Thread: Some Steyrs coming up For Sale??

Talking of wounding didn't the yanks put heaps of research in to developing a hi velocity, tumbling projectile for military use, mainly to wound, probably 30-40 yrs ago. Shit should have talked to me, I have trouble with oblongs thru the target, still I have more chance of getting the bull?

Originally Posted by R93

My P226 had 20,000 thru it, and still blitzed the accuracy test.

Unfair. I bet Rushy got to keep his Martini-enfield from the Boer war

He sold it to me!

we used to count all rounds fired through aircraft weapons including the helicopter machine guns, they would have fired stuff all compared to the weapons you grunts would have used.

Originally Posted by lostlegend

we used to count all rounds fired through aircraft weapons including the helicopter machine guns, they would have fired stuff all compared to the weapons you grunts would have used.

I can remember chewing thru 15-16 tins of link during an SF shoot once. Close to around 13000 rnds for one shoot. That included balancing, marking and recording.

bullets cost money, the bean counters wouldn't let you fire off that much these days. they take all the fun out of things.

Originally Posted by R93

I can remember chewing thru 15-16 tins of link during an SF shoot once. Close to around 13000 rnds for one shoot. That included balancing, marking and recording.

I don't know that we ever counted the number of rounds but I can remember a heavy barrel on a GPMG glowing red on sustained fire

Originally Posted by Rushy

I don't know that we ever counted the number of rounds but I can remember a heavy barrel on a GPMG glowing red on sustained fire

Yup. Almost white Rushy. Got/had 5 barrels per gun when I last had a play. Changed on a belt or 500 each I cant remember exactly.

Was this Rushys or Daves one?



Sorry guys its had a bit of wood taken off it.

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Cant be Rushy's. It is missing its ram-rod and wick.

I served where and when we only used 'Column of Route' for drill.

It was Rushy's main battle formation.

Originally Posted by R93

Cant be Rushy's. It is missing its ram-rod and wick.

I served where and when we only used 'Column of Route' for drill.

It was Rushy's main battle formation.

Aaah but you have to agree the box formation was a bloody good defence strategy against the fuzzy wuzzies

As Private Rushy, serving in the Sudan with General Kitchener, once said "The Fuzzy Wuzzies do not like the cold steel, oh no sir, they do not like it up 'em...!"

The Fuzzy Wuzzies are coming. Fix bayonets! They don'y like it up 'em sar. Box formation! Front row kneeling!

Originally Posted by lostlegend

we used to count all rounds fired through aircraft weapons including the helicopter machine guns, they would have fired stuff all compared to the weapons you grunts would have used.

You'd be supprized at what we put through the 20mils ,they were serviced every 3000 (muzzle blast deflector changed ect) and at 12000 a barrel change.With a 75 rnd can,and that is each side, (later 50's) sometimes 4 times a day (and then the sods gave us 100 rnds ,and told us afterwards 2 people should have lifted it not 1) with hardly a week without gunnery.
And then from memory the Blunty's used 100rnds each side and it all adds up.

Bolt action Tikka's, thats the way to go I reckon, save the tax payer heaps on ammo cost, bloody accurate out of the box, layoff a few amourers will mean more $$$ saved and when they wear out just throw them away and buy a new one.

Lets face it they are not a fighting force anymore, apparently they are a re-construction team, chippies, plumbers, sparkies and blockies.

Not if you do the DFSW course. You shoot off ammo till you're bored az - then you clean guns for 4 days.