Posted on 04/13/2013 1:40:19 AM PDT by Daffynition
As Mark Malkowski watched Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sign the gun control bill into law on April 4, he sat in his office with three military-style rifles.
Nothing unusual there, since Malkowski’s New Britain company, Stag Arms, makes the AR-15-style guns. But one of the black weapons was a bit different – it had a sawed-off pistol grip.
The de-gripped rifle was the first go-around in Stag’s effort to design a gun that’s legal for sale in Connecticut, and still has the core of the AR-15, the wildly popular type of rifle that represents fully one-quarter of all firearms sales in the United States.
Even as he considers relocation offers from Texas and other states, he’s moving ahead in the time-honored tradition of factory managers and engineers, solving the latest problem.
“Don’t dismiss the creative minds of manufacturers. We’re entrepreneurs, we’re job creators and we will do what we have to do to succeed,” he said, minutes after Malloy signed the bill.
On that day of grimness for this 10-year-old business with 200 employees, the gun with a lopped handhold might have seemed nothing more than a symbol of protest. But now, more than a week later, Malkowski reports progress.
“I’m currently working with some prototypes that may be something that would be available for Connecticut citizens,” Malkowski said. “It’s still early in the development.”
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I’m guessing the belt feed is a custom job, added to a weapon the owner assembled from parts.
You’ll have to ask the guy that posted the pic.
One of Stoner’s original designs was for soldiers to carry their ammo in a rucksack, then have it feed into the weapon much the way a Mini-Gun is fed.
You forgot to mention the first thing to check is if the ‘guy’ has a carrot top.
That’s a great attitude, love the can-do’ness of it but it shouldn’t depend on that. It’s our right, not a test to be passed by cleverness...
Wait, wait. Maybe we could make a black powder AR-15, a muzzle loader, with percussion ignition. Rate of fire should satisfy everyone!
Not surprising. If they were good enough for General Patton, we should do just fine with ‘em... if we can find (and afford) any ammo.
I remember the day... not so long ago... when .30-06 was out of fashion, and cheaper than .308 - which at the time was affordable itself...
Times change.
Now that is truly a Christmas tree!
I love my M1A.
At a gun show today I saw a poster with a silhouette of an AR-15 and the legend, "It's because I'm black, isn't it?"
That would be the way to go though the plans for building a gatling gun are on the web for all types from a three barrel .177 BB type on up to more barrels and conventional cartridges.
I have seen many that are cobbled together with nothing more than a DeWalt drill motor and some seamless thick wall tubing shooting .22LR.
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