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Shudder.... went on that site once following a link from here. Felt my already limited IQ drop about 40 points in the first three postings I read. ;D
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I'm curious, couldn't you take our current mags, and cut a slit down the side so as to be able to see roughly how many bullets you have left? saves the trouble of replacing all the mags with clear plastic. The only trouble i could see with that is dirt and crap would be able to get in there a little easier than now.
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Posthumane said:
You more or less answered your own question there. Dirt and crap get into mags, mags don't work. Mags doen't work, rifle don't go bang when you want/need it to. That kind of makes the whole question of how many rounds you have left rather redundent.
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I'd be more interested in the idea as part of the maintenance program.
Both SCAR and SOPMOD II for USSOC featured a round counter as a "nice to have item".
Anyone who advocates counting your rounds in combat is and Idiot or has never been faced with a stressful situtation - you have a lot more to conceptrate on that was that 25 or 26... Which is why we advocate tactical mag changes (with one in the chmaber as opposed to running it dry).
As I mentioned above thos would for prevantiative maintenance purposes, for the wpn tech could come up scan the weapon and have the RC download the # rounds, stoppages and types etc. Thus when parts like the bolt and trigger mech that are subject to wear come near MTBF they can be pre-emptively replaced. Of ocurse them you also have to work aout a system to figure out dry drill EFC's.
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Both SCAR and SOPMOD II for USSOC featured a round counter as a "nice to have item".
Anyone who advocates counting your rounds in combat is and Idiot or has never been faced with a stressful situtation - you have a lot more to conceptrate on that was that 25 or 26... Which is why we advocate tactical mag changes (with one in the chmaber as opposed to running it dry).
As I mentioned above thos would for prevantiative maintenance purposes, for the wpn tech could come up scan the weapon and have the RC download the # rounds, stoppages and types etc. Thus when parts like the bolt and trigger mech that are subject to wear come near MTBF they can be pre-emptively replaced. Of ocurse them you also have to work aout a system to figure out dry drill EFC's.
Cheers
building a mag with a sight glass would solve the problem. you could see how many rounds are in the mag still. any thing electronic i think will become a hinderence. more weight no matter how many ounces it is will start to add up once all the other electronic kit is thought of, the KISS method, should apply to all matter pertaining to the Troop on the ground. To many electricle gadgets and more prone to break down not to mention the added weight, over all. then their is the supply of batteries and such that will have to be maintained. just my thoughts cheers
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Instead of electronics, could there be some kind of chemical "litmus strip" placed near the chamber or bolt that reacts to heat/carbon and turns different colors after a number of rounds have been fired? This is of course to address the maintainance issue.
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How'z about the kind of device that some folks use for counting their golf strokes, where you press a button and it moves the numbers up one, sort of like the odometer on your car. No electronics, just mechanics, and it could be linked up to when the bullets move up into chamber. And make it so that when you put in a new magazine, it resets to zero.
Or, now that I think of it, a little stick that pokes out the side of the mag, that is linked to the spring / plate, that slides up with the spring / plate.
Both of these eliminate the need for batteries, and would probably be only a couple ounces.
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Or, now that I think of it, a little stick that pokes out the side of the mag, that is linked to the spring / plate, that slides up with the spring / plate.
Both of these eliminate the need for batteries, and would probably be only a couple ounces.
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Mix some coconut oil in with the powder. Place this Carribean bullet in at number 27 or something. When you smell a pina collada, change mags. Increase the powder load in a bullet, when it feels like you fired a C3 from your shoulder, change mags. The tracer one sounds simple enough, but I want more complication and less reliability. Maybe a coloured powder mix, every five rounds is a different colour. When you see lavender, change mags. All I remember from plastic mags was that they sucked, broke, stayed dirty, jammed, and sucked. Other than that, no problems with the old plastic mags. Maybe a little gauge that contains a 30th of its capacity with every shot from a rifle. After 30 rounds, your front sight pops a little pink nipple up. When you change mags, the pressure is released and the nipple drops.
Just wing it, when the time comes that you figure you should change mags, do it.
Just wing it, when the time comes that you figure you should change mags, do it.
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