Iraq Veteran 8888 fires 830 rounds on full-auto, until his barrel bursts (he says it’s the gas tube but it isn’t. Seems to gibe with what we alredy lerned about ARs and long-term results of cyclic firing. Yeah, the video’s longish. But several things are interesting. A full magazine before the ultimate failure at 830 rounds, you can see the muzzle brake unscrewing itself … [Read more...]
We have been following 3D weapons printing with great interest. The technology has taken a new leap as the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center successfully developed and fired a 3D-printed grenade from a 3D-printed grenade launcher. Imagine the logistical advantages of producing ammo in theater! The RAMBO (Rapid Additively Manufactured … [Read more...]
There are times when being a gun writer really pays off, one of those times is when your friend calls and asks if you want to go with him to the range to shoot a piece of living history in the form of a captured German ZB-37 machine gun. The ZB-37 was originally produced in Czechoslovakia by Zbrojovka Brno as the ZB-53 for the Czechoslovokian Military but once they fell under … [Read more...]
Shortly after the Communists were victorious in their revolution and ousting of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, they set to strengthen their armed forces. The problems with Imperial Russian military thinking became obvious to the Soviets after they suffered more than 5 million casualties in World War One. The Russian's only machine gun available at that time was the Maxim … [Read more...]
This article will speak about two vital weapons that served U.S. Special Forces during their service in the Vietnam War. They were the M-14 Anti-Personnel mine, more commonly known as the "Toe Popper," and the V40 Mini-Fragmentation Grenade. Over the course of the conflict, these miniature terrors drew much blood against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), and Viet Cong (VC), with … [Read more...]
We're not really feeling it for a technical post this morning, so instead let's introduce Andrew, a self-described "gun nut" and the personable host of the one-year-old GY6 Slo Mo video channel. Here is a loooong burst with a gun that solves a problem nobody has, a belt-fed full-auto AR in 9 x 19 mm. This isn't especially practical. If there's something that needs a … [Read more...]
