To: joesnuffy
John Browing was a genious. The day he sold the Army on the M1917, he took the Army brass out and demonstrated the reliability of the design by holding down the trigger of the machine gun and firing it for 45 minutes continuously without a single misfire. (Firing rate of about 600 rpm X 45 min = 27,000 rounds)
Needless to say, they were impressed.
13 posted on
06/22/2004 9:14:01 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
"by holding down the trigger of the machine gun and firing it for 45 minutes continuously "
Wouldn't that melt the barrel?
To: Blood of Tyrants
Re:
John Browing was a genious. Bring back the BAR 20 shot!
71 posted on
06/22/2004 10:20:25 PM PDT by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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