[DCBryan1]

My all time favorite, still, is the M1917 (actually the Colt 1928 Argentine contract guns).

[Oatka]

That clip illustrates one of my major gripes about Hollywood - no shell casings flying about. I understand they have some butane-fired device that simulates gun flashes, even using them of auto pistols and rifles. Kills the scene for me every time. OK, I can see the economy and safety angle, but couldn't they at least get a stagehand to fling empties around?

I can't remember the movie now but there was a scene where a machine gun blazed away for a few minutes and when it stopped, you could hear the empties pinging as they caromed off everything in sight. Nearly wet myself with joy.

Great gun crew action and sound effects at :08, 1:32, 2:00 on YouTube.

[wita]

Ma deuce for me. In reality though, availability and affordability of any and all late model, early model ever designed and put into production and deemed untouchable and unaffordable by those without an understanding of shall not be infringed.

I remember my only experience at the Eglin AFB Air Power exhibition. Way back in ‘68 as part of the show, a machine gun demonstration that was truly eye watering. One hundred rounds run through a number of guns starting with something from WWI that probably looked and sounded exactly like the one in your pic.

The idea was to show the increase in rate of fire, which for the first gun was quite a few seconds progressing to the latest 20mm gatling gun at the time, just an explosion or zipper for the time it took to go through one hundred rounds.