Ohio Ordnance M240-SLR Belt Fed Semi-Auto 7.62×51 $14K

[The Heretic]

Not sure how "great" this deal is, but it is surely unique and - I think - worth noting

Ohio Ordnance M240-SLR Belt Fed Semi-Auto 7.62x51 | Big Tex Ordnance

Limit 5 per customer. :)

www.bigtexordnance.com

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[x2ndxall]

Limit 5 per customer

 

[The Heretic]

Limit 5 per customer

Yeah - I really wanted to pull $100K from my IRA and buy 7 so I could arm every household on my road to fend off the zombies.

 

[x2ndxall]

Yeah - I really wanted to pull $100K from my IRA and buy 7 so I could arm every household on my road to fend off the zombies.

I was thinking 1 to tuck in each of their bugout bags.

 

[x2ndxall]

But now there's only 1 left in stock anyway. Oh well.

 

[The Heretic]

I was thinking 1 to tuck in each of their bugout bags.

Yeah - at 22# nobody in my household would be carrying one while bugging out on foot.

 

[NobullSKS]

Looks fun but stuff like that seems lost on me in semi-auto.

Aren't belts supposed to be a 2 man team thing anyway? Does anyone have a belt gun? Thought those hang up often…

 

[The Heretic]

Looks fun but stuff like that seems lost on me in semi-auto.

I can't speak from experience, but I might assume that with a bit of trigger work, that a good amount of lead could be sent downrange with semi-auto, maybe even more accurately than with full auto. Whether that would be effective or not probably depends on the scenario, but I wouldn't mind having a number of semi-auto M240 emplacements with plenty of ammo in well thought out positions and manned by skilled/cool headed personnel.

A belt fed LMG has advantages over a infantry rifle in the same caliber; the barrel and action are made to be used in a higher rate of fire for a longer period of time and there would be fewer interruptions to reload.

Besides, it would be a whole lot of fun!

That said, at this point in time, I just can't justify the expense.

 

[The Heretic]

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