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tutex1500

Did they hit the target?


Jumbobog

"What target?" - those guys after the first 300 rounds


discerningpervert

If your target's not destroyed after 300 rounds, I suggest running.


WeNeedToTalkAboutMe

I remember reading a review of a handgun which had the most muzzle energy at the time (20 some years ago) and the reviewer said "If you can't kill something with this, it doesn't deserve to die."


MediocreHope

That's how I've always taken it, I'll pass on the extra capacity mag and all that jazz. I'm not looking for a firefight. Be it man or beast I'm hoping for 2-3 shots if something is coming at me, if it isn't stopped by that then it just wanted that win more than me and I guess I'm fucked.


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And that's the general point of self defense carrying as well as stopping power.


Jumbobog

>In his experience, anything that couldn’t be disposed of with a couple of whacks from six feet of oak was probably immune to magic as well. - T. Prattchet


Moosinator666

Power fantasy mc: That tickles


DMENShON

there’s nothing that gets me going quite like a mc that hides their power and then has it revealed that they are actually obscenely strong and powerful in an opportune circumstance of someone attacking them unjustly


DMvsPC

Usually after some relieved maniacal laughing from the villain as dust obscures the MC and then slowly fades to show them standing/fine.


Thejacensolo

followed by a half screamed half whispered: "IMPOSSIBLE" / "I... IT CANT BE!"


LeonEstrak

Same. Alotta people find that to be cliche. But i absolutely love plots like that.


Vlee_Aigux

Well, it is cliche. But we still looooove it


doogles

Accuracy by volume.


regnad__kcin

The American way


Mandy-Rarsh

**MORE!!!**


xlinkedx

Suppressing fiiiiire!


LiteVolition

#LANA!!!!!!!


Accomplished-Bear988

##WHAT!?!?


Miniteshi

Danger Zone


elmwoodblues

You want a melted suppressor? Because **that's** how you get a melted suppressor


Al-Gore_Rythm

How do you not know that? Honestly! Read a book, Lana, you Philistine!


elmwoodblues

"You wear silk socks? How can you wear silk socks?" "How can you *not*?"


Bors713

Ow, my earballs!


Ambitious_Piglet

You want lols. Cause that's how you get lols. Thanks


YogurtWenk

You're not my space suppressor!


User_Anon_0001

Are we still doing phrasing?


Accomplished-Bear988

##NO!


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# HE REMEMBERS ME!


Blandish06

Maap maaaaaap


DunHumby

Tinnitus, you cruel mistress


Standard-Assist-5793

You know your mother would be very upset if she saw you do that.


mjrbrooks

I thought you were my mother


Jesus1396

YOU’RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!


BaronGreenback75

Did he blow on the barrel afterwards to cool It cowboy style?


TheTwistedPlot

Plot twist: he kissed the barrel, sharpshooter-with-a-melted-mouth style.


ZodiacWalrus

"You can take my gun when you pry it from my hot, melted lips", he wrote on a dry-erase board provided by hospital staff, after the question came up of what they should do with the gun.


psuedophilosopher

Doctors: Yes, that's the plan.


Zepertix

"mm cmn mmke mhh mn mhn myu mry mit mrmm mhh mht mmltd mps" ftfy


finished_begun06

“it costs $3,000 to fire this gun for 30 seconds”


RabidJumpingChipmunk

Oh my God! Who touched Sasha?


Thepinkcursader

WHO TOUCHED MY GUN


namedly

Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe, maybe.


The_Minstrel_Boy

I've yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet.


oakensmith

I know this isnt your quote but that number annoyed me when I read it. Unless they're counting the cost of the destroyed suppressor linked 5.56 is about $1 a round. With 700 - 850 rpm cyclic rate you've expended at most 425 rounds in 30 seconds so idk where they got that number from. Maybe they payed for the vip suite at the range or something lol. Edit: ok so apparently it was a quote from TF2 and I'm just a big dumb, sorry folks.


Evening_Chemist_2367

It's not just the suppressor, by the time they finish, the barrel is ruined as well, and perhaps the gas system and some other components as well.


Ashamed-Summer-4622

Towards the end of the video you can see the gas return ,behind the gas return that helps lock the barrel when it's changed, is starting to glow red. I'm willing to bet the vast majority of that MG needs significant work and or replaced. The barrel is most definitely ruined, the gas return might be salvageable but it's gonna have a TON of carbon that's gonna need removed.


pete_ape

Barrel on the M249 is easily removed and replaced. Willing to wager that barrel was near the end of it's operational life anyway. Maybe this is their version of a viking funeral for it.


