Posted on 05/27/2015 7:07:15 AM PDT by OK Sun
The Slidefire (and other similar bump-fire stocks) is basically a toy when used form the shoulder. A genuinely fun toy, to be sure, but still a toy. However, I have reason to suspect that when used on a rifle with a bipod and large ammunition capacity it might actually do a good job of duplicating a true light machine gun without the cost and NFA paperwork.
(For folks who are not familiar with the concept, the stock allows the action to freely reciprocate in the stock. By holding one’s trigger finger in a set position and pulling the action forward, the gun fires and the recoil energy pushes it backwards enough to reset the trigger. By applying a constant forward pressure on the gun, a pretty steady rate of fire at 500-600 rpm can be achieved with a gun that remains unquestionably semi-automatic by law.)
As a first step in testing that hypothesis, I took a Russian semiauto RPK with a Slidefire stock to this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match. The goal was to see if it showed enough promise to be worth further practice and experimentation…
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…and the answer is that it definitely is. My match score was terrible, and the gun had several problems (mostly due to unpracticed handling of the Slidefire), but the potential was apparent.
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No AK models and the Bumpski is metal instead of plastic.
“Use the ‘Rubber Band Trick’ then. (Same exact full auto ‘feel’ as any of the Bumpers.....for about 3 cents per rubber band).”
And go to jail if you get caught or hurt someone. ATF has already ruled than mechanical devices cannot be used.
“Slide fire is a lot of fun, but impractical. Accuracy suffers dearly. The unexpected sound of full auto fire WILL get people’s attention though!”
And many public ranges do not allow them. I shoot at a Conservation Club and they will not allow bump or auto.
Me, I’d just get a Gatling trigger assembly with a crank. No NFA issues, and will fire pretty much as fast as you can crank.
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