Black Butte
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The proper technique when it comes to prolonging barrel life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf6IYMNdeo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf6IYMNdeo&feature=related
White hot
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Rubber_Duck
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I asked some of my buddies that use the minigun for work how they are able to fire them until the barrels are glowing white-hot without failure or turning the barrels into melted cheese. It turns out they are ceramic barrels and not steel. A steel barrel would not withstand that kind of firing. And they do fire them like that often, they constantly train. FYI, my buddies are gunners on USAF Pave Hawks.
The barrels are not ceramic.
highorder
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Do they use Stellite liners on .30 caliber barrels?
I've heard the .50BMG M2 uses a lined barrel.
I've heard the .50BMG M2 uses a lined barrel.
Acera
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Not hardly. If it was running at max speed, 6K/minute, which is 100 rounds a second. 18 seconds X 100 rounds = 1,800 rounds. Since you can find ammo on line for about 30 cents a round I would guess he went through about $600 worth.
DoubleTapDrew
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Where are you finding .308 for 30 cents a round? I'll have to scoop up some, that's the same price 5.56 is running me!
That's gotta be a dealer sample, I can't imagine someone doing that to a $250k transferrable M134! Cool vid though!
Acera
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http://www.natchezss.com/Ammo.cfm?c...s 308 Corrosive Berdan Primed 1060 Round Case
http://www.ammoman.com/webstore_308.htm
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM715-5.html
Now if you want to shoot really short range, this stuff is cheap. Probably not what you want.
http://palmettostatearmory.com/235.php
sansone
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I hope he used proper brrl break-in procedures
CypherNinja
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The barrel isn't "white hot". The camera is in night vision mode and is picking up the IR. "Pretty dang warm", yes, "white hot", no.
pikid89
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^i concur
especially considering the band around the barrels does not show change...i would think it would at least be a little warmer if the barrels were white hot
especially considering the band around the barrels does not show change...i would think it would at least be a little warmer if the barrels were white hot
unterlegend
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I've seen Cobras and Pavehawks dump thousands of rounds in bursts like that, and I'm almost certain our Ma Deuces don't have any lining in their barrels but we don't fire them like that.
rcmodel
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A mil-spec .50 Browning MG barrel would be either chrome or Stellite lined.
Chrome supposedly gives a 10,000 round service life.
Stellite gives 18,000.
You can see the chrome lining.
But you can't really see the Stellite lining as I remember.
rc
Chrome supposedly gives a 10,000 round service life.
Stellite gives 18,000.
You can see the chrome lining.
But you can't really see the Stellite lining as I remember.
rc
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