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>>285>>assault rifleJust a description for a select-fire rifle in an intermediate caliber.
>battle rifleSame, but no select-fire required only semi-auto operation, but most have full-auto capabilities. This rifle is had in a full-size caliber. The NGSW is supposed to be one of these.
>sniper rifleAny rifle belonging to the sniper section and designed for taking targets at a distance. Some of them are semi-auto like the M110, but most are bolt-actions like the M24 and the M2010. You can even have anti-materiel rifles like the Barret, even though it's technically less precise than the M110. Seriously, shit's like a 3MOA rifle.
>designated marksman rifleAnother accurized rifle. The EBR was the big thing a while back, but most of the time is just the accurized version of the regular rifle. This is a squad-level weapon. You don't need a section like a sniper section for it, and it is an individual weapon system. It is not worked in teams like the sniper rifles.
>standard-issue rifleWhatever it is that you choose to make the standard. That could be a Mosin-Nagant, or it could be a G36. It depends.
>>279Tldr on how different assault rifles work?
From your picture, i can see that the AK47 uses springs for the recoil. How do other rifles do it? What are the main rifle types?
>>329yes, GDP is a measure of the value created specifically in the market, so it's inherently biased against central planning and all that
also, wrong board
>>348The US Army Ordnance Corps and their cronies in high command are the culprits behind the M16 nonsense. This is the probably the best article I've seen on the subject:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1981/06/m-16-a-bureaucratic-horror-story/545153/Another example of capital interests screwing things up lmao
I think this question actually is worth its own thread, but I'm posting here since I literally don't know a single thing about guns so this probably will come off as incredibly moronic.
How viable is for a civilian to manufacture a clone of a commercially sold rifle nowadays? I don't mean a ghetto-rigged gun like you constantly see being confiscated in Brazil, Philipines and wherever else, I mean an actual copy of the real thing, assembled from parts made according to these blueprints. I figure the technology embedded in most guns doesn't go beyond making a metallic league and cutting it in specific shapes, so a civilian with access to metalworking tools might be able to make one, can't he? Of course, it would take ages, and no way in fuck this could be done in a scale large enough to arm even a tiny group, but this is beside the point, and the point is that, with enough effort, it would be possible for someone to have a rifle stashed away as absolute last resort even in a country with tight gun restrictions.
So, is this viable or not?
>>409Don't bother trying to clone commercial. They are designs specifically tailored to mass-manufacturing methods like stampings.
There's designs that are made to be made at home that are perfectly servicable. Rifles are probably the hardest one to do but not impossible. The most difficult thing is the bolt and barrel. If you can get into 3d printing and metal castingor at least get something from a shop from one you can often make that work
>>3528yes milling is used. my point is that blueprints are not enough. you also need to know what kinds of metals are used and their heat treating. you need to be able to test headspace. and many other things
>Milled parts are usually favoured for their strength anywaysACKSHULLY cast or forged parts are preferred, that are then milled or turned to final dimensions. most of the time anyway
note that anon
>>409 specified a clone of a
commercial rifle, not say a gun that is designed to be made in a small shop
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