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Face Time With the HK416 - The Gun That Killed Bin Laden (Pop Mechanics-they're pretty sure)
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| Joe Pappalardo
Posted on 06/11/2011 11:49:12 PM PDT by STARWISE
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posted on
06/11/2011 11:49:17 PM PDT
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STARWISE
To: TheMom; LUV W; mylife; NYTexan; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; BIGLOOK; SandRat
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posted on
06/11/2011 11:52:37 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: STARWISE
"Look at me, fellas! And I'm NOT gay!"
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posted on
06/11/2011 11:55:31 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: STARWISE
Excellent. Get the gas and fouling out of the action.
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posted on
06/11/2011 11:57:42 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(We live two lives, the life we learn and the life we live with after that.)
To: STARWISE
The writer was no doubt attempting to maintain a light touch, but it bears repeating: firearms don’t kill people. People kill people. And, in this case, it was the brilliance and courage of our Navy SEALs who did the deed, and NOT their hardware.
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
06/11/2011 11:59:49 PM PDT
by
Greystoke
To: STARWISE
Too bad the author revealed himself to be totally incompetent to write about firearms!
“The M16 and M4 both use gas tubes to launch their projectiles, and keep these gases (along with burned carbon particles) inside the gun, fouling the receiver. The HK416 uses a gas piston instead of a gas tube to launch projectiles”.
WRONG, very very wrong!
The gas tube or piston converts gas pressure to mechanical action, they cause the bolt carrier to retract rearward after each shot, the only thing they “launch” are empty cartridge casings.
Burning propellent inside the cartridge launches bullets down the gun’s BARREL!
I guess PM no longer has an editor who knows anything about basic firearm mechanics!
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posted on
06/12/2011 12:12:21 AM PDT
by
Loyal Sedition
(Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
To: Loyal Sedition
Weird, gas piston operated isn't so new in the AR-15 world.
POF is dreamy.
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posted on
06/12/2011 12:19:53 AM PDT
by
andyk
(Interstate <> Intrastate)
To: Loyal Sedition
I’m still waiting for the “writer” to tell me what caliber the weapon is.
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posted on
06/12/2011 3:16:14 AM PDT
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
To: Lurker
At first glance it looks like a video camera.
To: STARWISE
The HK416 is also in the running to replace the M4 as the standard issue Army carbine, and to replace the M16 as the standard issue Army rifle.
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posted on
06/12/2011 4:03:00 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: STARWISE
I’m not sure if PM’s source is correct. The 5.56 makes a crappy entry weapon....prone to passing through walls and killing your team-mates or, heaven forbid, innocents.
For CQB, SEALs typically use SMGs, like the H&K MP5, chambered in pistol calibers like 9mm.
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posted on
06/12/2011 4:12:49 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: STARWISE
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:03:03 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: CalvaryJohn
"Im still waiting for the writer to tell me what caliber the weapon is."
4.6 x 30mm
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posted on
06/12/2011 7:18:25 AM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: Buffalo Head; CalvaryJohn
To: STARWISE
Remember when Americans made the state of the art weapons?
To: mad_as_he$$
O.K.
I am convinced however (from inside sources) that the cartridge used was the 4.6x30mm of which the Navy purchases by contract from U.S. suppliers. The weapon used, therefor is most probably the HK MP7.
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posted on
06/12/2011 8:46:41 AM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: Jack Hammer
it was the brilliance and courage of our Navy SEALs who did the deed, and NOT their hardware..... and not their hardware and NOT the Muslim playing President.
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posted on
06/12/2011 8:53:47 AM PDT
by
politicianslie
(Democrats are COMMUNISTS, Repubs are SOCIALISTS, and Barry is a Muslim manipulating USEFUL IDIOTS)
To: Greystoke
Yep.
M-1 Carbine principle.
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posted on
06/12/2011 10:17:40 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(We live two lives, the life we learn and the life we live with after that.)
To: STARWISE
“The HK416 uses a gas piston instead of a gas tube to launch projectiles.”
Oh, geez.
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posted on
06/12/2011 10:18:00 AM PDT
by
ataDude
(Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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