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I don't know how new this gun is, but I just saw/heard of it for the first time.  It's the GM6 Lynx 50BMG bullpup.  Basically a semi-auto, compact bullpup 50 caliber rifle.  First new gun I've seen in a long time that I really really want.  Price tag seems to be at about $15,000.  I can get a lot of **** for that kind of jack!  Doubt I'll actually spend it on another firearm.  But, I wanna! Plus, how many 50BMG rounds at $5.00/round would I actually send down range? 

Anyway, this compact little thing makes a great anti-equipment gun.  Could probably take out a plane or helicopter.   
 

Can you imagine the recoil on that monster!!!?

Skans » Yesterday, 5:09 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 5:09 pm

I don't know how new this gun is, but I just saw/heard of it for the first time.  It's the GM6 Lynx 50BMG bullpup.  Basically a semi-auto, compact bullpup 50 caliber rifle.  First new gun I've seen in a long time that I really really want.  Price tag seems to be at about $15,000.  I can get a lot of **** for that kind of jack!  Doubt I'll actually spend it on another firearm.  But, I wanna! Plus, how many 50BMG rounds at $5.00/round would I actually send down range? 

Anyway, this compact little thing makes a great anti-equipment gun.  Could probably take out a plane or helicopter. 

Geez, makes my excitement for the Smith & Wesson 13915 M&P M2.0 Optic Ready Striker Fire 15+1 5.60" Barrel, Black Polymer Frame With Picatinny Acc. Rail, Optic Cut/Ported Armornite Slide, Manual Safety seem almost foolish...


 

ROG62 » Yesterday, 7:59 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 7:59 pm

Geez, makes my excitement for the Smith & Wesson 13915 M&P M2.0 Optic Ready Striker Fire 15+1 5.60" Barrel, Black Polymer Frame With Picatinny Acc. Rail, Optic Cut/Ported Armornite Slide, Manual Safety seem almost foolish...

That's actually a nice looking S&W.  Looks a little like the HK I've been oogling over for several years now....



BTW, have you actually tried one of those pistol red-dot optics?  I tried one a few months ago on a friend's gun.  In daylight, it was really difficult for me to quickly find the dot.  And, once I lost the dot, I had to maneuver the gun a lot just to see the dot again.  I could see where if you train with that optic, you could get good with it.  But, it is so different from using regular sights that I lost interest in switching to this. 
 
 

murdock » Yesterday, 5:18 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 5:18 pm

Can you imagine the recoil on that monster!!!?

Not anymore than the full sized, with modern tech I am sure that a shock absorber system could be engineered into the stock and/or shoulder pad.

31stArrival » Today, 7:58 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 7:58 am

Not anymore than the full sized, with modern tech I am sure that a shock absorber system could be engineered into the stock and/or shoulder pad.

You're actually right.  The "recoil system" or shock absorber amounts to the entire barrel reciprocating upon firing a round.  The gas is ported to a "piston" in/on the barrel that causes the entire barrel assembly to recoil nearly 12 inches to eject the spent casing and chamber another round. 
 

Skans » Today, 8:33 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 8:33 am

You're actually right.  The "recoil system" or shock absorber amounts to the entire barrel reciprocating upon firing a round.  The gas is ported to a "piston" in/on the barrel that causes the entire barrel assembly to recoil nearly 12 inches to eject the spent casing and chamber another round. 
 

Thank you for that information.

Skans » Today, 7:39 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 7:39 am

That's actually a nice looking S&W.  Looks a little like the HK I've been oogling over for several years now....



BTW, have you actually tried one of those pistol red-dot optics?  I tried one a few months ago on a friend's gun.  In daylight, it was really difficult for me to quickly find the dot.  And, once I lost the dot, I had to maneuver the gun a lot just to see the dot again.  I could see where if you train with that optic, you could get good with it.  But, it is so different from using regular sights that I lost interest in switching to this.

