Family Day in Georgia

[shadowrider]

Granted, most of these weapons can't be used for self-defense purposes, but they look like a helluva lot of fun to shoot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-kRtaQee8

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. The little kid with the Bush/Cheney shirt was great, wasn't he?

Fucking little freeper-in-the-making.

[PavePusher]

23. Way to go with the hate.

Very Progressive of you.

[jaxx]

2. I can't believe it, little kids with big guns.

We didn't buy toy guns for our kids.

[PavePusher]

25. What's the problem...

as long as they have competent adult supervision and training?

[aikoaiko]

3. I wonder where that was.

I'd bring my son there when he is a bit older.

[Callisto32]

4. Ma Deuce.....gotta love the machine.

In service for how long, now?


I have never seen a belt-fed G3 type before. Maybe it was intended to be a port gun on a panzerkampfwagen.


Anyway.

I generally consider full-auto a good way to turn money into noise. But, if it floats your boat, you have the cash, and you don't hurt anybody in the process, why not?


EDIT: (Dons asbestos-lined suit.)

[slackmaster]

11. I fired about 70 rounds through an M2 (or M3?) off the gunwale of a Navy ship once

That was really, really fun. We were about halfway between Hawaii and San Diego. I was shooting at long range, brief bursts then watching the splashes as my bullets skipped off the glassy water way off in the distance.

[oneshooter]

17. M2 "Ma Duece" .50cal Browning Heavy Machine gun n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. YO! I got to do the very same thing on the fantail of the USS America...

It was fucking AWESOME! Three round bursts. The first would land in the general vicinity of the target and the next two were nowhere near it.

It was the Fourth of July and we were in the Med.

OT, I wonder how many DU'ers read your subject line and heard "gunwhale" in their minds... LOL

[GreenStormCloud]

5. Looks like fun.

Kind of expensive for my budget. Ammo, even reloaded, when used at that rate of fire isn't cheap. Many of those guns were very expensive. The German WWII machine guns go for a huge price, starting at around $20K+.

[shadowrider]

6. It does look like fun

Unfortunately, it isn't in my budget either.

I got a kick out of the girl who was completely stoked after firing the machine gun.

[oneshooter]

18. Saw a German 1945 MG42 for sale, started at $40,000

Included tripod, optical sight, 3 xtra 8mm barrels, 3 .308 barrels, tool kit, and electric linker.

If you can afford the toy, the ammo is no problem to afford. MG42 rate of fire is 1200rpm.
Was known to American and British troops as "Hitlers Zipper" because of the sound it made.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[Katya Mullethov]

22. Theres one in Wyoming for 28

Assuming you havent already spent the money .

[Katya Mullethov]

7. It is touching to see all of the baby daddies that showed up .

Perhaps they lured them off their stoops with promises of free beer and cigarettes ?

Harry Beckwith would argue as to the usefulness of such machines for SD . Keeping them for this also has a great deal to do with just how thin one feels the veneer of civilzation really is . Mostly , its fun to disentigrate wood pallets and the like .

[spin]

13. The "lured them off their stoops with promises of free beer and cigarettes"...

comment should have at a minimum a sarcasm thingie attached unless you want to insult a large group of people who enjoy shooting and live in Georgia.

I agree that these are not self defense weapons and yes, it is fun to "rock and roll".

[Katya Mullethov]

20. Do they have one for mordacity ?

I'll just have to try and get by .

[Katya Mullethov]

26. Here ya go

An example of real life baby mommas and baby daddies taking their kids shooting .

http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-rv-baby-shot-robbery...


"A one-year-old baby who was shot Saturday during a robbery in Roland has died.

Meanwhile, two people are in custody in connection with the robbery Saturday afternoon. 19-year-old Michael Clemente of Fort Smith turned himself in to authorities on Sunday, while Fort Smith Police arrested a 17-year-old male Monday afternoon.

Sheriff Ron Lockhart said the two of them broke into a home north of Roland and attacked 21-year-old Devin Jeremiah, stealing guns, cash and other items in the process.

When his two attackers tried to flee, Jeremiah was recovered enough to fire several shots at their car with a .22 rifle. Lockhart said the car's driver was a Fort Smith woman, and her one-year-old daughter, Keene, was in the back seat. Keene was struck by at least one of the bullets that hit the car, and Lockhart said the people in the car headed to Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith. The suspects reportedly threw out the stolen items as they went."


I'm sure the items stolen and recovered were much more valuable than the little girl.

[virginia mountainman]

8. Thats not Georga...

That Virginia!! Near Roanoke to be exact...

It even says it at the start of the video if you look closely..

[shadowrider]

9. Wherever

All I did was quote the name of the video.

[virginia mountainman]

12. I know! Dude, I was not taking a swipe at you!

:toast:

[slackmaster]

10. Automatic weapons are indeed a helluva lot of fun to shoot

Even better when you shoot them at exploding targets.

:evilgrin:

[spin]

14. K&R to cancel the unrec from someone who has probably never...

had the experience of firing a full auto weapon but would find it enjoyable if they had the opportunity and the courage to try it.

[shadowrider]

15. Just imagine

All those people, all those weapons, on full auto, and yet, no one got hurt. I bet that really pissed off the anti-gun people.

[Katya Mullethov]

21. The UZI kid kept the muzzle down

With a little help from his friend .

[proteus_lives]

16. That looks like so much fun!

I would love to fire-off a few belts from an MG-34! I'm so jealous.

[Tim01 2.0]

24. That music is awful. nt