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Old 03-25-2008, 08:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
Gregster

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Actually, I think that the MG in that video fires a .17 Remington in a special casing. Kinda cool, yes; I've heard of advanced tool-making machines being used to make flawless micro-copies of full-sized guns that are functional, and this fascinates me. But they're not too practical.

the Ruger 10/22 is supposedly not too hard to conver to full auto, though I've not tried. I don't trust my skill with special machining tools I do not own to make a firearm that won't catastrophically fuck up when I shoot it. I also came across two sets of parts from two dealers at a gun show which, I was told, were legal to sell separately but not assemble, as it made the weapon fuil-- as if there'd be a reason to own two unassembled parts of a kit to modify a legal plinking rifle into an illegal bullet hose and keep them apart. I eventually passed...maybe because the guy trying to talk around selling it did so in a way that to me just screamed "ENTRAPMENT!!"

I once saw a guy at a range firing a gun whose name I don't recall...a "Something" MkII, I think. It looked like a midget version of the old British .303 Lewis Gun from WWI, with a big cylindrical mag that sat on top. I'd estimate the cyclic rate was around 1,000 to 1,200 r.p.m by how it sounded, and it shredded the fuck out of every target he pasted. Looked like a shitload of fun.

A .22 auto would be a blast. I've rented 9mm and .45 SMGs at gun ranges, and found that even when I'm trying to hold back, I can burn through $100-$150 in ammo in a short period of time. Makes $10 for a brick of 500 sound nice.
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