[geeks] Re: Guns

[Gary Nichols]

The training blanks looked similar to a 'normal' round, however there
was some type of ?crimped? end on the round so that when you fired, the
end of the round opened up, gas went down the tube but no projectile.  
Trust me, the weapon cycled.  This was around 1989/1990. 

In BCT we all got the SHIT scared out of us by several drills running
out of the forest during a night exercise and unloading several
magazines of blanks into the air.  

Good bladder control was mandatory.

On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 16:27, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
> It won't work. The M16 uses gas from the barrel to reload. Without something
> (normally a bullet) in the barrel to force some gas down a little tube, it
> will not chamber the next round.
> 
> In simulated combat training, something called a BFA (blank firing
> apparatus, basically a bright yellow cap) goes on the end of the gun,
> causing pressure to build up and the gun to reload. The ones on the M16 are
> pretty decent, but the ones on the M60 suck (at least they did ~9 years
> ago).
> 
> The only other design I know of (it's been a while since I was into guns)
> uses recoil to chamber another round (used on the AK-47).
> 
> Converting an AR-15 to full auto is very simple, but they don't have the
> proper selector switch. The AR-15 is pretty much the only gun it is somewhat
> safe to do this on because it has a locking bolt. When the bolt comes
> forward, it twists and locks into place, the firing pin can't come forward
> until it the bolt has locked into place (in theory, I have heard of cases
> when the lock didn't function properly).
> 
> I know of one person that really regrets converting his semi-auto 22 to full
> auto. Major scaring and loss of one eye, when the firing pin had come
> forward before the bolt was fully engaged.
> 
> The military generally uses full metal jackets on their rounds. AFAIK (at
> least in Canada), they are illegal for ordinary citizens.
> 
> shawn
> 
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> 
> Gary Nichols wrote:
> >
> > I'll never forget the day I went out on the range to qualify and half my
> > magazine consisted of training blanks.
> >
> > no shit.
> 
> Holy cow!  I'm surprised the weapon even cycled with blanks in the
> chamer - then again, I've never tried to fire blanks in an M16/AR15.
> 
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> Kurt
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