Posted on 12/10/2018 5:50:31 AM PST by vannrox
This article consists of a video found HERE. It's actually a pretty good video.
Some comments...
Is the Stoner 63 really as good of a gun as everyone says? Today is my first opportunity to try one out on the range, and I’m going to look at it in three different configurations: the Mk23 SEAL light machine gun, the “Bren” style automatic rifle, and the carbine. Let’s see how it handles!
I owe a tremendous thanks to Movie Armaments Group in Toronto for the opportunity to take the Stoner kit out to the range! Check them out on Instagram to see many of the guns in their extensive collection: https://instagram.com/moviearmamentsgroup
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Fantastic video, Ian. What were the problems with the Stoner System that caused the U.S. Military to not adopt at least the belt fed and magazine fed machine guns.
Parts breakage that got progressively worse after couple 1000s of rounds. Stoner 63 was tested in Yugoslavia in 1969. as an potential weapons for a paratroopers, but it turned out that after average 2500-3000 rounds through each weapon parts started breaking at unacceptable rate, which put an end to a tests.
The point is that the Stoner 63 system was good for specialists, but not good for ordinary grunts. This is probably the reason why the Nikonov can’t replace the AK rifles; too freakishly complicated for conscripted/emergency-drafted people. And let’s not even get into the issues of the SA-80. As Kalashnikov himself said, a standard infantry rifle must be an item that any random soldier can operate and maintain. “Evidently, British soldiers must all be geniuses.”
I might be induced to part with mine for the right price. The M96 was ahead of its time, although it took me a while to get them to fix the initial quality control problems. Right now though, it's an awesome rifle that shoots better than any AR platform I own.
Mine cost $1500 new. When RobArms stopped making them, the price dropped to about $900. I'm seeing them go for between $900 and $2500 depending on serial number, condition, and whether it's rifle or carbine. Early ones had serious quality control issues. A bunch of friends and I bought ours at the same time. My original bbl and op rod were bad, but RobArms sent me a new chrome lined bbl and upgraded op rod and it is now a very good shooter.
“... to part with mine for the right price....”
It’s out of my league right now, $$$-wise.
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Thanks for the link. I will add to my blogroll. (And visit it, of course.) The ownership of firearms is a foundational principle of liberty. When anyone tries, in any way, no matter how innocuous, to restrict or impinge on that right... our liberty is at risk.
I know this is a dead thread, but what kind of price are you looking to get out of your M96 FateAmenableToChange? Does it have the 20” Barrel by chance?
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