B.A.R. Browning Automatic Rifle - operation
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videos like this are why i love youtube :) Sometimes i feel like a learn more from youtube than i do from school!
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I saw an interesting show on the development of this gun awhile back. If I remember right, Mr. Browning was firing a rifle on a tripod in some tall grass and noticed how the grass was being blown back after each shot. He then decided to find out if he could utilize this "energy'. I guess that's why he made big money....
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Greatest gun ever made in my mind. Yes it had a small mag but you had so much power and accuracy.
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Cam actuated tilting bolt and the carrier/oprod acting as the hammer/slamfire system. Talk about removing as many points of failure as possible,I cant think of anything more simplistic in design except a Sten or MP-40.
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@patsfanczar the ak47 is one of the best assault rifles ever made, the accuracy is fine, and it has the best reliability of all assault rifles, and it's service life is around 40 years, 2 times the m16/m4 or the H&K G3 wich both have around 20 years or even the FN FAL wich has 30 years
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Oh, so it works like a shotgun bolt with a rear tilt locking block.
I went to the gunstore today and felt up a new BAR longtrac in 9,3, completely different.
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But will it blend? That is the question.
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Can someone explain me how the muzzle break affects performance?
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John Browning was a genius, considering he designed this rifle in just a few months is an amazing feat.
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Wow! I had NO idea this rifle fired in an "open bolt" configuration, OR that the rate of fire was simply changed by increasing "Lock-Time"! I was under the impression that the modern BAR sporting rifle was a direct descendant,..but it's actually a closer cousin to the AR platform...but with an inertia block and rails rather than an operating rod or gas impingement between the both.
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these operation videos are great
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That was the inspiration for the Colt-Browning 1895 'potato digger' machinegun. The BAR is a much more sophisticated development from the 1895.
does it fire from an open bolt? it looks like it at the start of the video
rabbiteh 2 years ago
yes, it fires from an open bolt
adcosteve 2 years ago