Posted on 11/07/2015 11:15:11 AM PST by rktman
Everyone talks about the AKM being the most reliable firearm ever invented, but it is nice to see other designs coming to the forefront of reliability every now and again. In this case, I present a pair of Browning machine guns.
Granted, this is no indication that every Browning out there is extremely reliable. In fact, I would rather state the reverse, and I know many machine gunners out there can vouch for this, in that the fifty caliber M2 certainly isn’t the most reliable thing in the world. Knowing how to properly headspace and time the the gun is an almost lost art, it has a large number of small parts that need to be assembled in very specific ways or else operation can break them, or it won’t happen at all. I personally have been the recipient of an unreliable M2 because the gunner hadn’t properly headspaced and timed it before a patrol in Helmand, and we thus had a nonfunctioning M2 while taking fire. Not the best of situations.
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God Bless John Moses Browning...
The 50 Caliber BMG...
750 grains of Instant Diplomacy, delivered by express...
Firing an M2, even for a few seconds, is a bucket list item of mine.
I was just 20 years dumb when I met a man at work who seemed a little “off” he was brilliant and a former HS teacher. I knew he had served our country as a marine. When a I asked him what he did he ran to his janitor’s station and came back with a certificate that said he was qualified BAR. I later learned he carried that all over the Pacific Islands. Yeah he was messed up but not as bad as his brother who carried a flame thrower.
Even our CEO yielded his seat of one those guys was nearby.
Flame thrower operators had to go through psychological testing and training because they would be getting up and real personal with the enemy.
Hiding behind a house just doesn’t work against
a .50 Cal. M-2.
Feel bad for the HOUSE....
Mama Deuce is an unforgiving bitch is she’s unhappy... but she’s swell when she loves ya!!!
We fought three wars with Browning’s babies... M1917 Water cooled .30... M1919 Air Cooled .30... the BAR.. the M1911...and the Browning Hi-Power 9mm, Winchester 1897 Pump “Trench Gun”..
The man was an inventive MACHINE... that’s not even bringing up the lever guns (Winchester 1886, 1892, 1894, and the elegant 1895) and semi auto shotguns and other handguns he designed.
Tommie, you still with us?
It’s good to see my Pa get some props.
A .30 M1919 is about the only Browning I never fired other than the lever guns.
I loved the aerial version of the M2. You have to love a .50 BMG that you can hoist on your shoulder and walk around with.
Browning had a CAD/CAM program in his head and hands before there were CAD/CAM programs.
was it Pete Sarant?
Amen to that. See poster below for Mr. Browning’s contributions to gun design. What a genius!
http://www.armoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/guns-of-john-browning.jpg
I had this baby. What a pistol:
http://www.guns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/coltwoodsman5.jpg
No it’ wasn’t.
I also had a Colt Woodsman. I bought it used around 1965. It was as accurate as a good rifle. Never even thought about jamming.
The beautiful workmanship which Colt put into it did not hurt it one bit either.
I surely did enjoy the belt of ammo I fed through an M2. It is way loud.
My Colt Woodsman never jammed. Can you even imagine John Moses Browning thinking about one of his guns jamming? What a perfectionist!
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