I want the new gun that Colt is making

[vallorn]

Lame. It's versatile and light. Super. Give me something that is not a pain in the ass to keep clean and works regardless of conditions. Sorry, but they lost me when they brought up the cleanliness issues. If it's being a pain in the ass in field tests, you can be guaranteed that they will be a pain in the ass during operations, and I think our troops have enough on their plates w/o worrying about their weapons barfing in a firefight.

the British Armies last rifle was even more unreliable than the M4/M16 and we did ok.

 

[vallorn]

If I ever come into possession of a Winchester '94, then my life will be complete. I will not rest till I own one. Theyre probably common as muck in the USA, but sadly I doubt that in the UK.

If you need help with that...

Call me old-fashioned, but that rifle is so much sexier than any modern one.
I'm also more of a sword-guy myself, but I'd give a 16th century rapier to own that Winchester.

Glad you agree, that gun oozes pure class, as well as being a living piece of history

Are you suggesting you can help me import one? If so, I just need to get a Firearms Certificate on top oy my shotgun certificate...

I'm not even British, I just wanted you to get me one too.
Though I suppose I don't want to do all this license stuff just so I can get a Winchester and never even fire it.

pheasant shooting is quite good for this. all the fun of blowing birds out of the sky AND you get to eat pheasants you hit! (carefull of shot left in the carcass though)

 

[Mr.Petey]

That new colty is like the assault rifle in FEAR; all barrel and minimal hand grip. It'll be interesting to see how it goes

 

[vallorn]

I love studying the roaring 20's and prohibition era gang actvity and as such I've always wanted to get myself a Thompson with a round drum magazine I mean just look at it:

Spoiler: Thompson SMG

And having had a chance to hold one and slap on the drum mag at a gunshow I want one now more than ever

My love of fire arms isn't limited to the past either I've always liked the look at feel of the FN P90

Spoiler

I could go more into talk about pistols and my inclination toward revolvers but I'll spare you that unless of course your interested

if you liked these then you should also like

Spoiler: the FN2000

it comes in Black and Tan!

 

[vallorn]

Speaking of which,

Spoiler

Love the look of this things, but will never own a real one, so Ill settle for one of these,

only a little better made.

WOO AIRSOFT! that is all...

 

[RelexCryo]

As far as new guns go, I love the Chiappa Rhino.

The hexagonal cylinder provides a more flat profile, while the lower bore axis barrel helps reduce muzzle flip. I also like the S&W 327 TRR8.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Nothing well ever beat this:

Amazing reward for the reference.

 

[standokan]

I just need a Desert Eagle and a knife.

 

[icame]

Can i have the mysterious strangers gun?

 

[katsumoto03]

I'm no fan of guns, however if I had the option I would get a fraking portal gun!
or a M134 Minigun, they are neat as well.

I always saw Miniguns as a wast of ammo. Yaa, you just took 300 rounds to cut your enemy in half now what about the enemy sniper outside of your range, that you can not put accurate fire on?

I am not even that big of fan of the SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), I do see the tactical advantage of having a no-mans land were these weapons are aimed but it just seems like over-kill.

Miniguns are pretty much for crowd control and SAWs are for suppression. Trying to use them as you would an assault rifle is just silly.

 

[Quaxar]

If I ever come into possession of a Winchester '94, then my life will be complete. I will not rest till I own one. Theyre probably common as muck in the USA, but sadly I doubt that in the UK.

If you need help with that...

Call me old-fashioned, but that rifle is so much sexier than any modern one.
I'm also more of a sword-guy myself, but I'd give a 16th century rapier to own that Winchester.

Glad you agree, that gun oozes pure class, as well as being a living piece of history

Are you suggesting you can help me import one? If so, I just need to get a Firearms Certificate on top oy my shotgun certificate...

I'm not even British, I just wanted you to get me one too.
Though I suppose I don't want to do all this license stuff just so I can get a Winchester and never even fire it.

pheasant shooting is quite good for this. all the fun of blowing birds out of the sky AND you get to eat pheasants you hit! (carefull of shot left in the carcass though)

Wow, I read that post as "peasants". Got me puzzled there.
Never tried hunting and I seriously doubt I'd want to go through all the trouble of getting a hunting licence in this country. I like it because the strict rules keep people away from firearms, but yeah.

I think I'd love this rifle too much to ever really shoot it anyway.

 

[Wadders]

Ah yeah fair point, I can see how it might be useful for special forces bods.

As far as a gun capable of serving multiple roles without needing to be broken down goes, I have no idea how that would be possible within 1 gun. It would have to use at least 2 different kinds of ammunition to be effective at long, mid, and short range combat surely?

I dunno, I think guns like this are about as mutli purpose as you can get within one platform.

