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2 hours ago, Markus Becker said:

He followed it up with something similarly weird.

 

That's a good one!  It's fun to be reminded that there are still really quirky guns to be discovered and reviewed.

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11 hours ago, Markus Becker said:

While pricy, it will be good to finally have a reliable source.  A couple of American companies have been trying to produce StG44s and FG42s for a long time, but haven't been able to get it right.

Thankfully, I have a friend who is able to legally build machine guns and has an MP40 in full-auto; it is a very pleasant gun to shoot!

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1 hour ago, Markus Becker said:

He, he, post war Cavalry. 

 

Kind of hard to eat tanks.

And yes, I need to take my .22 (Browning BuckMark) out to the range.

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New CT-40 autocannon. Really nifty piece of equipment, if it works, of course.

 

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Recruiting video for a small machinegun production facility. Interesting semimanufactured MG parts.

 

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5 hours ago, Markus Becker said:

Eight minutes into the clip it's getting interesting and historic. 

Good overview, though he didn't really get into the weight and bulk issues for the individual rifleman.

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Apparently the IWI Carmel is in service in very small numbers. I assume a combat trial. Recently the IDF decided to stop acquiring the Tavor and substitute it with AR15-based platforms. The Carmel is one such solution but so far I've only heard of American-made M4 variants coming in, and IWI Arad as the higher end solution.

 

IWI Carmel

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IWI Arad

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I want one!

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8 minutes ago, Markus Becker said:

Revelations LMG, chapter 30, verse 06:

How America failed into machine guns for two world wars.

 

M1 rifles took up a lot of slack.  During WWII, the US Marines developed their BAR-heavy 13 man squad with 3, 4-man fire teams that had a BAR in each team.  Of course numbers were usually somewhat less in combat.

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My shoulder aches just thinking about that in rapid fire. 

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ISTR that a handful of Alaskan folks rebuilt Garands into .338 WM for bear defense. Supposedly successful, though I have a hard time believing a magnum case feeding reliably out of an en bloc.

.35 Whelen would be a piece of cake, and possibly 9.3x63. Maybe .375 Whelen, though that's a tiny shoulder. I *think* 9.3x62 would run slicker than goose crap, and has legendary performance on large and dangerous game.

Of course, one could never bring a semi-auto rifle into those African countries (or Ozztralia) where a .458 wouldn't be overkill.

 

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1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

ISTR that a handful of Alaskan folks rebuilt Garands into .338 WM for bear defense. Supposedly successful, though I have a hard time believing a magnum case feeding reliably out of an en bloc.

Hmm. .485 Win Mag's belt doesn't seem TOO proud. 


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"Of course, one could never bring a semi-auto rifle into those African countries (or Ozztralia) where a .458 wouldn't be overkill."--Ivanhoe

Only doubles--and an experienced backup shooter.

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CMNG has a newish rifle. 
 

 

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15 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Of course, one could never bring a semi-auto rifle into those African countries (or Ozztralia) where a .458 wouldn't be overkill.

What's in Oz that requires .458 and why's .30-06 suboptimal against bears? Especially in a eight shot semi automatic. 

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