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Hi, This question has certainly been already answered; unfortunately, I don't have the command of the necessary terms. Sorry. I'm talking the sighting of an ordinary combat weapon here. Dealing with a sighted firearm, you deal with the mismatch between the barrel axis and the sight axis...

Hi, Curiously, I couldn't find anything satisfactory on this gun. Help, please :) .

Hi, I suspect that real world stone spearheads have to be rather small and dainty to be capable of any penetration at all. There's no problem googling all manner of spearheads, of course. Unfortunately, I've got real trouble finding pictures showing any scale. Any idea where/how to look is...

Hi, It's no great news: here, for instance. There's one catch I am not quite happy about: the rules of kill confirmation are draconian. So much so that for one confirmed kill there are several unconfirmed ones. The rounds expended on unconfirmed kills are just as good as your average ammo...

There's a picture of a Glock 30 cracked barrel, http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=185469&d=1371691586 from this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=720095 I'd like to learn why there are two converging 'slips' on the ramp, as if the mag were...

Hi, Can't find anything on the subject, probably using wrong terminology. I mean, how to carry a handgun while moving about in a presumably dangerous situation, the gun already in hand.

Hi, Why, for instance, M16 is carried with the mag detached at all times (unless when it's absolutely impossible)? There must be some rationale behind it. An 'armed' guard with a weapon obviously unloaded looks ridiculous. Curiously, the AK-47 manual requires the magazine to be attached at...

Hi, There's an antiquated rifle which a German boy soldier is carrying. I'd appreciate any help in identifying it. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

Hi, These are longitudinal grooves in the chamber of delayed blowback rifles, notably G3. Google brings up next to nothing about them, unfortunately. Does anybody care to make a picture of them? Please...

Is there a documented case or at least a bit of creditable hearsay concerning a smokeless powder round exploding spontaneously in a cold chamber? That is, with the primer intact; at least once since the invention of modern type ammo :). Best regards, Alexey

Never seen on TV an Israeli soldier with anything but M16. Why? They never meant the Galil rifle for domestic use? Best regards, Alexey

A fortnight ago got careless pulling out an earplug. One of the common ones, a plastic cone with three annular rings, they go a pair on a string. Bled a little, got deaf for a week. Now seem to have recovered completely. Any similar experience? Best regards, Alexey

Why there is knurling on the cannelures? Best regards, Alexey

I'd like to form some picture of what they actually use in Iraq, for the US Army, say, platoon level. I'd welcome relevant links and any comment. Groups of equipment/angle of view: 1. Battle dress, helmets, personal armor; performance, manufacturers, cost. 2. Items of military...

Any auto- and even semi-auto military weapon should boast this parameter before any other. But one can find only rare bits and pieces. They say, for instance, that MAG-58 can make it 26000 MRBS, but I'd like to know the number for other machine guns. I suspect it's somewat less for M60, but how...

Sorry for an offtopic, just didn't google much on the subject. Heard that the barrel recoil spring on the machine gun in question is a complicated affair. Does anybody know what it is exactly? Best regards, Alexey

Where can one read up on the subject, preferably on the Web? I am curious, for instance, why 7.62x39 and 7.92x57 cases are very conical and why, on the other hand, .30-06 and .308 Winchester are almost cylindrical, why .30-06 is considered very much superior to 7.92x57, etc. Best regards, Alexey

Hi, everybody, Many moons ago here on THR heard something about guns that would not eat Wolf ammo. IIRC, they mentioned G3, though as a sidebar, sort of. Is it so? Is the roller delayed action ammunition sensitive? Best regards, Alexey

Are the crucial parts of roller delayed breech mechanism sensitive to lubrication? I mean that I have not seen the thing with my own eyes and I am not likely to see it in foreseeable future, but I am curious. The rollers and the parts in immediate contact with them obviously take a lot of strain...

Shooting to Live http://www.gutterfighting.org/files/shooting_to_live.pdf and Kill or Get Killed http://www.gutterfighting.org/files/Kill_or_Get_Killed.pdf These links courtesy of Thumper; found in the Library Updates thread. Best regards