https://youtu.be/CQzcIqYE-g8
It still needs a little fine tuning, but I think it’s going to work.
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https://youtu.be/CQzcIqYE-g8
It still needs a little fine tuning, but I think it’s going to work.
Sure, if you get them in strippers. The Uzi I think had a charger available, we always worked out of boxes so just hand bombing was the norm. I always thought a charger for Thompson mags could have been made from a modified FN charger and the 5 rd clips could hold .45 ammo...the theory worked but I never trialed it properly.
They are 5.56 strippers/chargers I recycled. We have plethora of’m. They work fine with 9mm.
I will have a look at the Thompson mags and FN charger. It sounds interesting. Though I really prefer the drum with the Thompson.
On the negative side, like many others like BAR etc etc who have filled a zillion of these double stack magazine, including 7.62mm Bren and rifles magazines, we had magazine filling from a loose box of 50 down to a fine art. Round on, press down and back - round on, press down and back and so on. Took seconds and trouble free. Never felt the need for a mag loader. I feel that if the commercially savvy Sterling Co felt a demand for such an item, they'd have been at the forefront.
Just my view of course
We did use them with the L85 rifles but even then, if you didn't press the rounds downwards with your thumb as close to the stripper clip as possible, then they'd jamb up in the clip.
Put all the rounds into a beret...........and get competent just speed loading each round into the mags, its more fun, especially if you are not under fire which is why the strips were invented of course in th first place;)
Maybe the Sterling Co wanted to sell more of their magazines? They would generate more profit than a spoon and chargers/stripper clips.
........ Magazines were their BIG money maker. Cost £3 to make inc labour and all materials and sold for £11.
As a matter of fact, test on elementary training demanded you be able to fill a 30 rd mag for the C7 with 30 rds by hand, in 55 seconds... With charger in 30 sec I think...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
I haven't seen a better magazine.
There's also this method of loading them.
https://youtu.be/lLPzCkcLqAg
Vincent, Now that would cause more problems than enough........... at a size in our arsenal of 9mm, it is/was perhaps the easiest round to load by hand at speed. I could load it quicker by hand watching that:surrender:
Well, yes, but if an instructor ever saw one of the troops loading like that...he'd wear out the toes of his boots on the troop's backside. Banging the mag lips usually has far reaching detrimental effects...and we seldom had a nice polished table on hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent
Exactly, Jim. :thup:
Maybe I will do some kit bottle opener videos like this one next. :madsmile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAOBJ-V9Jyw
I think the Israelis went so far as to design a bottle opener into the Galil to try and stop their troops from doing what all troops do...
Well, with Peter watching this thread, I have used an FN magazine to open a bottle. They work perfectly...and function after. (Fuggin' crunchies!)
Re the Galil bottle opener;
Pretty sure if the component in question was not designed for that particular function, but the specific part is the rear handguard plate/cap.
This is undercut to accommodate and retain the bipod legs.
By coincidence or clever design, the opening is such that it fits the standard beer / fizzy drink bottle caps of the day.
Not much call these days with "twist-tops".
I have heard of the heavily reinforced feed lips of both the original AK mag and the Galil mag being used to crack a cold one, but the thought makes me wince.
See also the South African R4, a "clone" of the Galil.
"Place yourself on a charge, double away and present yourself to the Guardroom, where the suntan will leave stripes on your face".:thup::)
Two fatal mistakes there IMHO:
1. Using the intimate parts of ANY weapon for such a stupid function and
2. Drinking whilst in charge of any weapons system
Re. the Galil bottle opener;
Fairly sure that the the component used as a bottle opener was NOT originally designed for that specific function. The component in question is the rear handguard plate/cap.
This is undercut to accommodate and retain the bipod legs.
By coincidence (or clever design), the opening is such that it fits the standard beer / fizzy drink bottle caps of the day.
Not much call these days with "twist-tops".
I have heard of the heavily reinforced feed lips of both the original AK mag and the Galil mag being used to crack a cold one, but the thought makes me wince.
See also the South African R4, a "clone" of the Galil.
We had a sort of discussion along these lines some time ago relating to multi-use bayonets and the addition of bottle openers, can openers, hot and cold running water, TV aerials etc etc etc. The average crunchie WILL open a tin or bottle or packet regardless of anything you give him.
Peter,
Agreed, but I'd be buggered if I would strip my rifle to accomodate a bottle top, I'd find a lone Royal Marine and use HIS teeth first, false or otherwise :lol::lol:
Once again, I resemble that remark... And I'll double myself away Staffie...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler