MMW MkV thread. It's been fun.

[Fischermann]

Something I'm doing for a request
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WIP (Scaled)

I don't like doing grips...

Noders?

[Risen Britannia]

Something I'm doing for a request
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WIP (Scaled)

I don't like doing grips...

Noders?

No actually, Alimeria II.

[Spreewerke]

could I use a spring assisted mag ejector on my rifle? If I can should I? I was thinking of this because I noticed that in combat it may be hard to reload with just an ejector button. Also my do something coll for my 1600th post

I know the AR-15 and weapons that use its magazines kind of "pop" the mag out when the button is depressed. I've never looked into it, but it sounds like the spring for the follower is what's letting it drop out like that. If you could find a way to use the spring of the magazine to drop it out (like a pistol), you should be good to go.

[Coltarin]

could I use a spring assisted mag ejector on my rifle? If I can should I? I was thinking of this because I noticed that in combat it may be hard to reload with just an ejector button. Also my do something coll for my 1600th post

I know the AR-15 and weapons that use its magazines kind of "pop" the mag out when the button is depressed. I've never looked into it, but it sounds like the spring for the follower is what's letting it drop out like that. If you could find a way to use the spring of the magazine to drop it out (like a pistol), you should be good to go.

Well I was thinking that it would be apart of the gun not the mag just some thing simple. The pressure from the spring would be constant but the mag catch would still be able to hold it in.
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[Spreewerke]

I know the AR-15 and weapons that use its magazines kind of "pop" the mag out when the button is depressed. I've never looked into it, but it sounds like the spring for the follower is what's letting it drop out like that. If you could find a way to use the spring of the magazine to drop it out (like a pistol), you should be good to go.

Well I was thinking that it would be apart of the gun not the mag just some thing simple. The pressure from the spring would be constant but the mag catch would still be able to hold it in.

Is there a way you could use the follower's spring tension to hit a "slide catch"-like thing? Have that part then rotate to where a spring-activated lever/top part of this part comes down (kind of an L-shaped part) and pushes the magazine out on empty?

[Coltarin]

Well I was thinking that it would be apart of the gun not the mag just some thing simple. The pressure from the spring would be constant but the mag catch would still be able to hold it in.

Is there a way you could use the follower's spring tension to hit a "slide catch"-like thing? Have that part then rotate to where a spring-activated lever/top part of this part comes down (kind of an L-shaped part) and pushes the magazine out on empty?

Not really

[Spreewerke]

I'm afraid I'm of no help then: not sure how you'd go about doing it unless you had it secure like a pistol magazine does. In my experience, all pistol mags pop themselves out when released.

[Coltarin]

I'm afraid I'm of no help then: not sure how you'd go about doing it unless you had it secure like a pistol magazine does. In my experience, all pistol mags pop themselves out when released.

I guess it's just I have no idea how to incorperate a bolt catch on my rifle and is it too blocky? It's about 31.20 inches

[Spreewerke]

I'm afraid I'm of no help then: not sure how you'd go about doing it unless you had it secure like a pistol magazine does. In my experience, all pistol mags pop themselves out when released.

I guess it's just I have no idea how to incorperate a bolt catch on my rifle and is it too blocky? It's about 31.20 inches

Oh, a bolt-catch? I thought you were wanted a spring-assisted magazine release. Bolt-catches are easy. Do you want one that closes the bolt when the mag is removed (like Yugoslavian AK mags) or one that holds open like the AR-15? If the latter, I can just take photos of my Daewoo's receiver.

[Coltarin]

I guess it's just I have no idea how to incorperate a bolt catch on my rifle and is it too blocky? It's about 31.20 inches

Oh, a bolt-catch? I thought you were wanted a spring-assisted magazine release. Bolt-catches are easy. Do you want one that closes the bolt when the mag is removed (like Yugoslavian AK mags) or one that holds open like the AR-15? If the latter, I can just take photos of my Daewoo's receiver.

I know what a bolt catch look like, but I dont think there is a way to incorporate on onto the rifle. I would prefer a AR-15 version because I really like the AR-15 it does what it was designed to do in some cases pretty well. But at this point I look into the pressure from the follower.

[Spreewerke]

Oh, a bolt-catch? I thought you were wanted a spring-assisted magazine release. Bolt-catches are easy. Do you want one that closes the bolt when the mag is removed (like Yugoslavian AK mags) or one that holds open like the AR-15? If the latter, I can just take photos of my Daewoo's receiver.

I know what a bolt catch look like, but I dont think there is a way to incorporate on onto the rifle. I would prefer a AR-15 version because I really like the AR-15 it does what it was designed to do in some cases pretty well. But at this point I look into the pressure from the follower.

The Daewoo's bolt-catch (and I believe the AR's) is activated by the follower. It (the follower) pushes up a tiny little rod on the side of the receiver (internal) with its follower's spring tension. This rod then protrudes in front of the bolt, and when the bolt comes back forward, it runs into this piece. The piece holds it in place. The magazine can be removed and, due to the force applied to the catch from the bolt's return spring, the catch will keep the bolt held back until the release button on the side of the receiver is depressed. When this button is hit, all it does is rotate the stub down below the bolt/bolt carrier so it can return to the chambered position. It picks up a fresh round on its way when doing so with a new magazine and reloads the rifle.

[Deneager]

Standard Rifle-PK-78(First Image on GIMP)

[Spreewerke]

Standard Rifle-PK-78(First Image on GIMP)

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It's... cute.

[Deneager]

Standard Rifle-PK-78(First Image on GIMP)

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It's... cute.

Hey it is my first weapon made on GIMP ever.

[Coltarin]

I know what a bolt catch look like, but I dont think there is a way to incorporate on onto the rifle. I would prefer a AR-15 version because I really like the AR-15 it does what it was designed to do in some cases pretty well. But at this point I look into the pressure from the follower.

The Daewoo's bolt-catch (and I believe the AR's) is activated by the follower. It (the follower) pushes up a tiny little rod on the side of the receiver (internal) with its follower's spring tension. This rod then protrudes in front of the bolt, and when the bolt comes back forward, it runs into this piece. The piece holds it in place. The magazine can be removed and, due to the force applied to the catch from the bolt's return spring, the catch will keep the bolt held back until the release button on the side of the receiver is depressed. When this button is hit, all it does is rotate the stub down below the bolt/bolt carrier so it can return to the chambered position. It picks up a fresh round on its way when doing so with a new magazine and reloads the rifle.

Ok at this point pics would help a lot.

[Crookfur]

POSP come in 4x magnification with a built in do-it-yourself range-finder (goes by a scale of 1m for the Simonov-style, 1.5m and .5m for 1,000m scope), bullet drop calculator, windage scale, and infrared illumination... I believe it also has some visible-to-the-eye illumination, as well: there is a tiny lightbulb in the bottom of it. I believe it's red.

The ACOG is a 4x magnification (if referring to the standard issue one in the USMC), has bullet-drop, but I think that's about it. However, the ACOG does have the benefit of always being the perfect illumination thanks to some radioactive materials (forget which) for night-time use and fiber optics for day-time use: battery-free.

I belive Tritium is the mineral you are looking for.

I wanted something less clunky and more western.

You might Aimpoint's discontinued product page quite useful:

http://www.aimpoint.com/products/discon ... 24&damcat=

[Spreewerke]

The Daewoo's bolt-catch (and I believe the AR's) is activated by the follower. It (the follower) pushes up a tiny little rod on the side of the receiver (internal) with its follower's spring tension. This rod then protrudes in front of the bolt, and when the bolt comes back forward, it runs into this piece. The piece holds it in place. The magazine can be removed and, due to the force applied to the catch from the bolt's return spring, the catch will keep the bolt held back until the release button on the side of the receiver is depressed. When this button is hit, all it does is rotate the stub down below the bolt/bolt carrier so it can return to the chambered position. It picks up a fresh round on its way when doing so with a new magazine and reloads the rifle.

