Do you think I'd be able to get 300 blk barrels for this instead of the normal 5.56? I'm mostly asking because a 300 blackout hits quite a bit harder than a 5.56, and you wouldn't have to change the chamber much if at all
I have been testing this a bit. I've got a 300 blk barrel cluster made. So far the only ammo I've been able to dry-run through the gun was open-tip bullets, and that did NOT run well at all. So I think normal FMJ would feed just fine, but I haven't got around to buying any to try it out yet.
@@DireAvenger001 No since the the belt links would need to be a different type, which would essentially cascade upward through every component needing to be larger (or at least have a different sort of spacing) as a result
@@nopel6137 I see. I guess also 5.56 is far more economical. 6x AR10 bolts and barrels would be pricey. The one nice thing of a .308 is it’d be similar to the M134
Its what I'd really like to work on, I've been trying to work out an idea for one in my head, its surprising to me how hard it actually seems to be to come up with one that is reasonably DIY-able. Trying to go about it by making a bespoke belt feeding upper/lower/ or even entire gun using AR components, while trying to keep necessary modification to off-the-shelf parts to a minimum, all have pretty hefty downsides. But will keep trying things out.
@@nopel6137 could a system based off the flight line MCR work? It wouldn’t be able to hold up to a lot of rounds but it would be able to do a reasonable burst, also is there any plans for a DIY barrel adaptor for the 9mm you designed?
@@TimGlasgow-s2d It could I think, but the main issue with that, being that the the MCR is basically a sideways AR15, is that theres not an easy way to modify a cheap available BCG to have a sideways facing cutout for the hammer. Could be done in a real orcish sense of just cut the rear half off and weld it back on rotated 90 degrees, and maybe that is a decent solution, but not exactly the most elegant. And then the bolt would be ejecting at like a 5:30 position so it would need a new lower, or be rotated at like a 110 degree or so offset instead of 90 so the bolt ejects straight down through the mag well, but then where does the belt box mount, and etc. The issues just sortof chase eachother, and the same is true for almost any starting point in trying to come up with ways to do it. No wonder the only other real example of belt fed AR is the older stoner design, which while cool, is like one of the most unintuitive things you've ever seen
As a person who really loves, mechanical engineering videos and have a solid appreciation for cinematic quality, the lighting, shadows, movement all tickles my brain with dopamine. Especially that camera inside the barrel rotation shot at @2:34... This solidly reminds me of Dupont's Art of Fire video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DXA3gRWCGB8.html Great work!