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Justinmd · 08-07-2013, 00:10

There are those here who know weapons design, and there are some that know your parent company to some degree. I have little doubt that members of this website could create the design you are after, however I also somewhat doubt they will do it pro bono. It may have been your misfortune to be rude to the one person who has worked out a clever mechanism such as you seek (35NCO). A lot of dreamers and wannabe's come through here so he may have been vetting you a bit. I don't know the first thing about rifle design but I suspect that what 35NCO is getting at is actually the first thing about autoloading rifle design, i.e. the magazine is the rifle. Since he clearly knows the first thing about rifle design it may behoove you to make amends as it appears you have started.

Surely you have noticed that LWRC kept their rifle buttoned up extremely tight, and also you surely noticed two other things: they didn't win and no one else had an open/closed bolt system (if I remember). You will find it nearly impossible, I think, to retrofit current AR's for "very little added cost", or it would have been done.

The rifle would have the obvious design advantages noted but the disadvantages would depend on the cleverness of the mechanism and would be inversely proportional to the cost (as is always the case with design). Finally I will add that increasing the rate of fire has never been an issue on the AR and I will also add that an automatic rifle such as the SAW has the size and weight it does for many reasons and not all of which involve the belt feed mechanism.

For reference I will recommend the AR bible, called "The Black Rifle" or something similar. For further reference I would suggest getting a DTIC account and you might look up something called the "cone of fire". Good luck, if your idea pans out, you won't have to tell us as we'll know.
Justin

P.S. TR is The Reaper, he is not Crystal. I may be a big pussy but the last thing I would do would be to call an SF guy named "The Reaper" a girl's name but maybe because I'm a soft fat candy ass.

08-07-2013, 00:10	#12
Justinmd Quiet Professional Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boise area, ID Posts: 319	There are those here who know weapons design, and there are some that know your parent company to some degree. I have little doubt that members of this website could create the design you are after, however I also somewhat doubt they will do it pro bono. It may have been your misfortune to be rude to the one person who has worked out a clever mechanism such as you seek (35NCO). A lot of dreamers and wannabe's come through here so he may have been vetting you a bit. I don't know the first thing about rifle design but I suspect that what 35NCO is getting at is actually the first thing about autoloading rifle design, i.e. the magazine is the rifle. Since he clearly knows the first thing about rifle design it may behoove you to make amends as it appears you have started. Surely you have noticed that LWRC kept their rifle buttoned up extremely tight, and also you surely noticed two other things: they didn't win and no one else had an open/closed bolt system (if I remember). You will find it nearly impossible, I think, to retrofit current AR's for "very little added cost", or it would have been done. The rifle would have the obvious design advantages noted but the disadvantages would depend on the cleverness of the mechanism and would be inversely proportional to the cost (as is always the case with design). Finally I will add that increasing the rate of fire has never been an issue on the AR and I will also add that an automatic rifle such as the SAW has the size and weight it does for many reasons and not all of which involve the belt feed mechanism. For reference I will recommend the AR bible, called "The Black Rifle" or something similar. For further reference I would suggest getting a DTIC account and you might look up something called the "cone of fire". Good luck, if your idea pans out, you won't have to tell us as we'll know. Justin P.S. TR is The Reaper, he is not Crystal. I may be a big pussy but the last thing I would do would be to call an SF guy named "The Reaper" a girl's name but maybe because I'm a soft fat candy ass. __________________ "Navajo" www.KRG-OPS.com Kinetic Research Group Last edited by Justinmd; 08-07-2013 at 00:49.
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