And that's just the carbine, which is a curious hybrid of ancient CMMG BCG (bolt carrier group), a Spike lower, Hyper Touch trigger (not bad), Bison barrel, Magpul furniture & flip ups, and a cheap Primary Arms red dot. Also a super light clip on (!) hand guard. Nothing fancy but hey, it's ridic light and gets right on target when it's, ahem, zeroed in, which it is now.
Notoriously banned in England, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, this little blaster's seen thousands of rounds sent down range and many, many hours of good shooting fun out in the field. It'll see many more, God willing, but here's the thing.
Gas guns get dirty when they shoot, they really do, and this means you have to clean the filthy little beasts or they become useless carbon coated clubs. So that was this evening's mission, clean the wretched thing on the Compound's newly refurbished back deck. Clean deck, clean weapon, well done LSP, ready for action.
In related news, AC's fixing to get into 9mm gatling guns. They're made by Tippman Armory and promise a lifetime of enjoyment. These small cal Custer upgrades even come on a wheeled chassis and can be mounted on an authentic wooden tripod. Versatile, you see. Tippman's gatling gets a glowing review here.
Gun Rights,
LSP
6 comments:
MUST HAVE!!!
You are right. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Doktor, YES. Not even pricey. Dam, you could probably make one.
Yes, 1c.
Though in 9mm it's kind of meh, back in the late 70s there was a company that made a .22LR in stainless and offered them to the big yacht community out of Miami. Along with a stern warning to not hook up the hand crank that had a base that was conveniently grooved, like for a v-belt, to a motor (electric or gas) using a v-belt. Lots of .22LR can shred fiberglass like crazy. I saw the ads, don't know how well they did.
Though, 9mm is far cheaper and makes for a lighter Gatling than God's own caliber of .45-70 or the original in .50 Black Powder or 1.0 Black powder (yes, 1/2 inch and 1 inch, and you had to pack the reusable brass casings with powder, wad, bullet and percussion cap.)
I've fantasized about getting good enough in metalworking (and having enough mullah to build a machine shop) to make one in .30-06 or 7.62, based on the earlier models with the exposed octagonal barrels. Sigh, big dreams, empty wallets.
Beans, what an excellent dream!
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