Another one that doesn't get physics:doh:
Do you even know what terminal velocity means Stealhead?

Your crazy man. Yeah the Thompson uses blow back.I think the adapter is needed more with gas tube and gas piston systems becasue the all AKs and derivatives also use blank adapters. http://centerfiresystems.com/Product...K/AK-BFA-B.jpg

I always wondered this maybe you know why seems to me that during exercises belt feed weapons like the M-60,240,249 they never seemed to feed very well using blanks maybe it is the weaker blank causing that?

I believe it is a combination of that and fouling faster because of the increased rate of fire. Even popping off a magazine or two with our old M-16s would gunk them up pretty good.

:haha:
Nope. Gallant Eagle '82. The Death Drop!

I was a Scout Patrol Leader and captured an APC with full Crew.
According to the ROE (Rules of Engagement) they had to allow us to take them back to a detainment area.

I was in the Commander's Copula when they decided to try an escape.
(Against the rules!)
The stupid 1st LT reached up and grabbed the muzzle of my M16 which had no adapter on it.

I had blanks loaded and pulled the trigger!
:o
30 rounds later? I had a bit of flesh attached to the end of that Weapon,
he had some VERY nasty burns to his hands!!
:haha:

We dropped some Tear Gas inside the APC and laughed our behinds off
then the Judges showed up and told those Army Reserves they could not try what they did!

Once We got that APC to the detainment area?
The biggest Mexican S.O.B. looking guy I've ever seen came after me because of the burns to his Lt!
:o

He took my M16 away from me like it was nothing as I back stepped to get a stance!
(It had nothing but blanks anyway)
The 2 Custom Made Fighting knifes that came off my Gear sure gave him a lot of reasons to stop dead in his tracks though!
:har:

I told him just how I felt at that moment.
He stopped after I spoke to him.
I don't recall the exact words but I still know to this day I would have sliced and diced him had he came any closer to me.
:nope:
The Lt. did come up to me later and apologized for both of them.
And I did sit down with that big Mexican S.O.B. and share a drink with him!
(All AirBorne carry a flask)
:up:

No I ain't crazy.
I don't know the Thompson that well so it's operation is unknown to me.
All I know is mostly Gas Tube Weapons.

Every Gas Tube Weapon suffers from clogs to the Gas Tube when fireing Blanks that I'm aware of.
The reason is is that you are shoveing the spent powder back down the Tube!

The M16 does not show this as quick as it is not usually fired on full Auto all the time. (If you know what the heck your doing!)

The M-60 and such fire full Auto ALL the time!
Plus they have a bit bigger round/load thus a quicker clog factor.

Well your story changed my mind I had it pictured you holding an M-16 with one hand the other on the muzzle blasting away for some reason Rambo style.We had M-16A2s so full auto was not an option.

One funny thing about the Air Force was even in the late 1990s at least where I was stationed there where still some M16A1/M203 combos in use.In the AF you get issued a different weapon each day when you go to the armory and I was qualified on the M203 so if the regular cops found this out they'd make me carry it around in stead of themselves and one time the armor issues me and I see that it is an A1 (the A1 has a different rear sight and a different flash suppressor) I say what is this something left over from the Tet Offensive?

How do you maintain a zero?

Didn't they do a study that proved a bullet at terminal velocity can't do much harm unless it hits the middle of the top of your head?

The problem with gunshoot celebrations is there's always a couple of dipwads who forget which direction UP is.:know:

Oh, and then add alcohol. :damn:

This.

Besides, I want the firearm I cleaned and oiled back.

Good question I did not make up the rules the Air Force did you should know that the AF is not known for making the wisest choices.Funny thing was the regular SPs got issued weapons the same way M9s and M-16s but the Security Forces guys which are more like Infantry and focus on base defense had assigned weapons so they got the same weapon.In both cases you had to clean your weapon before turning it in at the end of the day.This was in the 1990s though I did not get this detail in the 2000's and it was not my normal job so I did not keep up with how they did things but I am pretty sure it is different now seeing as since 2008 you get issued an M-16 for basic in and learn the ins and outs in the past they taught you this in a day and only SPs SF the elite AF guys got any further training.As a result in the old day people like me who had experience with firearms in civilian life where usually the ones that got selected for "fill in" duty.Baislcy in the old AF only the people who worked with weapons every day or had an interest in firearms or had the brains to realize that you might just some day have to use a weapon got god scores and knew the weapons others barely ever touched them I can recall at one yearly qualification the person to my left and right did not know too smack the bolt release after they had unloaded one mag and put an new one in.If you hit the side hard enough you don't even have to hit the latch my dad was in the Army an LRRP man and was in Nam so he taught me alot about the M-16 to say the least the AF taught me nothing.

I found out from a Security Forces Flight Staff Sargent that you had to fill out a form and they would issue you the same weapon so when I found this out I zeroed one and that one was mine after that.Another thing that most airmen apparently did not know is that any airmen regardless of job could request to go to a range and fire any weapon you where qualified on or you could also ask to be trained on a weapon that you wished to be qualified on.What can I say easily 60% of the Air Force spend more time in chairs so what do you really expect?4% are actual aircrew and the rest are either SPs or SF or mechanics who are doing the physical labor.

It would depend on what the terminal velocity of that bullet was.
If every bullet was a perfect sphere with the same dimensions the same mass and the same perfctly uniform surface finish then they would all have the same terminal velocity as they would all have the same drag no matter which way they fell, and they would all free fall to that velocity in the same time in the same distance
But as bullets don't fit those categories you can see that some people have been making rather strange statements about what they think terminal velocity is.

I have seen different AK's that fired blanks, there was nothing to see from the outside - if I presume correctly that this adapter is put onto the muzzle. Maybe the adapter for prop weapons is somehow attached inside the rifles. I will check it out when I see the gun prop guy the next time and tell you how they do it.

If you look at old photos of Soviet troops during training or in newer pictures of Russians you will see them on the end of the muzzle they are natural metal so they may not stand out like say the kind that most western rifles use which also happen to be red or yellow.

here is modern example attached to AK74Ms in the case of the AK74 the muzzle brake must be removed.
http://englishrussia.com/images/soldier_training/1.jpg



As Privateer said before prop guns are completely modified from the original design and they also fire special blanks as well it is nothing like a military rifle or gun using blanks for training
purposes place prop guns in their own category from the weapon that they look like or do not look like the "pulse rifle from Aliens is a really a prop gun M1 Thompson with lots of furniture added and the Smart gun that is a highly modified MG3.

AK-47 blank adapters

https://www.libertytreecollectors.co...0765711(1).JPG





.50 cal M2 adapter

http://www.cranetechnologiesinc.com/...ngAdaptor1.jpg