Posted on 05/12/2011 9:45:32 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
Sources say the HK416 rifle was used to kill bin Laden. The biggest secret in the special operations communitywhat gun did SEALs from "DevGru" kill Osama bin Laden withhas been revealed. Two military gear blogs, citing multiple insider sources, credit the highly reliable HK416 rifle, an M-16 type weapon, with the "double tap" of 5.56 mm bullets to bin Laden's head.
While the military isn't talking about what SEALs from United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, formerly SEAL Team Six, carried in, two sitesMilitary Times Gear Scout and Soldier Systemssaid the gun used was the German made, Delta Force designed Heckler & Koch rifle used by several militaries.
"I've just heard from a SOCOM vet," says Military Times "He tells me the stack of SEAL assaulters from Red team that went through Osama bin Laden's bedroom door were running HK416s."
Soldier Systems adds that bin Laden "was gunned down using German engineering the HK416 which was my gut feeling from the very beginning."
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this brings a tear to my eye... a tear of joy :-)
“A ‘double tap’ is two separate shots. One to the chest and one to the head, in that order. The reason for this is the cheat shot is to at minimum stun the target. The second is to ensure the target is dead.”
A double tap is 2 quick rounds to the head or the chest, not one to each.
Why do I think I wouldn’t be able to own one of those in MA?
None of the propellant gas is used to power the operating system of those rifles.
And the 416's gas piston is nothing more than an updated AR180, so certainly not brand new.
lol, pretty typical of FR gun threads.
Should have stopped there
Very fine piece of equipment
I guess when it is transiting the orbital lobe, .223 is plenty big enough.
“Why do I think I wouldnt be able to own one of those in MA?”
IDK, but looking at a picture of one is a felony in California and a misdemeanor in NY.
“Purely new”?
Is uses the AR-180 system (a close variant) that’s been out there for decades. It uses and AR-type lower and upper receiver.
Yep.
I’m gonna give up correcting the insanity here.
Sorry, didn’t mean to reference the G3.
Got hooked around the 416.
I corrected myself by referenceing the AR180 in later posts.
No, the Mini-14’s inaccuracy comes from other sources, like barrel whip. Ruger recently and finally addressed the issue with the new 580-series (IIRC) Mini14.
You should consider moving south. We need more conservative Yankees to come here seeking refuge, because God knows the 'progressive' moonbats have been a swarming infestation down this way for some time now.
They move down here from their corrupt, unliveable, democrat-controlled northern cities and instead of adapting themselves to our way of life, they immediately start trying to turn our counties and towns in to clones of the socialist he11-holes from which they escaped.
Liberalism is one WEIRD afflication...
I own a HK-91 (7.62 Nato) and they both use the same gas operations system.
Their gas system routes past the cartridge in the chamber and blows the cartridge clear of the magazine.
The fluted chamber and bypassing gas does help the extraction.
“double tap” = pull trigger twice.
You two ain’t kiddin’. Good grief it’s gettin’ deep in here.
I am in MA, not VT. Long story with the handle, but I am firmly implanted in Western MA next to the shooting gallery that is Springfield.
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