LostCosmonaut Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 The M17 and M18 sound pretty bad; http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18047/armys-new-pistols-often-eject-live-rounds-and-dont-work-well-with-regular-bullets Having trouble thinking of a plausible mechanism for that failure mode (ejecting a live round with the spent case) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 33 minutes ago, LostCosmonaut said: The M17 and M18 sound pretty bad; http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18047/armys-new-pistols-often-eject-live-rounds-and-dont-work-well-with-regular-bullets Having trouble thinking of a plausible mechanism for that failure mode (ejecting a live round with the spent case) Bad magazine feed lips. LostCosmonaut and Xlucine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 3 hours ago, Sturgeon said: Apparently I lied and you still cannot change the barrel on an AK-12. I trusted you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, LostCosmonaut said: The M17 and M18 sound pretty bad; http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18047/armys-new-pistols-often-eject-live-rounds-and-dont-work-well-with-regular-bullets Having trouble thinking of a plausible mechanism for that failure mode (ejecting a live round with the spent case) Here is the original report. The only other reference I could find to double ejecting in pistols is people accidentally using .40 magazines to feed 9mm ammo into a 9mm handgun. So it does sound like excessively splayed feed lips can cause this problem. I would like to see slow-motion of it happening though. I can't quite wrap my head around what's going on that would cause that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 I would laugh SO HARD if they accidentally shipped .40 mags with MHSes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, LostCosmonaut said: The M17 and M18 sound pretty bad; http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18047/armys-new-pistols-often-eject-live-rounds-and-dont-work-well-with-regular-bullets Having trouble thinking of a plausible mechanism for that failure mode (ejecting a live round with the spent case) Not a single mention of how the majority of stoppages were caused by people holding the slide release causing it to not hold open after the last round. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Pecheneg-SP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 9 hours ago, Sturgeon said: I would laugh SO HARD if they accidentally shipped .40 mags with MHSes. ? But the army did select .40 S&W as the winner of the MHS? http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/04/01/breaking-afp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 https://kalashnikov.media/blog/4522002 Max Popenker about AK-12 and AK-15 adoption. Photos: https://kalashnikov.media/media/photogallery/4521994 Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Collimatrix Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Here's a fun blast from the past; a look at an Israeli-made clone of a Yugoslavian-made clone of a Swiss pistol, a gas-delayed blowback pistol I'd never heard of, some Savage rifle nobody cares about, and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 I seem to have found all three ARX-100 fanboys at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted February 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Sturgeon said: I seem to have found all three ARX-100 fanboys at once. But Meplat told me Ulrich Zedrosser was right?! Or does this just prove everyone can get a single fuckup on their record? *Remembers that Zedrosser helped design the first "Scout" pattern rifle while working with Steyr at the request of Jeff Cooper......* Wait, FUCK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Sturgeon said: I seem to have found all three ARX-100 fanboys at once. There are dozens of them! Dozens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miroslav Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 So B&T are expanding the usw concept to include a stocked polymer frame for the sig mhs pistol. It's peculiar that they are doing it without the fixes optic mount. I had the chance to talk to an aimpoint engineer last year and I (foolishly perhaps) expressed my scepticism towards the usw, for which aimpoint developed a special micro red dot. Does anyone know what kind of sales the usw have made? It wouldn't surprise me if this new product sells better than the original, not least because of the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Quote #Egypt- MoI foil smuggling attempt of...wait for it....490 shotguns (!) aboard SUV that crossed over from #Libya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Quote #Russia|n SSO officer in #Syira armed with #Steyr SSG 08 and holstered #Yarygin (6P35) sidearm, standing next to a tripod mounted Hensoldt (ex-Zeiss) x20-60 spotting scope. Note helmet mounted GoPro HERO5 and Petzl Strix w/ visible & IR light modes. Quote Promo shot for MVS gear. Note a heavily customised AK-105 with 1P87 sight and what looks like the latest(?) iteration of a 5.45x39 60-round mag. Also note RMB-93 shotgun in the background. Also looks like 45 round mags from RPK in his mag pouches. Collimatrix and Akula_941 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Quote This new 60-round 5.45x39 mag is made by Chelyabinsk based Puf Gun: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Quote As reported by the Belarusian web resource 42.TUT.BY, on January 31, 2018 the meeting of the board of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus was held in Minsk. Although the event itself took place behind closed doors, a small exhibition of novelties of the Belarusian military industrial complex was organized for journalists. 42.TUT.BY selected the most interesting samples demonstrated at the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Spoiler Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisname Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 14 hours ago, LoooSeR said: #Russia|n SSO officer in #Syira armed with #Steyr SSG 08 and holstered #Yarygin (6P35) sidearm, standing next to a tripod mounted Hensoldt (ex-Zeiss) x20-60 spotting scope. Note helmet mounted GoPro HERO5 and Petzl Strix w/ visible & IR light modes. Thank you for the interesting photo. It's nice to realize that Russian military officers finally appreciated the Austrian weapon. Do you happen to know by any chance that Steyr's rifles are officially in service with the Russian army? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 04.02.2018 at 3:45 AM, Hisname said: Thank you for the interesting photo. It's nice to realize that Russian military officers finally appreciated the Austrian weapon. Do you happen to know by any chance that Steyr's rifles are officially in service with the Russian army? Thank you. I don't think there is any foreign-manufactured small arms that are adopted by Army. SFs use plenty of different weapons, including Glocks, AR-15-based, a lot of AI sniper rifles and so on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 "Forcemen of 5-2, First Special Service Force, with an M41 Johnson light machine gun, Anzio beachhead, Italy, ca. 20-27 April 1944." - WWII Colorized photos. D.E. Watters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Karden is playing with new "Dolg" belts, chance to see what MVD unit have in terms of guns. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 SSO in Syria, Deir EzZor. Nice SVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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