Point of detail: it was the only replica available at the time. HMG makes one that’s available in modern intermediate calibers, being sold via Palmetto State Armory.
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Point of detail: it was the only replica available at the time. HMG makes one that’s available in modern intermediate calibers, being sold via Palmetto State Armory.
TheRejectionist
TheRejectionist
It will be interesting having a map that tells you what type of ammo for firearms is most common in each country, though I think most of the world we find out that is the AK series ammo barring NATO, LATAM, Singapore and Phillipines.
DarthOne
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It hasn’t been released yet.
Which is lame. Why would you make a replica of an iconic firearm like that and then have it shoot .22LR and not something like .223?
Because the company that makes it, German Sport Guns GmbH, pretty much exclusively specializes in .22LR replicas.
Also because .22LR is a very forgiving cartridge to design for, especially when you are making a replica of an older style gun. Chamber pressures and such are much lower than for something like .223, for example, so you don't need to do nearly as much reengineering to make it work safely.
There are also fewer legal restrictions, as many weapons laws are written to apply to centerfire firearms specifically.
GSG does those too, for exactly that reason.
GROGNARD
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so.... in news of gun collection news...
Tuesday, I bought a lovely, used Ruger Security-Six in 357mag w/ the 6" bbl.
Thank you Dad, for the Christmas money.
Today, I finally, finally sold my Won-in-a-Raffle Henry Golden Boy in 30-30.
Sold it to a Good neighbor, so he got a nice deal at only $600.
Hate to see it go, but I wasnt shooting it and I needed the cash.
... because the minivan had a sparkplug and coil grenade and try to eat the engine.
SMH and FML.
Murphy really, really hates me.
Tuesday, I bought a lovely, used Ruger Security-Six in 357mag w/ the 6" bbl.
Thank you Dad, for the Christmas money.
Today, I finally, finally sold my Won-in-a-Raffle Henry Golden Boy in 30-30.
Sold it to a Good neighbor, so he got a nice deal at only $600.
Hate to see it go, but I wasnt shooting it and I needed the cash.
... because the minivan had a sparkplug and coil grenade and try to eat the engine.
SMH and FML.
Murphy really, really hates me.
There's an attempt at getting Paul Harrell's channel to a million subscribers.
Paul himself commented on the video stating that while he didn't ask anyone to do it, he thinks its pretty cool and appreciates it.
Is that a PKM?
If so, it's nice that someone decided to finally make a PKM look cool.
If so, it's nice that someone decided to finally make a PKM look cool.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
As I recall there were similar experiments with FN-MAG, he conclusion was that there are not enough benefits for added weight.
Tryglaw
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Also, I hear that GSG guns have a wee bit of a reputation (to be not so good). Metallurgy is not so great, too much ZnAl and too little steel. I wanted their 1911 in 0,22LR but even the gun shop owner advised against it...
Tiamat
I've seen the future...
PKM's are good guns though, very reliable, and just as importantly, very light for a squad machine gun. If what I read from one former VDV veteran of Afghanistan is true, they preferred carrying at least a few if not several PKM's per squad if they were available.
I'm not saying they weren't good. They served me well in my support role in Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer, and to a lesser extent Far Cry 3.
But no bare chested Rambo was firing one from the hip one handed.
Sad.
EDIT:
He almost did when handling the PKM in Rambo III but almost doesn't count.
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Tiamat
I've seen the future...
So MANY things wrong with that movie, LOL! It honestly reached "so bad it's good, sorta" territory.
TheRejectionist
TheRejectionist
Is that the movie where your future enemies are shown as heroic and people seemingly forgot about it ?
Your original observation about Rambo III is about as old as the Mussolini dictatorship was. And even less triggering.
Rambo II gets all of the good press, but I feel Rambo III had higher production value and really leaned into the cheese which I feel is what those middle Rambo movies really were about. The first movie was actually quite the drama and Rambo IV had a big body count... but the tone actually matched the content.