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Old gun in a sea wall

Imperial Japans M1 Garand

4 Responses to “Gun Porn”

  1. FormerFlyer Says:

    Sadly, the “Old gun in a sea wall” looks like a spring powered toy. Kinda cool, though!

  2. mikee Says:

    Why was a 6.5×50 caliber rifle round not powerful enough? I’m guessing full metal jackets.

  3. Hartley Says:

    I’m thinking the folks who think it’s a 1911 have never taken a 1911 apart.

  4. Sigivald Says:

    “The Type 38 spitzer-bullet round fired a 9.0-gram (139 gr) bullet with a powder charge of 33 grains (2.1 g) for a muzzle velocity of around 770 metres per second (2,500 ft/s).”, per Wikipedia (just under 2000ft-lbs at the muzzle).

    That’s “underpowered” by WW2 MBR standards.

    .30-06 with a WW2-era loading of 151gr M2 ball is heavier, faster (2,910fps) and has more energy (2,820ft-lbs).

    8mm Mauser loads average around 3,000ft-lbs, with somewhat slower but heavier rounds.

    So I can see why the Japanese might think the 6.5 round was a bit light, at the time.

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