AA12 AtchissonAA12 AtchissonMMMMMMMM, mmmmm, mmmmmm. Me likey!
I’ve seen those stacked guns firing on TV. Reloading is pretty much out of the question, but manoman you can put a lot of ammo down range with one of those. They fire so fast it’s not rat-a-tat, is more of a buzzing sound.
I LOVE that Mk-19. As an MP Company Commander I had 46 of them to do my bidding. Unfortunately, I had to leave them for the next commander when I left :-(
Remember DREAD? I think nothing must have ever come of it. The idea was basically a centripedal weapon system, a spinning turret that spit out ball bearings.
Freegards
Around 1976 a company called Walter Criag in Selma, Alabama advertised some 98-09 Argentine Mausers for sale. These were unfired still in the cosmoline and even included the original test target.
The price was pretty good so I had a local dealer order me one. When it arrived, I was very pleased. First of all it was not only a model 1909, it was actually made in 1909 by Deutsch Waffen und Munitionsfabrik in Berlin. The included test target indicated that some guy named Herr Ritzmann had shot a slightly under 2 inch group at 200 meters with open sights. He then rightly signed his work.
The workmanship on the rifle was simply off the charts. It was the best made gun I had ever seen. The fact that they were turning these guns out by the millions was hard to believe. The bolt was in the white, all metal parts had the serial number or the last two digits of it. Some of the small parts had a fantastic cobalt blue which had a varied tone. It just plain looked good.
I probably should have just left it unfired but I shot it. One day I was shooting at an old tar bucket, a measured 400 yards away. That was just about where the sights were adjusted for. It was not hard at all to hit from a standing unrested position.
Did it function perfectly? What a silly question. Of course it did.
It was the coolest gun I have ever owned and I never should have let it go. A good friend offered me just about twice what it was worth and I foolishly sold it.
I’m glad to see that #8, Metal Storm, was designed with safety in mind. It has a sticker with an arrow that, I presume and being unable to read it from the photo, probably says something like; “Aim toward enemy”!
I first read of this concept in John Ringo’s ‘Posleen’ novels. I remember training for “One shot, One kill” but given a choice of what to have in a fire-fight ... this sucker is a fire-FRIGHT, bar none!
Wow! That’s a whole lotta badass-ness for one article.
me likey bfl
Flawed because it didn’t include this one:
http://tracking-point.com/precision-guided-firearms/xs1
Still cool though.
Personally I would LOVE to get an AA-12. As I understand it though they are NOT for civilian purchase. Tax stamp or not.
One accurately fired round from good cover can put down a target that issues a high rate of fire in slightly incorrect direction.
The coolest gun ever made is the Smith & Wesson Model 19-3 four inch .357 Magnum.
Cool
There is one gun I really wish I had back tho in a different caliber. It was a Winchester model 92, well actually a Browning BL-92 in .44 magnum.
I could live with the .44 but really want one in .357 magnum. Out of a 20 inch barrel that is a hot cartridge.
The gun is just so handy and feels right and the action is so smooth. Just another one of John Browning’ great ones.