GUNS

[MadMax]

There has to be a gun thread. I know a lot about guns, who else does? Where are the shooters out there?

[CplCJ]

There has to be a gun thread. I know a lot about guns, who else does? Shere are the shooters out there?WOW-three typos in one day Alex?

[MadMax]

MAN, and on a thread starter too.

[MadMax]

There. All better. Now your post looks weird... ha ha...

[MadMax]

That, Bridget, is what we in the business refer to a Good Start. :)

[jarvisa]

I dont like guns.

[MadMax]

Then remove yourself from my thread traitor...:p

[jarvisa]

It was a joke... genious because I was a jarhead how many jarheads do you know that dont like guns????

[MadMax]

Only traitors.

[V8403]

OK HOW ABOUT A 16" 50 CAL ONE BIG GUN NO LONGER IN USE BY THE NAVY FOUND ONLY ON BB'S (BIG BOOMERS)

[MadMax]

16" 50 cal? Is it a handgun? I saw an old British .532. The guy holding it looked like if he fired the thing, he was going to eat it. That was a pretty big gun...

[V8403]

it is not a hand gun it is found on battle ships it fires a 16 inch shell ,like shooting a vw bug (car) 50+ miles

[MadMax]

Ooooohhh Yeah. I got ya. On battleships! The three gun turrets. Okay. I like Puff the Magic Dragon personally.

[SSG_Bolles]

ok what the f is that Puff the Magic Dragon???

[MadMax]

It's the electric chain gun mounted to the front of certain ships. It fires 6000 rounds a minute and cuts plane in half, right out of the sky.

[SSG_Bolles]

ooooohhh that is what is mounted on the back of my three wheel bike

[MadMax]

You wouldn't need to pedal. It's about the size of a car, without the bullets.

[CplCJ]

Tricycle, Army? I am starting to worry about Kyle...

[MadMax]

See what I'm saying? :rolleyes:

[SSG_Bolles]

it is actuall my brothers and he plans to "pimp" it out with a stereo and a new paint job it actuall sounds pretty cool but you are assuming i am gay??

[CplCJ]

How did he get Gay out of anything we said?

[jarvisa]

I just like my daddy's shot guns.

[MadMax]

Maybe he meant to say Army... which kind of means the same thing...
And I don't have any shotguns. I'm saving up for a sniper system.

[SSG_Bolles]

what kind of rifle are you looking at i was looking at getting a dragunov rifle but i heard about a ban or something like that

[MadMax]

There is no such ban on them. They are okay. The Russians used to use them as their primary sniper rifle, but you can't get one of that quality in the states. You get a knock off... I'm going to get a Remington 700 Heavy barrel, .308, fluted, and sloat it on a McMillan symthetic stock, glass bed it and put my Springfield sniper/countersniper scope on it.

[SSG_Bolles]

nice cant you order them from someone outta the states??

[MadMax]

Not unless you want to have an international weapons charge. Our government doesn't allow that. We import what's out there.

[SSG_Bolles]

oh and what happened to amy's avatar??

[MadMax]

I don't know what happened to it?

[SSG_Bolles]

i dont know all of a sudden it was a steeler helmet??:eek:

[MadMax]

I just saw it. Someone is going to be reeeeeeallly mad about that.

[ToFlyy]

hey now i didnt do anything!!!!

[MadMax]

I wouldn't doubt it. Just to see what kind of ripple effect he could get.

[jarvisa]

Funny, very funny its okay Bolles I got something for you.

[MadMax]

Looks like someone discovered the culprit...

[CplCJ]

Unless someone has a Gun as an avatar, lets start talking about them again...

[MadMax]

Pushy mods... Anyone in the market to buy one other than me?

[jarvisa]

What kind of gun do you want a big or small one?

[MadMax]

I said the one I'm getting a little lower. It's big.

[V8403]

Rugar security six, with a 6" barrel, red ramp sites pac mar combat Grips, I use winchester western silver tip hollow-point ammo :eek:

[MadMax]

Is it a 357? Have you ever shot a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum? That was my first gun ever.

[V8403]

Yep it's a 357 Mag, also have a peters 25 cal pocket pistol, also a 38 Police Special, 1 antique jap sniper rifle WW2 era in working condition :cool:

[CplCJ]

Cool, someone else who has a clue what Alex is talking about...