Ok at this point pics would help a lot.

I'll provide some text with each photo since it's kind of hard to see what's going on in some.


This first photo shows the thing I'm talking about while a loaded magazine is inserted into the weapon. Due to the magazine design on a STANAG, there is a small gap present behind the cartridges. This allows them to bypass that little lever you see sticking out over the rearmost part of the magazine. This lever is part of the "button" on the left-hand side of the receiver: this "button" is the bolt release. So, anyway, this is what it's like when loaded: it stays out of the way, so the bolt carrier rides over the top of it, more or less ignoring it because, screw that guy.



When your magazine is empty, the follower presses against this lever. This causes it to rise up to where it blocks the bolt carriers forward movement. This allows the user to know the weapon is empty (if they didn't hear it: bolt-hold-open-shots sound different than regular shots). Again, this lever pretty much jumps up and says, Aww, hail naw! to the bolt carrier and stops it upon contact. When this lever is "up" the rotation of its movement causes the bolt release lever on the outside of the receiver to angle outwards. When this occurs, the use just has to drop the empty mag, insert the new magazine, and hit this release. It pushes the lever back down into the gap behind the cartridges (previously photographed) and lets the bolt chamber a round while it moves forward. This can also be done on an empty magazine (and obviously an empty "no-magazine-inserted" weapon) since that lever will push the follower down out of the way if you so choose to do that.


Above photo showing how the release button angles outwards due to hinging motion.


This next photo is somewhat hard to see since there isn't much to look through in terms of the Daewoo receiver. However, you can see the green follower of the empty magazine and the little "block" behind/on it is that bolt catch. You can see how the bolt-face is held in place by it. I did not take a photo of it, but the force of the bolt trying to go forward on this lever holds it in place. You can put your rifle in this state without a magazine inserted. When you drop an empty mag to reload, it actually stays open. You can also have an unloaded weapon, pull the bolt back, and manually "flip out" the release button on the side of the receiver. It'll recreate what the follower does, so you can have an empty and open rifle.


EDIT TO ADD: You'll also see how little space this method takes up, so it should be quite possible with your weapon. It depends on whether or not you have a gap between the back of the magazine and the cartridges. You want to make sure that the follower, and the follower only. activates the catch.

[Coltarin]

Ok at this point pics would help a lot.

I'll provide some text with each photo since it's kind of hard to see what's going on in some.


This first photo shows the thing I'm talking about while a loaded magazine is inserted into the weapon. Due to the magazine design on a STANAG, there is a small gap present behind the cartridges. This allows them to bypass that little lever you see sticking out over the rearmost part of the magazine. This lever is part of the "button" on the left-hand side of the receiver: this "button" is the bolt release. So, anyway, this is what it's like when loaded: it stays out of the way, so the bolt carrier rides over the top of it, more or less ignoring it because, screw that guy.



When your magazine is empty, the follower presses against this lever. This causes it to rise up to where it blocks the bolt carriers forward movement. This allows the user to know the weapon is empty (if they didn't hear it: bolt-hold-open-shots sound different than regular shots). Again, this lever pretty much jumps up and says, Aww, hail naw! to the bolt carrier and stops it upon contact. When this lever is "up" the rotation of its movement causes the bolt release lever on the outside of the receiver to angle outwards. When this occurs, the use just has to drop the empty mag, insert the new magazine, and hit this release. It pushes the lever back down into the gap behind the cartridges (previously photographed) and lets the bolt chamber a round while it moves forward. This can also be done on an empty magazine (and obviously an empty "no-magazine-inserted" weapon) since that lever will push the follower down out of the way if you so choose to do that.


Above photo showing how the release button angles outwards due to hinging motion.


