Great video at link.
Awesome. Thanks.
http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/rifles/semi-auto/oow-line/1918a3/1918a3-slr-walnut-stock Just semi-auto, but cool nonetheless.
30-06 in full auto. Imagine being on the receiving end.
Sadly, BAR operators had a life-expectancy measured in minutes in the field of combat.
“I like to miss fast when I miss.” lol
I’d love to shoot that thing! Slow fire sounds great to my ears.
Would not want to lug that beast around with 5-10 loaded magazines.
Oh, baby!
What a great little machine. I am a fan of anything Browning.
Where’s Kirby when you need him?
The BAR was a favorite of Clyde Barrow because its bullets could go through cars, walls and small trees. Gangsters would cut down the stocks and barrels.
There was a former Freeper here whom I miss very much named ‘SneakyPete’ who was a US Army Special Forces soldier in Vietnam from 1966-1968 and wore sterile uniforms and non-standard weapons who used a Browning BAR in their SF base near Cambodia against NVA regulars on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
He had nothing but great things to say about the BAR, even with it’s non-changeable barrel and limited mag size: He said that from the bipod it could shoot arms and legs off of oncoming enemy soldiers from 800 yards out and was a sure kill weapon against anyone you aimed it at. If you could see them, you could directly engage them with the iron sights. You would certainly hit and they’d certainly go down and not come back up. Anywhere on the body and they’re done for. All he said negatively about it was that it was heavy but that made zero difference since all the BARs they had were entrenched in sandbagged fortified locations and never moved from their spot. Even the Browning .30 cal LMGs they had firing the same .30-06 round just didn’t have the ‘bingo’ dead-on accuracy as the BAR had.
The 7.62x51mm NATO light machine-guns by comparison also just seemed to have less reach and less effectiveness than the BARs past 600m, which I must agree with. Among my other duties in a USMC Weapons platoon I served as an M60 gunner for awhile and always thought of that gun as too lightweight for sustained fire and seemed to lose it’s oomph out past 600m. That .30-06 round just has a good deal more energy behind it than 7.62 NATO even if the ballistics charts for the load don’t seem to suggest much difference.
My Dad was a BAR man during WWII. It took many years before he would answer my questions about his experiences with the gun, but when he finally did, his answers were impressive.
,,,,, bump fire is also a lot of fun . I’m sure it upsets the gun control nutz when they see it .
,,,,, bump fire is also a lot of fun . I’m sure it upsets the gun control nutz when they see it .