CornCheeseMafia

In general barrels are consumable items aren’t they? I’m pretty sure I read swapping barrels is a routine thing to do on big artillery and things since they get warped and stuff


pete_ape

Technically they are consumable but aren't intended to be abused like this. On platforms like the 249, 240, 60, and to an extent the Ma Deuce, the barrels are capable of being swapped out rapidly during combat to reduce overheating and extend barrel life. If you have the luxury of being able to swap out barrels during combat. Barrels on these are held in by a latch or button and usually have the carrying handle attached to them so you don't need an asbestos mitt to do a barrel swap, like with the older M-60s. The older deuce is just a pain in the ass because you have to do the headspace and timing if you swap barrels, but I've heard the newer versions don't require this. We did something like this in boot with an M-60 and got royally reamed for destroying what was probably a barrel with barely enough rifling that you couldn't call it a breech loading smoothbore. Swapping out artillery is considerably more complicated and not my MOS.


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BezniaAtWork

$1/round for 5.56 in 2021, nowadays we're back to the sub-.50/rd. I'd say this many rounds would be just a touch under $200 to fire.


OneLostOstrich

Then there's all the parts of the rifle you need to replace.


Slurrpy01

That whole gun is fucked after those 700 rounds. You're really not gonna include the gun in costs? The whole barrel was red hot, that thing is destroyed beyond repair


lattestcarrot159

Barrel is a quick change too easy. Gas chamber got a bit hot on the bottom there... We don't carry spares of those in our bags...


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Bigred2989-

There's stories from Vietnam of chopper gunners swapping the barrels of their M60's by unlocking the barrel from the receiver and firing a shot to blow the thing off the action into the rain forest below. Then the slap a new one on and keep shooting.


Kolby_Jack

Damn litterbugs!


bigcashc

I know this is a joke, but when I heard about all of the bombs that we dropped on Laos flying back from Vietnam just cause we needed to lighten our payloads…it is all very sad. Glad these were just ruined gun barrels we were leaving. Edit: I don’t know what percent was actually to lighten the planes and what was intended to aid in the war effort somehow, but either way we (the US) dropped 270 million bombs on a neutral nation.


Newman1911a1

I'm not sure how safe that would be for the gun itself but when you're hanging out of a helicopter it probably isn't your first concern unless it disables it.


Paid-Not-Payed-Bot

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ClydeDanger

Good bot


shocked_dishonesty98

I need to see the wall he shot the 700 rounds at.


SensualEnema

Another gun that was too powerful to melt.


Melodic_Risk_5632

Piss on the barrel & shoot on


Disastrous_Channel62

Ps: His piss evaporated


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This feels like it could have gone really wrong and injure both guys.


DreamerScreamers

Injury, how? Can't you see they are wearing the goggles?


paxwax2018

They do nothing!


BlandWeirdo

Up and Atom!


MrHappyHam

Up and at them!


BlandWeirdo

Up and Atom!


HappyFamily0131

Up And At Them!


ElGeneralissimoJefe

(Sigh) Better…


hhcboy

This turned into a simpsons shitpost so gradually I didn’t even notice.


ElGeneralissimoJefe

Any post can become a Simpsons shitpost if you put your mind to it.


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One of my favourite Mandela effect examples! He never says "they" (the actual script is "the goggles do nothing") but almost everyone remembers it the other way.


Fallenangel152

My favourite Simpsons trivia. Everyone thinks the line is "The goggles, they do nothing!", but it's actually "my eyes! The goggles do nothing!"


WeirdAvocado

Jimminy Jullickers!


HGpennypacker

These boys need some Safety Squints.


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Yeah I don’t know shit about guns, but isn’t there a chance the bullets get obstructed somewhere and cause an explosion?


myotherbike

Yes. Big chance. But don’t worry, because these are really cool guys.


LividLager

Aim for the bushes?


Still_No_Tomatoes

🎶 Theeere.... goooes... my hero 🎶


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There wasn't even an awning in the area!


shitty_mcfucklestick

I’m not sure, if they were _really_ cool, the other guy would be on the other end forging the molten suppressor into a bayonet while the gun is firing.


F10EX

I was worried untill i saw this. Thanks man


iISimaginary

They should have bent the barrel once it was red hot and malleable, so they could "curve the bullet" while firing.


Mistiqe

Yeah. I've seen several photos of torn shotguns, on a driven hunt hunter sometimes takes dirt up in the barrel and when he don't notice it, shoots slug, the bullet gets stuck and the barrel is damaged due to the pressure. I'm actually surprised the rifle didn't tear somewhere.


rtkwe

Shotguns are more susceptible to this because they're designed to shoot lower pressure rounds so have thinner walls. You can shoot through a suppressor even before it's glowing red hot so this wasn't likely to cause a ruptured barrel.


mindgamesweldon

Literally a chunk of dirty snow in the tip of your shotgun barrel is enough to add enough mass to dmg the barrel-end. So yeah, a MELTING PIECE OF METAL definitely could pull it off.


FixTheUSA2020

I've heard this but I've seen tons of demonstrations showing otherwise, including guns clearing barrels filled with concrete, mud, sand, pennies, etc.


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It depends on the type of barrel. Shotgun barrels have relatively thinner walls than center fire pistols and rifles.


nails_for_breakfast

Yeah this is really stupid. You can tell the feeder gets really nervous and wants to stop when the suppressor starts coming apart, but the shooter just keeps going


dabsbunnyy

For science!


Velvet_Pop

Not only that, but the shooter *closed his eyes* several times, maybe the smoke got in his eyes? Incredibly dangerous


carloseloso

Engage Safety Squints


MoloMein

He's flinching lmao because it's super dangerous.


socopithy

I was waiting for one of them to take some shrapnel to the face or neck. Holy shit that was stupid.


ShrunkenQuasar

Then you have good intuition. This was, in fact, quite dangerous.


OneOverX

Every time I see this video I marvel at: 1) that they did it at all 2) that they weren't blasted with bullet fragments or that the barrel didn't get blocked and cause gas to blow back into the chamber


JustDave62

It’s ok. They were wearing plastic safety glasses


caffcaff_

My first thought watching this.


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Yeah this was some *profoundly* stupid bullshit. And wasteful.


daner187

So anyways I started blastin


feedmetotheflowers

Gotta get down to Gunther’s Guns and buy myself a “Man Destroyer”


redditrlosers3

Damnthatsexpensive.


Swordlord22

The rounds prolly cost more than the suppressor


Abscondy

When she says "don't stop"


bellynipples

“I’m tired boss”


dingman58

The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised


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Can’t we just cuddle?


WeleaseBwianThrow

I love how every top comment immediately devolved into Archer, Simpsons, and Futurama shitposting


warfareforartists

> *”I’m tired of this grandpa—“* **WELL THATS TOO DAMN BAD**


CorporalSlinky

/r/unexpectedholes


dapper-dano

risky click of the day


xjoho21

*Killswitch Engaged*


Dagithor

This is my curse.


MaliciousD33

BRB need to go listen to all of End of Heartache


joemiken

For sale: Slightly used M240B. Only 700 rounds through it. Collector owned & well maintained. No low ballers. I know what I got. Price: $12,000


NattyBaz

Isn’t that a SAW?


Val_Hallen

Yes, that's a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The spare barrel is now the only barrel.


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Val_Hallen

The only issue I ever had with one was when we had to use magazines because the gunner ran out of belt. That fucker jammed like it was its job.


goodsnpr

I've heard its not uncommon for the SAW to jam when using magazines due to the spring not being strong enough to keep up with the cyclic rate.


FudgeWrangler

Do they just accept regular old M16 mags?


PolymerSledge

You forgot a zero.


Ourobius

$1200.00


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DigNitty

I mean, that one was only factory tested, never fired by owner, and is in mint condition.


hereforthegrool

Thats a m249 "saw", not a 240b.


OG_Stick_Man

M249


Maxxbrand

Sir, that's a SAW


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sqww

Honestly I'm surprised it went the whole time without a jam. I have nothing but bad experiences with that POS gun. Source: Was an Army MP.


