Glock Glockler
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Correcting God's horible mistakes with rifles
Well, the deisgn engineer Gods anyway
Over in the M14 v. Fal v. AR10 thread, I noticed what has been on my mind for some time: all these rifles could be better.
I have some limited experience with the G3 (a clone anyway) and I did find it to be completely reliable, but the trigger was horrible and the ergonomics were not friendly. I didn't have any desire to actually shoot the weapon, so that's not the tool for creating a synergistic rifle system (me and the rifle) so I sold it.
But would it be possible to eliminate the trigger problem by giving it a Glock style trigger safety (I hear the rough and heavy trigger pull was required by the Army so the rifle would withstand long drops). I don't like the G3 sights but that should be easy to fix, but what about the ergonomics, could one engineer AR level ergonomics onto this girl? With those issues addressed, this rifle would be tough to beat.
And what about the M1A, are there any design defiencies that we could fix? I hear the gas tube being under the barrel contributes to a higher bore axis and thus creates more recoil/muzzle flip, could the gas be vented SKS style over the barrel? Does the design lend itself to having a pistol grip?
So c'mon, let loose, how would we build these and other rifles better?
Well, the deisgn engineer Gods anyway
Over in the M14 v. Fal v. AR10 thread, I noticed what has been on my mind for some time: all these rifles could be better.
I have some limited experience with the G3 (a clone anyway) and I did find it to be completely reliable, but the trigger was horrible and the ergonomics were not friendly. I didn't have any desire to actually shoot the weapon, so that's not the tool for creating a synergistic rifle system (me and the rifle) so I sold it.
But would it be possible to eliminate the trigger problem by giving it a Glock style trigger safety (I hear the rough and heavy trigger pull was required by the Army so the rifle would withstand long drops). I don't like the G3 sights but that should be easy to fix, but what about the ergonomics, could one engineer AR level ergonomics onto this girl? With those issues addressed, this rifle would be tough to beat.
And what about the M1A, are there any design defiencies that we could fix? I hear the gas tube being under the barrel contributes to a higher bore axis and thus creates more recoil/muzzle flip, could the gas be vented SKS style over the barrel? Does the design lend itself to having a pistol grip?
So c'mon, let loose, how would we build these and other rifles better?