This next photo is somewhat hard to see since there isn't much to look through in terms of the Daewoo receiver. However, you can see the green follower of the empty magazine and the little "block" behind/on it is that bolt catch. You can see how the bolt-face is held in place by it. I did not take a photo of it, but the force of the bolt trying to go forward on this lever holds it in place. You can put your rifle in this state without a magazine inserted. When you drop an empty mag to reload, it actually stays open. You can also have an unloaded weapon, pull the bolt back, and manually "flip out" the release button on the side of the receiver. It'll recreate what the follower does, so you can have an empty and open rifle.


EDIT TO ADD: You'll also see how little space this method takes up, so it should be quite possible with your weapon. It depends on whether or not you have a gap between the back of the magazine and the cartridges. You want to make sure that the follower, and the follower only. activates the catch.

Wow thanks Spree. Now how whould one go about making this ambidextrous?

[Spreewerke]

I'll provide some text with each photo since it's kind of hard to see what's going on in some.


This first photo shows the thing I'm talking about while a loaded magazine is inserted into the weapon. Due to the magazine design on a STANAG, there is a small gap present behind the cartridges. This allows them to bypass that little lever you see sticking out over the rearmost part of the magazine. This lever is part of the "button" on the left-hand side of the receiver: this "button" is the bolt release. So, anyway, this is what it's like when loaded: it stays out of the way, so the bolt carrier rides over the top of it, more or less ignoring it because, screw that guy.
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When your magazine is empty, the follower presses against this lever. This causes it to rise up to where it blocks the bolt carriers forward movement. This allows the user to know the weapon is empty (if they didn't hear it: bolt-hold-open-shots sound different than regular shots). Again, this lever pretty much jumps up and says, Aww, hail naw! to the bolt carrier and stops it upon contact. When this lever is "up" the rotation of its movement causes the bolt release lever on the outside of the receiver to angle outwards. When this occurs, the use just has to drop the empty mag, insert the new magazine, and hit this release. It pushes the lever back down into the gap behind the cartridges (previously photographed) and lets the bolt chamber a round while it moves forward. This can also be done on an empty magazine (and obviously an empty "no-magazine-inserted" weapon) since that lever will push the follower down out of the way if you so choose to do that.
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Above photo showing how the release button angles outwards due to hinging motion.


This next photo is somewhat hard to see since there isn't much to look through in terms of the Daewoo receiver. However, you can see the green follower of the empty magazine and the little "block" behind/on it is that bolt catch. You can see how the bolt-face is held in place by it. I did not take a photo of it, but the force of the bolt trying to go forward on this lever holds it in place. You can put your rifle in this state without a magazine inserted. When you drop an empty mag to reload, it actually stays open. You can also have an unloaded weapon, pull the bolt back, and manually "flip out" the release button on the side of the receiver. It'll recreate what the follower does, so you can have an empty and open rifle.
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EDIT TO ADD: You'll also see how little space this method takes up, so it should be quite possible with your weapon. It depends on whether or not you have a gap between the back of the magazine and the cartridges. You want to make sure that the follower, and the follower only. activates the catch.

Wow thanks Spree. Now how whould one go about making this ambidextrous?

It already is. For a left-handed user to release the bolt after inserting a fresh mag, all they would have to do is pull back very slightly on the charging handle. Once the pressure is removed off of the catch, it drops. So, pull it back maybe 2mm and release: the charging handle is on the right-hand side, the release button is on the left-hand side. Bam: ambidextrous just happened. I believe this is also possible on the non-reciprocating AR-15 charging handle, but you have to pull it all the way back and release it. Granted, it's all the way back on the Daewoo, too, the handle is already like 9/10ths of the way "all the way back." So, basically, just put the release on the opposite side of the charging handle and it should make it ambidextrous. The manual of operation will just be a tiny bit different when it comes to left-handed and right-handed shooters is all.

EDIT TO CLARIFY: On my Daewoo, a right-handed shooter pops in a magazine with their left hand, taps the bolt release on the receiver, then puts the left hand back onto the handguard. For a left-handed shooter, they would pop in a magazine with their right hand, pull the charging handle backwards slightly to drop the catch, then put their right hand on the handguard while letting the bolt/bolt carrier ride a new round into the chamber.

