Picture of the Day - Unusual Guns

[CamoDeafie]

Uncommon Mark Westrom era ArmaLite AR-10B, 7.62 A2 with prototype style trigger charging handle as opposed to AR-15 style T handle. From Reddit

 

[CountryGent]

Pistola con Caricato (.25 ACP), 18-shot cylinder, three barrels, all wackiness. The selector is safe, single shot, or three barrels at once.

 

[bradsteen]

Uncommon Mark Westrom era ArmaLite AR-10B, 7.62 A2 with prototype style trigger charging handle as opposed to AR-15 style T handle. From Reddit
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Not gonna lie, I kinda like the vibe of the trigger style charging handle.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Not gonna lie, I kinda like the vibe of the trigger style charging handle.

Mayhem Machine is working on a DPMS patterned AR 308 A2 upper that will have T handles but not trigger style handle. Brownells used to sell the BRN10 version with the trigger charging handle, it's based on the original AR10 design with A1 rear sight.

Edit, I don't know how optics could be mounted to the trigger style charging upper versus T handle....

 

[bradsteen]

Mayhem Machine is working on a DPMS patterned AR 308 A2 upper that will have T handles but not trigger style handle. Brownells used to sell the BRN10 version with the trigger charging handle, it's based on the original AR10 design with A1 rear sight.

Edit, I don't know how optics could be mounted to the trigger style charging upper versus T handle....

Well, they could always try a carry handle with integrated optic like the G36, except make it retro looking. Or give the carry handle a rail on top. Or a stepped section at the rear of the carry handle for mounting a red dot.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Well, they could always try a carry handle with integrated optic like the G36, except make it retro looking. Or give the carry handle a rail on top. Or a stepped section at the rear of the carry handle for mounting a red dot.

Integrated rail on carry handle would be interesting but itd need be quite beefy and still have a see-through channel or tunnel for rear irons?

HK style STANAG holes and slots would make more sense but the scope mounts for that are very very expensive unfortunately

 

[Member 53867]

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Anyone want to play the harmonica?

That's great for playing "Blow'd Out My Molar Blues" but the crescendo is a little harsh.

 

[bradsteen]

Integrated rail on carry handle would be interesting but itd need be quite beefy and still have a see-through channel or tunnel for rear irons?

Sure, but that would be easy enough to manage. For a stepped pic rail I would replace the rear sight (see pic). To make that work I'd want the channel of the carry handle to flare out a bit to give the RDS a wider field of view, and the material on either side of the channel to be lower, reducing the downward angle of the forward sweep.

For a rail across the entire top I would have one with a gutter down the center and an aperture at the rear so it can still double as a basic iron sight if needed.

For an integrated optic I would probably use a compact 3x prism. I'd probably keep the steep forward angle of the handle and have it come up on either side of the sight to protect it from being damaged.

 

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[The Heretic]

A gun hidden within a bible, made for Francesco Morozini, Doge of Venice (1619-1694). The owner of the bible could pull the silk bookmark to shoot while the book was still closed. Now on display at the Museo Correr in Venice.

 

[Member 53867]

A gun hidden within a bible, made for Francesco Morozini, Doge of Venice (1619-1694). The owner of the bible could pull the silk bookmark to shoot while the book was still closed. Now on display at the Museo Correr in Venice.

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Don't tell Elon. He'd probably build one that launches EV moon rockets or something.

 

[Scout8787]

That is a lucky miss! Thank god for the gun blocking the bullet

 

[CountryGent]

Japanese Type 99, automatic, 20㎜ cannon.

 

[orygun]

Spitfire Semi Auto that was the easiest to convert to fully auto.

Spitfire: The Semiauto That Became a Machine Gun - Forgotten Weapons

https://youtu.be/GHJ7OHzlFGg The Spitfire is a firearm with an interesting importance in legal history. Originally designed and marketed as an open-bolt semiautomatic-only carbine, it was determined to be a machine gun under the law in 1968, and all examples were required to be registered or...

www.forgottenweapons.com

 

[CountryGent]

Apache Arms carbine in .45 ACP.

 

[bradsteen]

View: https://youtu.be/Yu3rPxe78dc?feature=shared

 

[CountryGent]

The classic Marble Game Getter.

 

[CountryGent]

I saw this rather wacky SBRed / extended magazine Mauser in Interwebz travels this evening:



Not at all a fan of the paint scheme, but the overall layout, not so bad.

 

[CountryGent]

Glock 18 parts kit on GB. Haven't seen one of those, to the best of my recollection.

 

[CamoDeafie]

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Glock 18 parts kit on GB. Haven't seen one of those, to the best of my recollection.

What exactly is missing from the parts kit to make it not a transferable Machine Gun?,.edit, if you know.