[MadMax]

What is the Japanese sniper rifle? It looks like a Moisen Nagant, right? I can't remember ever seeing one in person. I used to work in a gunshop in Colorado (right over Soldier of Fortune Magazine) and we saw almost everything BUT Asian weaponry come through there. That's where I got to see and shoot my two favorite rifles... An H&K SR-9 and a Knight Arms SR25. Awesome...

[Dakota_kid]

Ooooohhh Yeah. I got ya. On battleships! The three gun turrets. Okay. I like Puff the Magic Dragon personally.

I thought Puff was the plane that could cover every square inch of a football field with bullets in one pass?

they took I believe 3-4 vulcan cannons and mounted them on a(umm not sure which one..will have ta look....) plane,
they used it Vietnam alot,
I read somewhere that they still use it today....

[MadMax]

Pretty much the same thing. They are both "chain guns". Rotating barrels like the old gatlin guns, Electronic rotating firing pins, etc. Yes, a Super Cobra going 60 mph over a field, can put a round every inch...

[V8403]

puff is he talking about R2D2 better known as the phalinx system (sp) radar controled shoot's around 20,000 round min shreads a target in sec's moves to next and so on

[V8403]

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit.

My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.

Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy.

[CplCJ]

Did you know that by heart, John? I used to, but have not recited it in many moons, so remember parts of it. To see it, I recognized it all, but to repeat it back, I am rusty. ::hangs head in shame::

[MadMax]

puff is he talking about R2D2 better known as the phalinx system (sp) radar controled shoot's around 20,000 round min shreads a target in sec's moves to next and so on
That's the one, my friend. And "shreds" is about as accurate as you can get in describing what it does to targets.

[CplCJ]

I would like to see a video of that in action. Even on a static target.

[MadMax]

They have specials on "Super Carriers" on the Military Channel.

[CplCJ]

Bummer-don't get it...

[MadMax]

Just imagine an aircraft flying by the bow of the carrier going Mach One and then being shot so many times that it's like he hit an invisible telephone pole.

[SSG_Bolles]

the plane or the carrier would hit the telephone pole

[MadMax]

The plane. It gets obliterated.

[SSG_Bolles]

that is nuts wow does anybody but us have that type of weaponry?

[MadMax]

No, I don't think so.

[V8403]

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[MadMax]

Doesn't that just want to make you cry? *sniff*

[V8403]

IT SURE DOES LET ME KNOW I HAVE BEEN OUT WAY TOO LONG
snif snif

[CplCJ]

What guns did you have while in the Navy, John? On your ship, that is.

[MadMax]

Some pretty awesome ones, I'm sure. I was around the Abrams for a while.

[V8403]

I was on the USS IOWA BB 61 so we had the BIG GUNS 16 inch 50's along with the CIWS , from their to the USS AMERICA CV 66 , the first ship I was on was a Gator The USS INCHON LPH 12

[MadMax]

Well, I understood about half of that at least...

[V8403]

The Inchon LPH 12 had 3 " 50s and CIWS and 2 Missle launchers with 6 each. the main mission of the ship was to put Marines ashore via Ch-46's, Ch-53E, we also the AH 1 Cobra that was a mean bird.

[MadMax]

Now I understand it all. Yeah the Cobra's (now Super Cobra's) are amazing.

[CplCJ]

I like the 25MM chain guns on those birds.

[MadMax]

Yeah... head (visor) guided, 7000 rpm... yummy.

[CplCJ]

Yes, the smart guns. I think tha tis the coolest technology!

[MadMax]

It's really amazing. Have you ever worked with TOW's or been around them as a grunt?

[CplCJ]

I think I saw one fired while in ITS. I also saw a video of one. That is a nice weapon as well.

[MadMax]

Have you heard what a TOW 2 F does to an M1Abrams?

[CplCJ]

That was the video I saw. Not much left.

[MadMax]

Where it goes straight up before it hits the target and comes straight down on the target's head?

[CplCJ]

No, direct hit on the side.

[V8403]

last video I saw was of the (Moab) Mother of all bombs talk about one H*** of a big bang OMG

[MadMax]

Was that the ten thousand pounder?

The TOW 2F is designed to hit an M1 where it's weakest, on the top. so it's flight pattern is as I explained. That along with a little octol 8 and a shape charge, finish the job.

[CplCJ]

MOAB is a big ass piece of ordinance. I forget the weight.

[MadMax]

I'm familiar with the name, I was wondering about it's NEW.