Camp Lejeune Marines Try Out New Rifle

Marine Corps News ^ | Oct. 2, 2003 | Lance Cpl. Adam C. Schnell

[ASOC]

Dont kid yourself - tho I retired from the Air Force, I still work full time, but am doing better these days - only working one job, down from 3. My own fault, they were a lot of fun.

[teeman8r]

i particularly like the key holder...

[neverdem]

Thanks for the little discourse on these particular terminal ballistics. Maybe the projectile could be redesigned to have the same terminal ballistics at a lower velocity or would that violate some Geneva Convention?

Congratulations for the patent. Any chance you could post a schematic design?

The M16 being what it is, especially requiring so much cleaning, I'm surprised the gov't is still staying with it. I hope your design can take at least half the neglect and abuse that an AK can endure.

Good luck in the search for funding. If I hit the lottery, I hope I can remember you.

[donmeaker]

folks who are interested, freep mail me an address to which you want me to send the weapon art work.

[donmeaker]

The firing pin in the M=14 used to pop out when the bolt went forward.... My buddies got jammed into his trigger mechanism.

It wasnt considered as accurate on full automatic as the old BAR, but if you cut 8 lbs out of a weapon, you get a lot more movement.

By the way, the German 7.62mm rounds have a thinner metal jacket, and yaw and fragment like the 5.56mm rounds. the US rounds have a thick jacket, and act like a solid. Because of that the US rounds will penetrate the spinal cord, if you can hit it, and stop the enemy instantly. the German rounds are more lethal, but slower to stop. In a short range bullet, guess which one I want?

[donmeaker]

Springfield arms uses essentially the same receiver for their M1A. For the selective fire feature, a portion would have to be ground away, but the M-14 was not effective in automatic fire anyways.


So the receiver is available on the commercial market.

[MHGinTN]

For a better look (larger viewing), here's the URL for the images.

[steveo]

self

[donmeaker]

"But the 62 gr. projectile is running out of steam at that range. "

"That cartrige should never have been used. "

The cartridge was actually optimized for patrolling. Compared to the 7.62, tremendous quantities of ammunition could be used, permitting continued action far from supplies. Patrolling is the major combat activity of soldiers where there is no continuous front.

The Stoner 63 weighed the same with 800 rounds as the M-60 weighed empty. Lethal in close quarters, the outnumbered patrol could conduct a raid, ambush, or fighting withdrawal with great effectiveness. The propensity of the enemy (any enemy, not just the Vietnamese) to mine the approaches to their position made assualts, where close range stopping power, or the ability to shoot through light cover, of far less value. US defenses depended far more on machineguns than on individual riflemen. My infantry platoon in the 70s had 36 men and 8 machineguns.