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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #25 on: June 22, 2010, 07:36:58 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on June 22, 2010, 04:59:50 PM
There is an air driven version too, dunno if that is the case in the F-14 or not, but if true would be a lot easier to engineer.

Could just mount it on the front loader of a farm tractor.  They usually have two or three extra hydraulic outputs.  ;)
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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #26 on: June 22, 2010, 07:49:03 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on June 22, 2010, 07:36:58 PM
Could just mount it on the front loader of a farm tractor.  They usually have two or three extra hydraulic outputs.  ;)

or on a skidder?  get a rubber stamp pf a green pu truck to marks successful "hunts"
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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #27 on: June 22, 2010, 08:27:07 PM »
Ammo is electric primed too. They used to use DU ammo for the CIWS guns, not I believe it is a saboted tungsten projectile.

My direct experience with M-61s is begging empty ammo cans off the people that operated the guns, did a few moinor repairs on bit parts too.

Quote from: HankB on June 22, 2010, 08:37:03 AM
Despite the rate of fire, I'm not impressed, since these 20mm M61 guns only have an effective range of 500 yards. (At least, that's what the plaque said on the F14 display aboard the U.S.S. Midway in San Diego a couple of years ago when I visited it.)
A most excellent question, that.  ???

Having watched them fire in air to ground role, I am impressed. Can't shoot long, but the fire control is impressive. I would not want to be the dude on the ground.
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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2010, 09:41:01 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on June 22, 2010, 07:49:03 PM
or on a skidder?  get a rubber stamp pf a green pu truck to marks successful "hunts"

Accidentally backing over one is more deniable  :P
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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #29 on: June 23, 2010, 02:31:31 PM »
good point though when you back up and det it a second and third time it blows your story
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Re: Md. man gets 3 years for trying to buy F-14 machine gun
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2010, 10:50:12 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on June 22, 2010, 02:39:49 PM
Worse yet, the M61 weighs over 200 pounds unloaded. Aiming would be an issue. The projectiles weigh 3.5 ounces each, which translated to 21 pounds of ammunition just to fire  the gun for one second.

It seems that the same force(although an order of magnitude greater) was at work that made me purchase an '80s videophone.  There is pretty much no way to make it work in its intended capacity - but it's COOL!

Can you imagine the cool factor of just having one of those in your garage? :cool:
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