They already have it. My roommate says it's the heat. It's not the oicw one, something different, I'll get the nomenclature later when he's home.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:42 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Military men: the MK-19 > > I have to second Tim on this. I have limited experience, but > from what I have personally seen and from what I have heard > from others that used it in Iraq and Afghanistan, it leaves a > lot to be desired. Hopefully the military will come up with > something that will be a lot better and more reliable. > > > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You've summed up my personal opinion of it. > > > > It fires from an open bolt. Not good in the terrain we > deal in. The > > way the open bolt feed system works, you actually have to break a > > round off of the belt to go to a ready to fire condition. There are > > teeth on the front of the bolt that grab the round, and > then you lock > > the safety. When you come back in the fob you have to take a long > > knife or screwdriver and bang on the (often high explosive > > anti-personnel) round to clear the weapon. > > > > Driving around like this is dangerous as there have been reports of > > the bolt riding forward from slam fire (banging around) > conditions. > > However, the gun itself is so touchy to small particles of dirt and > > dust that you don't want to ride around with the bolt > forward for fear > > that should you take contact you won't be able to get the > bolt to the > > rear of the gun. This is additionally problematic with the > open bolt > > design allowing too much access to the internals of the gun while > > we're moving if you do have it back. > > > > A fun gun on the range. A decent weapon in the emplaced > defense. Not > > something that I feel can be relied upon as an offensive > weapon on a > > mobile platform. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281792 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
