| From: | Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com |
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| Subject: | Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people especially) |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:55:03 -0700 (PDT) |
with an AR-15/M-16, Stoner SR-25 or Armalite AR-10 (the last two are
AR-15s on steroids and built for 7.62NATO class rounds), you could
design a mount that works off the tube. And it has been done by a
couple of outfits, and IIRC some of either Maimi PD or Dade County's
SWAT snipers use that very combo for certain applications (rifle for
direct applications, tear gas, smoke and flash-bangs for less direct
actions, is my guess). You would want to go with a long leged bipod
that is mounted on the sides of the forearm tube, similiar to the
WA-2000 or the FAMAS, but that would be easily enough done.
*Doc' drools...*
> Problem is, this works only for one family of rifles. You couldn't
do this with say a PSG-1, much less any bolt action.
So? Get yourself a rifle you CAN do it with, then.
> And for most applications, why would you want to? I can see building
bigger versions of most carbines (ie SR-25 to the M-16) in SR,
especially for bigger guys orks, trolls, the guy who starts his bench
press reps with an engine block), and fitting them with grenade
launchers, though.
> Kevin Dole, aka CyberRaven, aka IronRaven, aka Steel Tengu
Why?
Let me put it this way. You're sniping and suddenly you realise you've
been spotted. Either you a) stand up, sling your rifle, pull out your
MGL and start firing, or b) tilt up your rifle and start pumping out
grenades.
It's called speed convenience. And the less things you have to keep
track of, the less that can go wrong (usually). If you're holding your
rifle, you aren't going to lose your underbarrel GL. You could still
lose that MGL on your hip, though.
*Doc' is vindicated. Doc' cheers. "Yay."*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)
.sig Sauer
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