Recent content by Richard Bong

Just a quick illustration. This is the load bearing equipment I wore when I first went in. Notice even with most of what you are carrying concentrated at the belt line the pack straps, the straps on this, and the flashlight can interfere with the reloading motion close to the body. Note the...

The .308 is already in the inventory, is already mass produced and isn't proprietary. The .308 has an effective range of 1000+ M so meets the specification. It also punches through the side armor of light armored vehicles so body armor isn't an issue. It has lots of proven platforms...

My recommendation is to spend a couple of days on the range before buying one. Remember, the difference between you, as a hunter, sneaking and a grunt sneaking, is the amount of gear grunts have to carry. Reloading at further from the body is easier, due to gear. That even applies to a pump...

The issue isn't shooting through body armor. That can be accomplished by changing current bullet in the 5.56mm. The issue is range. That is why the new ammo. I, honestly, don't think range of more than 500m is useful in an Infantry rifle. That is why the assault rifle was born in the first...

Shooting is fun. I've been shooting since I was 7. I also served in the US Army. While I was in the Army, I usually had some choices as to what I was going to personally carry, or use. (Not as many choices as Special Forces, but choices.) I qualified expert on the M-16 (A1 and A2), M-60, M-240...

The US military has been looking at bullpups for 50 years, if not longer. The Advanced Rifle Concept had 2 bullpups out of 4 entries (And one of the 4 was just an M-16A2 with an ugly foregrip and a Scope on it). One bullpup sniper rifle was very highly pushed. They even went so far as to get...

I've always hated crafting and collecting in games.

The trigger, on a bullpen is in front of the action. On a normal rifle and most pistols it is right at the action. To work a bullpup has mechanical linkage between the trigger assembly and the action. In a traditional firearm the trigger is the hammer release. No linkage required. The linkage...

Which military used firearms do they not apply to? You can't fix the trigger, there has to be linkage since the trigger is in front of the receiver. You can't make the weapon instantly ambidextrous without severely complicating the firing mechanism and using forward ejection. Adding to...

The Israelis only deployed the Tavor in limited quantities, and are going away from it. The Aussies are looking for a new rifle now, too. They are early in their process and may go with a bullpup for their next generation. It hasn't been decided.

Bullpups don't do well, which is why only two major militaries aren't getting rid of theirs. I have done better than watch reviews, I have handled bullpup weapons. I've had a magazine hang up in my gear. I've felt the triggers.

Which ones? They are definitely not less complex, they have to have more moving parts. The ones I've fired have crappy triggers, and that is because the trigger you are using is a remote linkage to the place where the hammer is, they have to have that linkage in order to work. They are more...

And, as a US Army member at the ends of the cold war, the M-16A1 was changed to the A2 which took away full automatic and replaced it with 3 round burst. 3 Round burst isn't useful for suppressive fire and is a waste of ammo when you are firing at individuals. 3 round burst was pretty useless...

Think MH-47. We know it was the Night Stalkers. Since they fast roped in that is the likely craft used. You can fast rope from a Blackhawk, but given the range from the Iwo Jima and the number of troops, the Chinook is most likely. The acoustics could have been lots of smaller systems on the...

6 to 8 wounded, 2 seriously. One of the seriously wounded was a helicopter pilot. Volume of fire is only important for suppressive fire. On the receiving end high rate of fire isn't all that necessary to put heads down. That isn't what he is talking about here though. Accuracy, especially in...