Posted on 08/09/2018 4:57:09 AM PDT by w1n1
I know they function very well but, to me, the Schmidt-Rubin is an ugly rifle.
For modern ugly it’s hard to beat a Hi-Point.
Looks like a stapler gun.
French Chauchat MG.
I guess it used the piston of the stapler to impact the primer. That’s about as ugly as it gets for homemade or a rock solid 10 on the cheapness scale.
The Mars Automatic Pistol
Yep.Crude and maybe effective?
Probably not very. 3 feet at most.
I did see a video of a guy taking a .22 cal pellet and shooting it using a nail gun blank in a regular .22 rifle. The FPS was pretty impressive, somewhere around 1,800 fps.
Funny you say that. I collect early automatic pistols. I find the designs really intriguing. To me, the ugliest are modern plastic guns.
As for a Mars Automatic Pistol, I sure wish I had one. Rock Island had one on auction in 2015 they sold for $46,000.
I sorta like the looks of the ZB-47.
Then again, I like ‘59 Buicks/Chevys/Cadillacs and those are always in the top 10 lists for ugliest cars, so maybe my taste leaves something to be desired...
I remember the Rhino. It’s the only revolver I ever saw that fired from the bottom chamber of the cylinder. I saw one at a gun show once. I never shot one but it just seems wrong.
I’m guessing but doesn’t the lowering of the barrel make the recoil have less climb?
It’s probably a great gun, why else would someone make something so hideous. Like the Steven Hawking of Guns.
This like the coolest FR thread ever.
I think I saw that video too - velocity was much higher than that. Those guys were drilling laser-like holes in metal targets with those pellets.
I think with a bolt-action .22, a tool made from a chamber flag to consistently seat the pellets at the same depth in the breech, and maybe a heavier pellet design - that could be a very effective combo when "normal" ammo is scarce.
I’m sure lead deposits would be an issue at some point.
Exploding squirrels.
Forty eight years ago, I saw a photo of a similar revolver made in the USSR for target shooting. It was in .38 spl and fired from the bottom of the cylinder.
I believe the magazine was GUNS Magazine.
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