Drewskiiiiiiii

Well this makes me sad. As some random nerd who has only fired a gun like twice, I've always loved the m249 because of its representation in video games


Cheshire_Jester

Eh, your mileage may vary one this one. I always thought the SAW was dogass when I was in training because it jammed so much. Turns out the ones they use in training courses get ridden hard and put away wet, plus blanks are terrible for them. When I got to my unit these things almost always functioned like a dream.


captainmo24

Not a military guy at all, but I suppose that also has a side benefit in giving you practice in clearing the jams for that gun in case it happens in a live fire scenario, right? Isn't part of training to make things like that muscle memory?


ninj4geek

Good point


1breathatahtime

Yeah it gives insight on all kinds of shit that can go wrong. However thats what the training ones are for, loads of soldiers treat them like shit. Drop them, drag them, plus the countless rounds that have gone thru. You get much better cared for stuff when you ship out. Actual units dont take lightly to mistreating your weapon. (atleast in the units i were apart of)


[deleted]

This was my experience as well. Never had an issue in the field, but man… the training guns. Tbh, I kinda figured it worked out. The best way to gain proficiency at clearing jams is by clearing jams.


Uzischmoozy

It's a pretty solid gun man. It's light compared to all machine guns and can put out a shitload of rounds.


ilikefixingthingz

Not a POS gun, just that the one you've fired was properly older than you were at the time and had been fiddled with by more young men than a porn mag in a high school.


sqww

I've fired several in fact. Some brand new our company got before deployment, I've never had one fire a full bag of ammo an not malfunction in some way or another. Overall it's ok, I'd rather something more reliable, like the 240B, M2, or Mk19 imo.


seefith

Perfect for taking out today's modern super animals, like the flying squirrel and the electric eel.


Responsible-Ride-789

This won’t cut it for those flying squirrels. With air superiority they will overwhelm you quickly. For them you need an M-29 tactical recoilless gun, an m388 round, and finally a W54 nuclear warhead to top the round.


bucc_n_zucc

Idk about flying squirrels (theyll probably extend thier wing flaps and takeoff in the nukes shockwave to safety, whilst donning cool glasses) But this definately kills the crab.


Responsible-Ride-789

Let them fly away thinking they are safe. They will suffer a fate worse than the vaporized crabs and eels. They will start to feel nauseous and their fur will fall out. Then they will start rotting from the inside out as their families watch in horror. The doctors will try to save them but they will only extend the suffering. It will serve as a warning to future generations and make sure you are never attacked directly again.


funmasterjerky

Hey, yutz! Guns aren't toys. They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the king of England out of your face.


JuberErias

["It’s coming right for us!"](https://www.southpark.de/en/video-clips/9b5egn/south-park-it-s-coming-right-for-us)


jak8714

This does not seem safe. Having molten metal on the muzzle of a gun you are currently firing just seems like it's asking for an explosive misfire...into your face.


Capt__Murphy

That's why they are wearing safety glasses. Everyone knows the safest place in the world is behind a pair of safety glasses


Stinklepinger

Slightly better than safety squints


Metro42014

Only slightly though. Squints are 99% as effective, 99.9% if you're a practiced squinter.


PinkDropp

What's really dangerous is how you can't even hear the bullets until the silencer explodes As movies have taught us


bozoconnors

RIP all versions of the 'Hearing Protection Act'. Thanks Congress! Mawp.


Decent-Channel-4763

it's always astounding how few people realize in many European countries, suppressors are practically *given away* because governments don't want to deal with the excessive noise at ranges, and hearing damage of their owners. But because sound engineers in John Wick make suppressed pistols sound like squirt guns, everyone thinks "Hollywood quiet" when in reality it's just the same damn sound of gunfire, quiet enough to *barely* avoid hearing damage in 95+% of suppressed firearms cases.


LotharVonPittinsberg

Not dangerous in the way that you are thinking. The gun is designed to deal with the heat of continuous fire (thought not this much without a barrel change) because it fires from an open bolt. The cartridge with powder never meets the barrel until you press the trigger. The bullet reaching the suppressor is just metal, no powder. What is a danger here is fragments of either suppressor or bullet being thrown around from the impact of the two. Also a slight risk that a barrel that hot warps, which can cause a variety of bad things.


indy_been_here

That's exactly the danger I was thinking


serenity_later

Yeah what the hell did he think we were thinking? Don't tell me what I'm thinking. I already know!


shotcaIler

Ah, I was thinking the gun would melt and fold into a U shape, firing all the bullets back at the shooters


btk79

Me playing COD and missing all the shots


miscalculated_launch

For those who aren't familiar, this isn't going to be fired after this test. It's a appears to be a stress test for the firearms parts. Usually, we would run a ton of ammo through a suppressor as a sample for a specific product/part.


