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Now This is Cool - Light Machine Gun

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September 15, 2020, 05:23 AM
nhtagmember
Now This is Cool - Light Machine Gun
from Recoil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGikDp22R8
September 15, 2020, 07:19 AM
MikeinNC
Very cool. I’d be interested in how it works compared to an M60 or M240.



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September 15, 2020, 07:31 AM
Beancooker
That’s quite cool. I’d like to see the engineering behind the lightened bolt and carrier.



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September 15, 2020, 09:39 AM
RogueJSK
See the discussion here https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/3890077654 if you want more info on the internal mechanisms, from a couple more in-depth videos.
September 15, 2020, 02:37 PM
smlsig
That would be a nice piece to find under my Christmas tree!


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September 15, 2020, 03:14 PM
Yanert98
WOW!! I want one!!


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September 15, 2020, 07:25 PM
1s1k
I watched the first video and that thing is super impressive. Can the minimal recoil technology be designed into other non automatic weapons.
September 16, 2020, 08:42 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by 1s1k:
Can the minimal recoil technology be designed into other non automatic weapons.


It primarily has an effect on sustained automatic firing strings.

Basically, if you fire a 10 round burst, instead of feeling 10 quick recoil impulse "shoves" that jostle around individually, it feels more like one constant push. This helps automatic firing be potentially more stable/accurate, as you can more easily brace against a longer constant impulse than against multiple shorter individual impulses that each quickly peak and ebb throughout the string of fire.

But rounds fired singly, as with semiauto firing, would not really benefit from this change in impulse, since there are no immediately subsequent recoil impulses to combine into one constant impulse.

There's a video in the other thread with Ian McCollum firing one at the range and explaining how it works/feels.
September 16, 2020, 10:00 AM
Oat_Action_Man
quote:
Originally posted by 1s1k:
I watched the first video and that thing is super impressive. Can the minimal recoil technology be designed into other non automatic weapons.


You might look into the AN-94 and AK-12 rifles, which both use various forms of counter moving mass to reduce recoil. The AK-12 is most effective at recoil mitigation in FA, but if you count the AN-94s method of delaying recoil until a 2 round burst has been fired, that might sorta-kinda take the place of semi-auto fire.

Larry Vickers has some good videos on these two rifles. Gun Jesus might also have some. I know there's a Garand Thumb video on the AK-12, but I never watched it, and I know he never gets too technical about the operation of guns.


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