No, no, no! THIS is a machine gun!
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Posted on 07/07/2005 3:44:36 PM PDT by holymoly
"Missing: One M-60 assault rifle."
That's not a message Chief Deputy Hondo Wooten wants to give area residents, but due to the large number of active duty and retired military personnel in the area, Wooten said he has little choice. When stolen from a Joplin-area gun show on Sunday, June 21, the gun was broken and whoever stole it will be trying to obtain spare parts -- possibly trying to buy the parts from current or former military personnel rather than authorized dealers.
Wooten said the M-60 assault rifle would be very dangerous if it gets into the wrong hands.
"It's a weapon which is specifically designed for combat," Wooten said. "It does have the capacity for full automatic with a cyclical fire rate of 800 to 1,200 rounds per minute."
Anyone shooting the M-60 won't need to be very accurate to kill an opponent, Wooten said.
"You don't even need to point; just hold it in their general direction and pull the trigger," Wooten said.
According to Bert Guy from Gatling Guns in Arizona, the gun was stolen from a Class III dealer at the Oklahoma Full Auto machine gun shoot. Wooten said a Class III dealer has a legitimate right to stock and possess the items stolen, but other people may not be as scrupulous.
"Fortunately this gun had broken at the shoot on Saturday so the thieves will be looking for replacement parts," Guy wrote in an e-mail message to area law enforcement agencies.
"Spread the word and let's get this gun back to its rightful owner," Guy wrote. "Let's spread the word and bust these jerks."
Guy said at least two different rewards are available for the stolen gun and more may be offered later.
Items needed to make the gun operable include an extractor, extractor spring and roller bearings, but Wooten said people may try to purchase other M-60 parts as well.
"Although the weapon is supposed to be inoperable because of a broken part, anybody with a knowledge of gunsmithing could buy what they need to make it fully operational and fully automatic," Wooten said. "We don't necessarily believe the gun is in Pulaski County, but due to the potential risk posed by this weapon, we want to make sure all law enforcement know about it."
According to the Joplin Police Department staff member handling the case, those with information about people trying to buy M-60 parts should contact Detective David Lewis at the department's main number, (417) 623-3131. Wooten can be contacted at 774-6196.
Well, you could take it huntin if you want to kill and butcher at the same time.
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Ook?
Agreed, have you ever fired an M-249 with an M-16 magazine stuck in the side? Jams constantly. It was better belt-fed, but not much. And, who want a machinegun that fires 5.56mm?
No, no, no! THIS is a machine gun!
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I certainly loved firing them, yes. ;)
Apparently the soft "assault packs" for the 249 aren't much better. Lots of complaints about them in the Army "lessons learned" report from Iraq.
As for the 5.56mm, well, it's a *light* machinegun. In all senses of the word. Doesn't make sense to me, but someone must want them.
Meanwhile, I think I'll listen to the Marines, who figured it out first and went to the M240G and pitched the M249s into the nearest smelter.
Yep, that's a REALLY dangerous machinegun laying around.
You want to see bizarre sentences- go look at the full text of the proposed FEC regs.
People who write gobbledegook like that ought to be familiarized with an M-60. From about thirty yards or so.
And this from someone who has proofread trust indentures for muni bond issues without ripping my eyeballs from their sockets and running screaming from the room...
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Well. . . duh!
"It does have the capacity for full automatic with a cyclical fire rate of 800 to 1,200 rounds per minute."
What's with this guy? Has he seen Saving Private Ryan once too often? He's talking about the rate of fire for an MG-42.
I had a Pig do a "runaway gun" routine on me once...was firing from prone in short controlled bursts and took my finger off the trigger after going throughabout half the belt -but the pig just kept going "BANG-BANG-BANG"! I had to twist the belt to make it jam to get it to stop. ...interesting weapon but it was the only thing we had (never fired the M240 or M249...that was way after my time).
This brings back memories. When I got to my first duty station (1st Cav. at Ft. Hood), we drove our 113's into the sticks where they were administratively "killed". Facing an 18 mile march back to camp, the squad leader asked for a volunteer to carry the M-60 back. Being full of piss and vinegar, I couldn't wait to hoss that bad boy. Needless to say, 3 hrs. later my perception of the coolness of the M-60 had changed forever.
I miss her. sniff.
11B2PLGMH, M-60 Gunner.
How many people have been inspired by the title with M-60 "Patton tank" instead. Ok, that was off topic. Sorry :)
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