I have not used one...

picture this...you're strapped between pants and Calvin Kleins...you're accosted, you whip out your big 10 inch mm ripping CKs, fumble to turn on red dot optics and BOOM, yer dead...so much for tech...  
 

ROG62 » Today, 9:30 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 9:30 am

I have not used one...

picture this...you're strapped between pants and Calvin Kleins...you're accosted, you whip out your big 10 inch mm ripping CKs, fumble to turn on red dot optics and BOOM, yer dead...so much for tech...

Big guns are just for fun.  And, maybe home defense.  I actually carry a Diamondback DB9.  Ugly little 9mm, not fun to shoot, but easy to pocket-carry. I actually have to load it "weird" to make sure it operates flawlessly. 

• Chambered round - hollow-point defensive round
• 1st round in magazine - high velosity, jacketed ball ammo
• 2nd round - same, ball ammo
• 3rd, 4th and 5th - hollow point defensive rounds.

It doesn't like to feed hollow points reliably if they are the first round in the magazine.  But, hollow points feed ok so long as they aren't the 1st in the magazine. 

This is basically what I carry - looks/prints like a wallet:


 
Diamondback DB9 - the good

• Very easy to carry
• Doesn't break
• Prints like a wallet
• smooth, fairly light DAO
• Fairly inexpensive
• Doesn't rust or corrode
• Don't give a **** if it gets scratched, gouged, dented, stolen, etc.
• 9mm, not .380 or other mouse-rounds
• Easy to keep hand in pocket on your gun when pumping gas late at night

The bad 

• finicky with certain ammo, requires loading of different types of rounds
• Only holds 6 rounds
• awkward to shoot - accurate up to 20 feet.  Won't win you any competitions
• DAO - double action only - slows your shots down a bit
• Not always easy to deploy from front pocket
• Might not scare a bad guy, so you'll likely have to shoot him.

 
 Sometimes I carry my STI LS40



Its smaller than it looks - can actually be pocket carried.  I have a pocket holster for it, different from my DB9.
 
 

Skans » Today, 9:40 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 9:40 am

Big guns are just for fun.  And, maybe home defense.  I actually carry a Diamondback DB9.  Ugly little 9mm, not fun to shoot, but easy to pocket-carry. I actually have to load it "weird" to make sure it operates flawlessly. 

• Chambered round - hollow-point defensive round
• 1st round in magazine - high velosity, jacketed ball ammo
• 2nd round - same, ball ammo
• 3rd, 4th and 5th - hollow point defensive rounds.

It doesn't like to feed hollow points reliably if they are the first round in the magazine.  But, hollow points feed ok so long as they aren't the 1st in the magazine. 

This is basically what I carry - looks/prints like a wallet:


 
Diamondback DB9 - the good

• Very easy to carry
• Doesn't break
• Prints like a wallet
• smooth, fairly light DAO
• Fairly inexpensive
• Doesn't rust or corrode
• Don't give a **** if it gets scratched, gouged, dented, stolen, etc.
• 9mm, not .380 or other mouse-rounds
• Easy to keep hand in pocket on your gun when pumping gas late at night

The bad 

• finicky with certain ammo, requires loading of different types of rounds
• Only holds 6 rounds
• awkward to shoot - accurate up to 20 feet.  Won't win you any competitions
• DAO - double action only - slows your shots down a bit
• Not always easy to deploy from front pocket
• Might not scare a bad guy, so you'll likely have to shoot him.

 
 Sometimes I carry my STI LS40



It's smaller than it looks - can actually be pocket carried.  I have a pocket holster for it, different from my DB9.

Interesting...it doesn't matter as long as it repeats...guaranteed they'll think differently once a round is hurled their way....
 

I gots me a bodyguard 380 w/ ten round mag, an S&W 9mm shield w/17 round mag, and a dessert Eagle 1911. I feel invincible! (until I try to get up and walk!)