Expats NFA picture & discussion thread!

[EBR Works]

Nope, FN did that on every one.

If I'm not mistaken the current barrel is 18". This is not a FN gun. Built by High Desert Dog (Elite Weapons Armory) on their receiver along with FN components.

https://www.hi-desertdog.com/

[sigstroker]

If I'm not mistaken the current barrel is 18". This is not a FN gun. Built by High Desert Dog (Elite Weapons Armory) on their receiver along with FN components.

https://www.hi-desertdog.com/

My comment was on the bolded, as in the disabling of the magazine feed function.

[EBR Works]

My comment was on the bolded, as in the disabling of the magazine feed function.

Doh..

[EBR Works]

Nope, FN did that on every one. :)

Just for my own edification, I see M249 semi guns for sale everywhere that still have the magwell on the left below the feed tray. Please explain.

[sigstroker]

One of the selling points on the M249 when it was being pushed to the military was the magwell. "See, you can use the grunt's mags if you run out of belts". However, it turned out to be notoriously unreliable, and ended up being a big joke.

Give it a try and let us know if it works. I didn't really shoot an M249 in the military, or otherwise, just read about it in magazines.

[nitroxdiver]

[sigstroker]

I never heard about magazine complaints on the semi version, but those came much, much later.

[EBR Works]

Magazine feed in a semi 249 is no problem if you use usgi stanag mags. They just get chewed up.

That is exactly the opposite of what is stated in the following article:

https://gatdaily.com/effectively-firing-a-magazine-fed-m249-saw/

Pmags specifically work well, at least in the open bolt FA guns. Guess I won't be able to test that with my MK46 receiver gun.

[sigstroker]

Those are pretty deliberate motions to make while under fire. If you're a SAW gunner and you're out of belts, you're under fire and pooping a brick. As for pmags, they didn't exist yet when problems with magazines was first discovered.

[nitroxdiver]

That is exactly the opposite of what is stated in the following article:

https://gatdaily.com/effectively-firing-a-magazine-fed-m249-saw/

Pmags specifically work well, at least in the open bolt FA guns. Guess I won't be able to test that with my MK46 receiver gun.

[EBR Works]

That’s interesting thank you.
I should have said “in my gun”. re. usgi mags. I did try a pmag in mine once and it got stuck in the magwell. I don’t believe it was the newest gen pmag though. I typically don’t use them in anything and only have a handful.
Congrats on yours! That things gonna be awesome. I recently found some 100 rd nutsacks and 200 rd boxes at a gun show and bought them for next to nothing.

NP. We have half a dozen 100 rd nutsacks along with a few 200 rd hard boxes for our Fightlite MCR upper gun. Thinking about buying a few 200 rd soft packs:

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/56487

[mej16489]

I had a couple dozen or so of 200rd 249 boxes with links from Lake City 855 that I de-linked a good 20 years or so ago. I got rid of them when we moved, no I wish I had kept them to give to you!

[mshill]

My new favorite combo...

[EBR Works]

My new favorite combo...

Very nice!

[nitroxdiver]

My new favorite combo...

Beautiful!!