With our current technology, yes, but that's what innovation is for, is it not? If you'd gone back to the era of America's revolutionary war, they couldn't have conceived of a weapon capable of accurately firing thirty armor-piercing bullets in the time it takes to clear your throat, then being ready to do the same thing again by clicking a metal box into place. Just like they had their percussion cap rifles, we've got our modular M-4 clones. Who knows what the future might hold?

The Navy has plans to mount enormous, nuclear-powered railguns [http://gizmodo.com/351467/navy-rail-gun-test-destroys-everything-it-touches-at-5640-mph] on their ships in the near future, which makes you wonder if Mass Effect's railguns-as-conventional-personal-firearms idea is all that far-fetched. That's probably where we'll find our all-in-wonder, because our current guns are a strictly mechanical affair incapable of performing beyond what they were built for; a gun capable of adjusting their rate of fire and velocity via digital controls could have pre-sets not unlike Judge Dredd's sidearm, capable of tackling any and all conceivable situations an infantryman might find himself in. Hell, you could even program hunting rifles with presets for certain kinds of game, from squirrels to bears.

But for now, I'll concede that this is just about as good as it gets. For now.

You had me at hunting bears with railguns.

 

[lightningmagurn]

I want literally every gun Colt has ever produced. I love them. The M1911 is probaby my favorite handgun of all time, barey edging out the Smith&Wesson M&P 40. But ony the M&P because I own a brand new one.

 

[Croix Sinistre]

Four Weapons everyone must fire once in their lives.

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Mossberg 590

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Ruger Mini-14 5.56mm

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Kimber Eclipse Custom II 1911 .45ACP

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Taurus Raging Bull, .454 Casull

 

[kahlzun]

So what, you see the guy 600m away, and under fire change the barrels over?

I'm sure that'll look great on your stone, man.

I only realised the other day that 5.56 is .22 and 7.65 is .38.

Weird how you dismiss those calibres until you see them in a rifle necking!

 

[LittleChone]

Seems awesome.

The Rolling Black Rifle is my pick for awesome old guns. As for new, well...

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFn2DmX4dOsvxuQSdC5rlWYnCjmOaXBfY2TUb6x0VhC-4hf-k&t=1&usg=__oMVBM18X6v3QYMCQwdBwp_WnkWY=

I win this forum.

 

[Gilhelmi]

I just need a Desert Eagle and a knife.

I do not know. A 50cal pistol is just too large of caliber weapon for me.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I'm no fan of guns, however if I had the option I would get a fraking portal gun!
or a M134 Minigun, they are neat as well.

I always saw Miniguns as a wast of ammo. Yaa, you just took 300 rounds to cut your enemy in half now what about the enemy sniper outside of your range, that you can not put accurate fire on?

I am not even that big of fan of the SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), I do see the tactical advantage of having a no-mans land were these weapons are aimed but it just seems like over-kill.

Ah well, I am more of a rogue myself actually. Always found the sniper far more apeeling than the heavy. But if you have a minigun rigged to, oh lets say: your front door. and it fires if some jackass tries to break it open, that would be a sadistic gory mess of fun and vengance.
but I do share your conclusion that snipers are far more tactical and not to mention far more sexy that heavies.

This is true, snipers are more strategic and automatic weapons are more tactical. (I hope I used strategic and tactical right, I sometimes mix those two up).

Strategic: large scale. Tactical: small scale.

The better way to consider it is this:

Tactics win battles, strategies win wars.

The strategy is generally the grand plan. For example, the germane use of the Blitzkrieg in the second World War was a strategy. The actual details on where planes would drop their bombs, how an infantry company would maneuver or where a tank platoon would assemble - these are tactical decisions.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

So what, you see the guy 600m away, and under fire change the barrels over?

I'm sure that'll look great on your stone, man.

I only realised the other day that 5.56 is .22 and 7.65 is .38.

Weird how you dismiss those calibres until you see them in a rifle necking!

Given that a 600m shot is incredibly difficult (and indeed outside the point target range of the M4 - that is the mechanical accuracy of the weapon is insufficient to hit a man sized target at that range except by luck), I'd say you have a few moments to spare if it meant returning effective fire.

Hell, automatic riflemen and machine gunners have to change their barrels in the heat of combat all the time. It's sort of one of those things you do when your automatic weapon has an air cooled barrel. And I tend to think replacing a 30 lb 600 degree chunk of steel in a heated battle (such as the barrel on an M2HB after running through a few drums of ammunition with reasonably restrained rates of fire) is probably more difficult than doing the same to a much smaller (and likely cooler) rifle barrel.

 

[Canid117]

While making a rifle modular is nice for quickly adjusting to missions near a supply vehicle or on a base it isn't exactly practical to carry three barrels and enough ammunition to keep you going for all three. So it probably isn't going to be used the way you described.