made it would seem."
 
 
So after spending a lot of time with a dremel, a managed to get a Beryl magazine to fit.
 
I tried:
Valmet M76
Galil
AK74
Norinco 5.56
Beryl
SAR 3/Waffle
 
And all of them were not even close to fitting in factory config.

Also, I find the small amount of turbo Buicks in this thread disturbing:
 
 

In the USA, we did something similar (well, twice actually)... but we actually made it:
 
 
The Bricklin SV-1:
 

 

 
 
They were designed in 1971 and built in 72-76.
 
The name stands for "Safety Vehicle 1" and it had a roll cage, safety bumpers, etc.
 
The cars had 351Ws in them so they could have been cool, but they are smog era cars.
 
 
The concept of the safety car was not really new though. Preston Tucker (read about this guy! They even made a movie about him.) wanted his cars to be safe as hell and designed a pretty bitchin car:
 

 

 
 
He wanted safety to be central to the design, and installed seat belts (which was weird at the time), an additional headlight that lit up when the wheel was turned more than a few degrees, and it had safety glass and a windshield that would pop out if compromised.
 
A few years ago at the Barrett Jackson I saw that car above roll across the auction block. Beautiful vehicle:
 
 
 

 

If you ever see a car with an intercooler like that one that just so happens to be missing a headlight, do not bet against it in a drag race.

Little something I am working on:
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Kj_dm362w

Alex Capps quickly became the founding member and lead prophet of the Cult of The Stripper Clip, which - despite several hundred years of initial persecution by the pagan Garand Empire - became the leading small arms religion in the world.

If you ever see a car with an intercooler like that one that just so happens to be missing a headlight, do not bet against it in a drag race.

Contribution time. I will weigh, but yall is responsible for the arithmetic.
 
Beretta ARX 100:
Weight: 3.118 kg
BCG: .490 kg
Carrier: .333 kg
Bolt: .157 kg
Magazine weight: .240 kg (WTF Beretta?!?)
 
FN49 7mm:
Weight: 4.636 kg
BCG: .380 kg
BCG with piston: .506 kg
Piston weight: .126 kg
Bolt: .190 kg
Carrier: .190 kg
 
Kel-Tec PLR-16:
Weight: 1.538 kg
BCG: .434 kg
Bolt: .036 kg
Carrier: .398 kg
 
SIG MCX (300 BLK):
BCG: .322 kg
Bolt: .044 kg
Carrier: .278 kg
Piston: .022
 
 
Couple more coming in soon (AR70, Galil ACE, Type 81)

Little something I am working on:
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Kj_dm362w

Contribution time. I will weigh, but yall is responsible for the arithmetic.
 
Beretta ARX 100:
Weight: 3.118 kg
BCG: .490 kg
Carrier: .333 kg
Bolt: .157 kg
Magazine weight: .240 kg (WTF Beretta?!?)
 
FN49 7mm:
Weight: 4.636 kg
BCG: .380 kg
BCG with piston: .506 kg
Piston weight: .126 kg
Bolt: .190 kg
Carrier: .190 kg
 
Kel-Tec PLR-16:
Weight: 1.538 kg
BCG: .434 kg
Bolt: .036 kg
Carrier: .398 kg
 
SIG MCX (300 BLK):
BCG: .322 kg
Bolt: .044 kg
Carrier: .278 kg
Piston: .022
 
 
Couple more coming in soon (AR70, Galil ACE, Type 81)

When I was a kid if you didn't want a Grand National, you were wrong.
 
Of course the same is true today.
 
 
 
 

When I was a kid if you didn't want a Grand National, you were wrong.
 
Of course the same is true today.
 
 
 
 

Every time I call a rifle that meets the definition of an "assault rifle" as defined by the United States military a fucking assault rifle, I get angrily corrected by NRA Billy Bob who tells me that assault rifle is some made up demon term used by all them anti gun liburrels using it to take our guns away.

Every time I call a rifle that meets the definition of an "assault rifle" as defined by the United States military a fucking assault rifle, I get angrily corrected by NRA Billy Bob who tells me that assault rifle is some made up demon term used by all them anti gun liburrels using it to take our guns away.

Every time I call a rifle that meets the definition of an "assault rifle" as defined by the United States military a fucking assault rifle, I get angrily corrected by NRA Billy Bob who tells me that assault rifle is some made up demon term used by all them anti gun liburrels using it to take our guns away.

Finally. It was hard to track one down that was both nice and in a caliber that is readily available (7mm).

So... this Run and Gun is going to suck balls.
 
 

Larry Vickers on the Mk48:
 
"It was built WAY too light duty for 7.62 NATO

If you ever saw the bolt carrier group for the Mk48, which is almost identical in size and dimensions to a 5.56mm BCG such as used in an M249 or Mk46 ( no lie )- except with a 7.62 breech face - you would never ask any of these questions again

100,000 rds on the receiver ? Maybe ( although I doubt it ) but when everything else wears out in less than a fraction of that round count what's the point

Destined to be a footnote in belted history"

Alex, you are quickly becoming the most skilled person I know with a bolt gun. I used to think I was hot shit taking Enfields to 3-gun matches and stuff like that, but I got nothing on you.
 

Alex needs this to add to his ugly sweater collection.
 

 
Like for serious. He needs to be wearing this in his next TFB run-and-stumble-andmiffthestripperclipreload-and-gun vids!

Is there any good reason you don't submit articles from time to time to TFB? You are clearly passionate and competent enough to contribute good material.

Is there any good reason you don't submit articles from time to time to TFB? You are clearly passionate and competent enough to contribute good material.