Badger Arms
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I'd like to discuss the effect of cyclic rate and feeding devices. I recently read about the Russian Abakan rifle that shoots two rounds at 1600rpm cyclic and then fires the rest of the rounds at a more subdued cyclic. In the description of the system, it stated that a special loading system had to be divised whereby the second round was pre-positioned as the magazine would not feed rounds at that rate.
Now, I know that the Mac-10 would feed rounds at about 1200rpm cyclic and I believe the open bolt Thompson would approach that often. The port firing version of the M-16 would also approach this 1200rpm cyclic. Is there an upper limit to traditional box magazines in terms of cyclic rate?
I had the idea floating around in my head to increase the cyclic rate on the M-16A2 so that the 3 round burst would happen quicker and therefore produce smaller groups. Just an idea.
Now, I know that the Mac-10 would feed rounds at about 1200rpm cyclic and I believe the open bolt Thompson would approach that often. The port firing version of the M-16 would also approach this 1200rpm cyclic. Is there an upper limit to traditional box magazines in terms of cyclic rate?
I had the idea floating around in my head to increase the cyclic rate on the M-16A2 so that the 3 round burst would happen quicker and therefore produce smaller groups. Just an idea.