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Alan Grayson claims AR-15s can fire ‘700 rounds in a minute’ after Orlando attack
Washington Times ^ | June 13, 2016 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 06/13/2016 11:43:20 AM PDT by george76

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To: Bogey78O

ROTFLMAO!!!


141 posted on 06/13/2016 2:43:49 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Ouderkirk

It would be too hot to hold after 200 rounds.


142 posted on 06/13/2016 2:54:16 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: Buckeye McFrog; Farmer Dean

I think Farmer Dean was right...

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time
2. Ignoranus : A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.


143 posted on 06/13/2016 2:55:00 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Did you skin’em and eat’em after you picked’em up?
Did they taste like bald Eagle or Spotted Owl?
MMMMM; Spotted Owl soup.


144 posted on 06/13/2016 3:14:49 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: polymuser

DAMN; I knew my scope was off, I should have been able to hit it.


145 posted on 06/13/2016 3:16:04 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: george76

Those are the fully automatic AK-47s that all Islamists own as soon as they are old enough to walk.


146 posted on 06/13/2016 3:33:43 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Hillary is Satan's spiritual advisor.)
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To: henkster

This double-drum holds 100 rounds. I have trouble imagining swapping it out seven times a minute while firing, even if you ignore the other issues with this claim.

148 posted on 06/13/2016 4:43:28 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Ouderkirk

The theoretical cyclic rate is that high, (775 rpm) but if you had a magazine with that many rounds and held down the trigger with the selector switch on “auto”, the generated heat might cause the barrel to soften and droop with the rounds punching thru the side of the barrel after the rifling is shot away. This weapon does not have a quick change barrel, unlike the M249 SAW, the M-60 and M-240B general purpose machine guns. Even they require a barrel change after so long on their maximum effective rates of fire.

The sustained rate of fire for the M4 carbine is rated at 15 rounds per minute. The maximum effective rate of fire is 45-65 rounds per minute for 10 minutes or so on semi-auto.

In a pinch or heavy duty firefight you may have to exceed these recommendations (as I regularly did in combat) but you risk significant damage to the rifle. They do over build them a bit to allow for these eventualities.


149 posted on 06/13/2016 4:49:50 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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To: 5th MEB

Good varmint gun though.


150 posted on 06/13/2016 6:21:26 PM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: JohnJ
The limiting factor is heat dissipation. 85 rds/min is about the same for the heavy barrel M-16. If you push harder, the chamber gets hot enough to cook off the next ground.
151 posted on 06/13/2016 7:12:24 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Newbomb Turk
Apparently there was return fire. It says an off duty policeman was there and fired back. He is why the muzzie went into the bathroom with hostages.
152 posted on 06/13/2016 9:26:45 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: babble-on

Istand corrected but not quite so much. There was at least one other gun present. An “off duty policeman” returned fire which is credited with causing the moho to retreat to the bathroom with hostages. From what Moho’ friends said about him, I suspect he thought it was going to be a Queer hunting park, not a mixed latin fest. So now we have a Moslem slaughtering Latinos he thought were homosexual revelers. The Sultan needs to call some of the spokesmen up to the Topkapi White House and have a serious talk about procedures and coordination.


153 posted on 06/13/2016 9:33:08 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: george76

How many people died from being trampled? How many people died from actual gun shots?

Just curious.


154 posted on 06/14/2016 7:30:12 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.)
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To: Westbrook

Ditto that.


155 posted on 06/14/2016 7:38:33 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.)
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To: MeanWestTexan
New belt-fed AR

Nothing new about them. The CMG-1 and CMG-3 have been around since the 1960s, at least, and the Shrike add-on accessory upper has been in the works since about 2000.


156 posted on 06/17/2016 8:31:22 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: archy

Learn something new every day.

Is it still just air cooled?


157 posted on 06/17/2016 9:02:00 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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