I used to "own" a couple of 7.62 miniguns back in '69 as gunner/crew chief on an old C-model Huey gunship. They eat a lot, but are great friends to have available...
The Army in some obscure purchasing proceedure supplys the Navy with the majority of the small arms available to all but Special Forces. I could have a .45 with a missing barrel bushing due to a clumsy sailor dropping it over the side into the ocean. Even though we had all the info needed to identify the exact part and to order and replace it, seldom if ever would the Army supply us with a replacement part. Once any part broke or was lost you might as well order a new/reconditioned weapon, and send the one with the missing part back to the Army. I could even have qualified armorers, who having attended Army schools, who could fix a fubar small arm onboard, and I still couldn't get parts. It was very frustrating until I figured a way around it. An Old salty gunnersmate told me that when ordering guns from the Army, that all they required back after receiving new ones was an old receiver. I am probably the only fleet gunnersmate who never bought a bare receiver and built quite cheaply his own 45 from stripped parts. I did however learn you could do these weapons swap outs quarterly with out oversight. As such well prior to a deployment over a period of 2 or 3 quarters I would strip 3 or 4 newly reconditioned weapons just for a parts cache, just in case something broke on the cruise. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
Czechoslovakian Brno .22 rifle yeah! These rifles are the sweetest, most elegantly-lethal, beautifully designed and exquisitely tooled weapons manufactured for the general public, ever!
Czechoslovakian Brno .22 rifle yeah! These rifles are the sweetest, most elegantly-lethal, beautifully designed and exquisitely tooled weapons manufactured for the general public, ever! Go see -http://www.czub.cz/en/catalog/105-brno-rifles/
M-249 SAW I don't know why, I just want one REALLY bad. Knowing that it will never happen just hurts.
No kiddin' man... All-American pistol that changed the West from single-shot flintlocks and caplocks to "six-shooters." Don't know why you and I don't own one since we like them so much ! Maybe the $10,000 price tag for one in "dugup" condition ?
Another of my Holy Grail pistols is the LeMat cap&ball revolver of the Civil War - carried by the likes of General J. E. B. Stuart and other cavalry officers - nine shots of .44 surrounding a shotbarrel! A couple of those would give a trooper a LOT of firepower to hand!