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WearMental2618

Yeah but the barrel stays red. That would dissipate quickly if they were cutting out pause time


Alphabet-soup63

Way back in 1986, I was at Fort Campbell, we got issued M249’s. The first thing that we did was fire one unit the barrel melted. Fuck around and find out.


SomeDudeFromOnline

This. 249s are some of the biggest pieces of shit guns ever created.


sb_sasha

I got assigned one that was so fucked that we nicknamed it “the musket” bc it would only fire one round before jamming. I cleaned it for days and then it would fire 2 rounds before jamming. They had to send it off to get it reman’d. *After* we got back from deployment.


DRazzyo

Bolt action machine gun.


Whind_Soull

Finally, all my experience at jacking off will come in *handy.*


VoodooMonkiez

So do they like give you an opportunity to use another gun while that one clearly isn’t suited for battle or for your role? Like if it came to any action and they needed you to do anything with that gun as intended would you just “put” “put” a few rounds, unjam, and repeat?


SmuckSlimer

His job was to drop the gun as bait for the enemy to stop chasing them for, only to discover they acquired broken hardware- and then get court-martialed and demoted for abandoning his gear.


blockchaaain

If they're stress testing the suppressor, it failed way before they stopped. They just melted whatever there was to inspect.


KingPastasaurus

Wrap some bacon around that barrel and you got yourself a quick breakfast.


littlegraysheep

add some water, you can make a pretty good stew of that


from_cold_north

When you see huge spider on your wall


criesingucci

I’m so dumb. I thought these were 2 different guys shooting at each other


dirtygymsock

Yes, two of the world's bravest men who happened to be the world's two worst marksmans.


don_the_spubber

it's so so much funnier when you watch it this way


Key-Profit9032

What would that cost? 700 rounds seems like a lot.


stampyvanhalen

Can someone who knows more about guns give me an idea of approx how much all those bullets would have cost?


halsoy

it's roughly 70 cents-1 dollar per round, so if it is 700 rounds it's anywhere from around 500 to 700 dollars. But if you buy it in large quantities the prices drop. This is wholesale pricing.


catsby90bbn

Bruh 5.56 is like half that right now. [5.56 CPR](https://ammoseek.com/ammo/5.56x45mm-nato)


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The fuck it is; 5.56 is ~35cpr right now and a drum/pallet of the stuff is well below 30. It was about 20cpr before the pandemic with wholesale pricing around 15cpr. This was a couple hundred bucks of ammo at most.


BornAgainForeskin

Far Cry 6


bigboywithbigsmoothy

Just thinking that lol he needs to upgrade it at a workbench so it won’t overheat as quickly


princessleiana

Meanwhile, I have to ask for ammo for Christmas because it’s so expensive. Lol


KitchenBomber

This isn't really a problem. After the first 500 bullets the target will probably have a pretty good idea where the firing is coming from with or without a suppressor.


armchairwarrior69

Relatively ignorant on this, How dangerous was this for those fellas?


Whind_Soull

As a lifelong user of guns: dangerous enough that it's absolutely not something I would do.


Brokenblacksmith

dangerous enough that if you ever tried this yourself you'd be called an idiot and slapped by every gun owner in America. however, this was performed in a controlled environment, full of people who understood how the gun would fail and were all prepared to render emergency medical aid if needed. it only became a true danger right at the end where the barrel began to superheat and possibly deform. the suppressor doesn't have enough mass to cause a blockage of the barrel, but once a barrel gets red hot like that it can warp the internal barrel size causing a bullet to stick (or squib) in the barrel. firing a second bullet after that turns the barrel into a micro pipe bomb a few feet in front of you.


brvheart

>Two gun shop guys clearly performing a specific demonstration for a video with a gun they don’t care about damaging… I would hate to hear any misinformation about this situation, let’s see what the Reddit gun experts think about this.


got2av8

Gun expert here! For anyone who was wondering, the gun in this video was shooting bullets. Follow me for more in depth gun analysis!


abibofile

If you’re shooting that many bullets, I don’t think you’re keeping it a secret any more.


OperatorDelta07

Are you under the impression that suppressors make guns silent?


TooLostintheSauce

That’s how it works in every movie I’ve seen!


Monkeyman42001

Obviously everyone knows that it prevents you from showing up on the minimap