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WW-II BAR: part two.
Fatstrat
Member Posts: 9,147
Went to machine gun shoot last weekend. Was planning on shooting a BAR. Had paid my money and was in line to shoot (3 guns: BAR, Thompson, MP-40) when the firing pin broke on the BAR. The guy thast owned it was upset. Said there was no telling how long it might take to find one. I asked if anyone made aftermarket parts. Not that he knew of. Said he'd have find one being parted out. I find it amazing that no one makes parts such as the FP for them.
Anyway, ended up shooting the Thompson and a MG-42. Had a BLAST![:D]
Anyway, ended up shooting the Thompson and a MG-42. Had a BLAST![:D]
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chance. I just read about it being out there.
I wonder if It is an improvement over all the old closedbolt ones I
used to blast away with?
The 50 Cal sniper rifles were awesome. You could FEEL the blast, 25-30 yrds away. Sounded/felt like a cannon going off.
I would have been looking to shoot an openbolt M2 .50 BMG if I had the
chance. I just read about it being out there.
I wonder if It is an improvement over all the old closedbolt ones I
used to blast away with?
Dubious..(not you, the thought)
M2's from WWI through Vietnam were closed-bolt. Sometime after V/N they retrofitted a new assembly into the M2's?
I need someone to tell me they've handled an M2 that fired from open-bolt. Till then, I'll remain dubious. Best, Joe
We have the match every Memorial Day Sunday and the Sunday closest to Holloween.
Emmett
With little practice you could send off a few rounds at a time with the A4 and M2-50 and single rounds with the hold down latch on the 50 disengaged.
Calling the 50 BMG in a sniper rifle, a rifle is a misnomer. It's really a cannon, outclassing all rifle rounds by far.
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?pid=28870&filter=Browning+firing+pin&catid=0
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Firing Pin
U.S. MILITARY
1918, 1918A1, 1918A2 BROWNING AUTO RIFLE
Firing Pin
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$10.80
EDIT: In case Numrich is out, here are a few more sources:
$20 http://www.bmgparts.com/bar.html
http://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/ctgy/browning-bar-rifle-parts
quote:Originally posted by v35
Calling the 50 BMG in a sniper rifle, a rifle is a misnomer. It's really a cannon, outclassing all rifle rounds by far.
You can think of it as a miniature piece of artillery.
On machine guns, they typically cycle at 600-800 rounds per minute.
That's 10-12 rounds per SECOND.
Even with relatively cheap pistol ammo that costs $0.25 per round commercially, you're still talking $2.50 PER SECOND shooting costs!
IMO, machine guns are overrated. I won't dare say firing them isn't fun, but I think a lot of that fun is because they are heavily restricted.
While I wouldn't turn up the chance to fire one (and have done so in the past), in general, I usually prefer firing the same guns in semi-automatic mode.
The main thing that I remember about firing the BAR for familiarization in the Army was that it chewed my shoulder up, bouncing up and down on it. It would have taken a lot more than one magazine full to learn how to control it. My hat's off to those guys who used them as a personal weapon.
Agreed.
I've got one of the Ohio Ordnance semis and cannot imagine lugging it around an Island in the South Pacific.
Last time out with it, however, I was able to manage a five shot group in under 20 seconds with a 1.5" group of four and one 3" flyer. The guts of the beast can be accurate.
Brad Steele