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| 3/8/2012
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Posted on 04/08/2012 10:08:22 PM PDT by U-238
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To: U-238
A couple of years ago I saw a website dedicated to enthusiasts that were building mini guns from scratch to fire the .22LR bullets.
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posted on
04/09/2012 3:31:43 AM PDT
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Eye of Unk
(Liberals need not reply.)
To: U-238
Not the firearm in question, but a "fun" scene demonstrating the Hollywood waste of ammunition syndrome found in too many movies.
Professionals do not panic.
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posted on
04/09/2012 4:47:39 AM PDT
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Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: Erik Latranyi
To really waste ammunition you have to work for the DHS.
To: U-238
The M61A2 gun system is a six-barrel Gatling gun. It has a
closed-loop rotary feed and can fire as many as 6,000 rounds a minute I always find these cyclic rate of fire calculations to be unrealistic and amusing. On the F-22, the capacity is 480 rounds, or about 5 seconds worth of rounds. Because of these numbers, these gatling guns are almost always fired in very small bursts, relatively speaking,
To: Erik Latranyi
Have you seen Act of Valor? Definitely no wasted ammunition syndrome there. They even show video of the guys reloading! Imagine that...
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posted on
04/09/2012 8:07:01 AM PDT
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wastedyears
(Signature for sale.)
To: Eye of Unk
Now that would be a handy weapon.
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04/09/2012 11:50:01 AM PDT
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SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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