blumen4alles ago

damn clammy, nice write up

clamhurt_legbeard ago

ty sir

next tuesday is next writeup

Battlefat ago

416 is tits

Oh shit, we’re talking about the L85 my bad

robot7247 ago

The preceding L1A1 (UK built FN FAL) did however have long service career, nearly 40 years before the L85 replaced it in 1985. The Brits did not jump onto the small caliber bandwagon with any enthusiasm. The didn't even start on small caliber development until the mid-60s as they liked the L1A1. And, 7.62 NATO made sense when they adopted it (1950s) as the USA was transitioning to 7.62 NATO. (Same for Germany, Scandi countries, & Spain with their G3 variants.) But they had some whopping design oopsies on the L85A2. Amazing for a rifle with nearly 15 years of development before adoption-

the plastic furniture was melted by insect repellent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA80#Design_flaws

clamhurt_legbeard ago

better to say didnt restart on small caliber as they were doing 4.5 mm things in the 50s with the em2 adopted in 1951

theyd been going back and forth on bullpups and small calibers for a while

robot7247 ago

I thought the EM2 was .280 (~7mm)?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

it was in a number of different calibers during development

and at this point it might be blurring in my head a little

but they kept going back to a bullpup idea and kept going back to very small calibers multiple times over a couple generations

heres an example of a 4.85 mm cartridge they tried in the sa80 system

robot7247 ago

One link leads to another but this one tells the tale -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.280_British#After_.280

thedirtypuma ago

This was pretty close to a "Guns Clammy doesn't Like" and I liked it. Everybody loves watching a train wreck.

Are they even available to buy? Calicos are awful guns but very collectable now.

Good read as always. I learned something. I knew next to nothing about this gun.

robot7247 ago

According to Gun Jesus, the Calico main issue seems to be improper number of turns on their helical mags.

23 for 100 rd. & 10 for 50 rd., no more, no less and two videos blasting through multiple 9MM mags without FTF or jams.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sI3x30iamHc/maxresdefault.jpg

clamhurt_legbeard ago

lol i like the story more than the gun itself but i have to tell it because its so interesting

they are completely unavailable to buy

literally no other countries adopted it

a small number received a few from the uk as military aid

like

prank military aid lol

and thats it

they were in the process of making a semi auto version for the us

but the 1989 ban stopped it from happening

as for calicos

they might not be terrible so much as temperamental and unusual

one

two

three

H3yGeorge ago

A bullpup? Shame. Trigger torque fights the magazine.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

you know

nobody ever talks about the trigger on this

everything else is so much worse

think about that lol

H3yGeorge ago

Hah.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

have you ever handled a keltec bullpup

ive handled but not fired

the fcg is designed to put the sear near the trigger like normal and have the long transfer bar be part of the junk that happens away from the fcg

supposedly the trigger is about as good as a usgi ar trigger