.50 BMG Question
(SPG Edit)
I've never fired one, or seen one fired except on video, and I'm only generally acquainted with its reputation, so I don't know much about 'Ma Deuce'. Actually, I haven't seen many videos, either, but every once in a while one will pop up on YouTube and catch my notice.
It seems like every time ones does, the action is somewhere in the sandbox, and the gun won't run more than a few rounds at a time before stopping. To get it going again, the operator has to hand-crank it, often more than once. Depending on the length of the video, this 'cycle' might be repeated several times.
Is that 'normal' for the BMG, a sand/dust problem (maintenance?), or something else?
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FOG,
2013-06-28, 07:57
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- .50 BMG Question -
John K.,
2013-06-28, 08:05
- Funny you mention WWII ammo... -
mcassill,
2013-06-28, 21:10
- Always great to hear it from the guy that has actually been - Rob Leahy, 2013-06-28, 22:46
- Thank you - FOG, 2013-06-29, 00:50
- Funny you mention WWII ammo... -
mcassill,
2013-06-28, 21:10
- .50 BMG Question -
Wildcat,
2013-06-28, 08:53
- .50 BMG Question -
lee jurras,
2013-06-28, 12:20
- .50 BMG Question -
Tom Richardson,
2013-06-28, 21:15
- .50 BMG Question - lee jurras, 2013-06-28, 22:23
- .50 BMG Question -
Tom Richardson,
2013-06-28, 21:15
- Maintenance, too, I guess - FOG, 2013-06-29, 00:56
- .50 BMG Question -
lee jurras,
2013-06-28, 12:20
- Non quals running them mostly... -
Rob Leahy,
2013-06-28, 12:21
- Last but not least... - FOG, 2013-06-29, 01:04
- I followed the timing and headspace instructions -
Hobie,
2013-06-28, 12:28
- 'Trounds'? -
FOG,
2013-06-29, 01:06
- They have a plastic reduced range cartridge for training... -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 07:40
- Dardick gun cartridge - short for "triangular round". -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 09:47
- But not the same by a 'long shot", hence my -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 14:52
- Not me, I knew what you were referencing. -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 17:12
- Sometimes I just don't get it... -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 18:56
- I'd say I'm sorry fer yankin' yer chain - FOG, 2013-07-01, 13:02
- Sometimes I just don't get it... -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 18:56
- Not me, I knew what you were referencing. -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 17:12
- But not the same by a 'long shot", hence my -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 14:52
- Dardick gun cartridge - short for "triangular round". -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 09:47
- They have a plastic reduced range cartridge for training... -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 07:40
- 'Trounds'? -
FOG,
2013-06-29, 01:06
- About WWII ammo... -
Hobie,
2013-06-29, 14:54
- About WWII ammo... -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 17:20
- I had to educate our young .50 gunner on corrosive priming -
mcassill,
2013-06-29, 18:22
- I had to educate our young .50 gunner on corrosive priming - Cherokee, 2013-06-29, 19:26
- I had to educate our young .50 gunner on corrosive priming -
mcassill,
2013-06-29, 18:22
- About WWII ammo... -
John K.,
2013-06-29, 17:20
- .50 BMG Question -
John K.,
2013-06-28, 08:05