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I've been watching this new History Channel series for a few weeks, lots of neat stuff!
In my opinion the best bits are the high speed photography of weapons firing.
this week Ermy compared the AK-47 and the M-16. What caught my attention was during the 'slow motion' scenes of the two rifles fireing I could see the barrel of the AK whipping about like a fly rod when the bolt chambered each round due the mass of the bolt combined with the operating rod/gas piston slaming into the breech of the weapon. Because the M-16 has no rod or piston the barrel remained far more ridgid during fireing. This makes the M-16 a much more accurate rifle in rapid fire modes. I am now watching as other weapons are fired for that same barrel whip some guns, even bolt actions, exhibit larger amounts of whip than the M-16. This makes me think that those rubber doughnuts and fluted barrels might actually have an inpact on group size!
In my opinion the best bits are the high speed photography of weapons firing.
this week Ermy compared the AK-47 and the M-16. What caught my attention was during the 'slow motion' scenes of the two rifles fireing I could see the barrel of the AK whipping about like a fly rod when the bolt chambered each round due the mass of the bolt combined with the operating rod/gas piston slaming into the breech of the weapon. Because the M-16 has no rod or piston the barrel remained far more ridgid during fireing. This makes the M-16 a much more accurate rifle in rapid fire modes. I am now watching as other weapons are fired for that same barrel whip some guns, even bolt actions, exhibit larger amounts of whip than the M-16. This makes me think that those rubber doughnuts and fluted barrels might actually have an inpact on group size!
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