The only non-ambidextrous thing on it is the magazine release, but that's due to the design. I can't really help you there other than saying that, if you can put an AK lever release on it and fit this bolt catch system into the same rifle, it would be about as ambidextrous as it gets.

[Coltarin]

Wow thanks Spree. Now how whould one go about making this ambidextrous?

It already is. For a left-handed user to release the bolt after inserting a fresh mag, all they would have to do is pull back very slightly on the charging handle. Once the pressure is removed off of the catch, it drops. So, pull it back maybe 2mm and release: the charging handle is on the right-hand side, the release button is on the left-hand side. Bam: ambidextrous just happened. I believe this is also possible on the non-reciprocating AR-15 charging handle, but you have to pull it all the way back and release it. Granted, it's all the way back on the Daewoo, too, the handle is already like 9/10ths of the way "all the way back." So, basically, just put the release on the opposite side of the charging handle and it should make it ambidextrous. The manual of operation will just be a tiny bit different when it comes to left-handed and right-handed shooters is all.

Well sweet. Thank you very much.

[Spreewerke]

It already is. For a left-handed user to release the bolt after inserting a fresh mag, all they would have to do is pull back very slightly on the charging handle. Once the pressure is removed off of the catch, it drops. So, pull it back maybe 2mm and release: the charging handle is on the right-hand side, the release button is on the left-hand side. Bam: ambidextrous just happened. I believe this is also possible on the non-reciprocating AR-15 charging handle, but you have to pull it all the way back and release it. Granted, it's all the way back on the Daewoo, too, the handle is already like 9/10ths of the way "all the way back." So, basically, just put the release on the opposite side of the charging handle and it should make it ambidextrous. The manual of operation will just be a tiny bit different when it comes to left-handed and right-handed shooters is all.

Well sweet. Thank you very much.

Not a problem, and I did edit that quoted post a tiny bit for clarity.

[Great Europa (Ancient)]

The British made L85A2 is the issued to all European riflemen.



Proposed replacement of the L85A2 will undergo initial testing in 2028. Little is known about it at this time, only that the European Commission has expressed the desire to expand manufacturing beyond the UK

[Celtic Colonies]

What currently exists of the SAW-3:
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/ ... 51hc0p.png
That round at the bottom there is a 7.62x51mm cartridge, for scale (the round this is to be chambered in).

It all looks... off... now that I've put that in.
Have my scalings derped?
It's supposed to lend features of both the M240 and PK.

Based on some very rough scaling of images found online, the MAG receiver is about 86-88mm deep.

Your receiver is about 96px deep, but your round is about 64px long, making the receiver about 106mm deep - way bigger than the MAG.

Try putting everything into 1px:mm and it'll be a lot easier to see relative scale.

[New Corda]

Alrighty, my next project is to create a man-portable anti-tank launcher with the advantages of both RPG-32 and Javilin, minus the disadvantages. The idea would be for the Squad's grenadier to carry the launcher, and the three riflemen to hump the extra ammo. I would also like the rocket to be a 105mm, so it could be fired from a Loggerhead's main gun.

Ideas?

[Spreewerke]

So, I found that old single-shot 20 gauge of mine I haven't touched in years. I just molested it in the best of ways. Here's the before-and-afters.




Still needs some more fine trimming and finish work and such done to the grip, but it's perfectly usable as-is. Just not the most comfortable at the moment. The cool part is that the pistol grip gives me even better leverage to where I can drop the barrel, kick out the round, put in a fresh one, and flick my wrist to close the barrel again.

My father's helping me, and he decided he wanted to shoot it. All we have are 3-inch magnum turkey loads, so he gave it a death grip and held it off to his side. Kicked pretty bad even at that. Definitely not shooting this until I find some 2.75" Buckshot...