For the price they sell thier guns I figure they would have a better looking booth
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For the price they sell thier guns I figure they would have a better looking booth
Finish is poor and also looks like there getting cheaper on material
If Glock changes their finish, they can make complete pistols in the US...:dirol:
It doesn't belong in 5.56.
I must say.
A 11.5'', or 14.5'' version in 5.56x45mm with a longer gas system would be just cause for me to never buy a SCAR, AK, or ACR.
But 8'' PDW form... it doesn't make any sense.
even if it were somehow possible in technical terms ... which it isn't.
Why do you say that?
We may just be getting our wires crossed here a bit. Are you asking what about the PDW prevents it from being redesigned for standard 5.56x45mm loads in conjunction with longer barrel lengths? If so, the barrel length issue is really the least of our problems here.
While I would defer to KAC for a more authoritative answer, I do think that we have to go back to the development cycle of the PDW, in which the proprietary round was developed first, and then the PDW receiver and gas system were designed and optimized to perform specifically with this round. The receiver dimensions, stroke, gas system capacity and bolt mass are all uniquely-tailored to the new round, and rechambering for the NATO load would require significant configuration changes and upscaling that would trade away most of the advantages (i.e. size and weight) of the existing PDW.
More to the point, such an effort would likely result (at best) in an expensive compromise gun that would deliver no more capability than an existing SR-series SBR in a package that was very nearly the same size and weight. Given that existing derivations of the Stoner Rifle already meet the need here quite effectively, it would make no sense to produce such a weapon, even if it could be realized in purely technical terms.
AC
Don't touch anything with the PDW, just bring it to the market...Hornady needs to obviously handle their end.
I have beaten this drum to death now for a few yrs....but I stand by my guns on the fact that should this become an option, I will be first in line with cold hard cash. This was the gun that finally cured me of my affinity for the MP-7A1....given the PDW straight up dominates it in ever respect imho.
This article is maxed with some of the best gun porn Ive ever seen in general and for sure in regards to the PDW.
http://i51.tinypic.com/t978g4.jpg
Could you apply the dual-piston idea to the 5.56 round?
I wonder what that would look like???
BTW, I'd love to see some pictures of the PDW's BCG / piston system if anyone has any. It's very intriguing and I'd like to know more about it. Good evening.
Bryant
According to the chats I had at the media day and on the stand during the show there is no firm intent to build the 416C yet - but they will seeing as they have now planted the seed to grow the desire.
A limited quantity (around 6 or 7) were produced in Germany at the request of British Special Forces. The HK staff do not even know if the production run was for internal SF evaluation or whether they had already determined an application for the weapon.
HK now have some pieces still knocking around and decided to see if the market was interested. The tentative idea for a production version would be to change out the stock for the MP5 style collapsable type.
This picture was taken about one minute after the 416C was first unveiled to a group of 4 of us at around 09.15 hrs on media day. No, we were not allowed to shoot it - but I got a hat.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5253/img2349a.jpg
Thanks to Mr Effendi for allowing the pic.