Forgotten Weapons
This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenWeapons
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/
Rules:
1) Treat Others in a Civil Manner. This is not the place to deride others for their race, sexuality, or etc. Personal insults of other members are not welcome here. Neither are calls for violence.
2) No Contemporary Politics Historical politics that influenced designs or adoption of designs are excluded from this rule. Acknowledgement of existing laws to explain designs is also permissable, so long as comments aren't in made to advocate or oppose a policy. Let's not make this a place where we battle over which color ties our politicians should have, or the issues of today.
3) No Advertising This rule doesn't apply to posting historical advertisements or showing more contemporary ads as a means of displaying information on an appropriate topic. The aim of this rule is to combat spam/irrelevant advertising campaigns.
4) Keep Post on Topic This rule will be enforced with leeway. Just keep it related to arms or Forgotten Weapons or closely adjacent content. If you feel you have something that's worth posting here that isn't about either of those (and doesn't violate other rules) feel free to reach out to a mod.
5) No NSFW Content Please refrain from posting uncensored extreme gore or sexualized content. If censored these posts may be fine.
Post Guide Lines
These are suggestions not rules.
-Provide a duration for videos. eg. [12:34]
-Provide a year to either indicate when a specific design was produced, patented, or released. If you have an older design being used in a recent conflict provide the year the picture was taken. Dates should be included to help contextualize, not necessarily give exact periods.
-Post a full URL, on mobile devices it can be hard to tell what you're clicking on if you only see "(Link)".
-Posts do not have to be just firearms. Blades, bows, etc. are also welcome.
Adjacent Communities
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Why isn't this a thing anymore?
Might be a bad thing if you forgot to uncover that if you shoot, which you can’t always trust the below 2.0 GPA, barely literate soldier to handle with.
I'm not a gunsmith but I'm pretty sure the first shot is going to open that hatch
Having your barrel filled with mud will make the barrel kaboom and split open like a banana peel. So will this trap door most likely, but it can be easily removed before firing if you don’t forget about it. Obstructing the release of pressure in front of the projectile generates insane amounts of pressure.
It’s a good thing you’re not a gunsmith.
Barrel obstructions are serious business. But I don't think the sheet metal would pose much danger given it's designed to move and doesn't create an airtight seal.
That said, if asked to test fire it with the gate equipped, I bet we’d both be like “nahhhh man I’m good”
I would with no hesitation. There's no danger other than to the mechanism, which might or might not survive the ordeal.
Now I'm kinda curious whether it would still work after that.
It is on a hinge, it might fly off behind the firing line and hit someone.
Such a light and hinged obstruction will be no issue.
You speak with such authority.
I may not be a gunsmith either, and I wouldn't fire with an obstructed barrel. But have you seen demolition ranch trying to kill some hipoint pistols by obstructing the barrels? It took a bit more than some mud to break a gun.
Will it always blow up? Nope. Is it worth the risk? Also nope.
That's what the giant flap that blocks the iron sights is for.
It is with plastic covers. These were and are still issued in at least the US military. Quick and easy, and if you forget to remove it, it is just shoot through plastic.
Here's one affixed to a Sig rifle.
This same idea is used often with makeshift designs still. I made a post a while ago of people using condoms to do this.
Here's soldiers using used rocket shells for it:
Improvised methods typically cheaper and less likely to inhibit your ability to shoot. I've also seen hunters use painter's tape to do this.
In the US Marines, in boot camp they taught us to wrap the muzzle device in electrical tape to keep dirt out. I still do it if we are going to the field and we aren't shooting. I've never seen the plastic caps. If we had a built in cover like OPs picture, so many people would shoot right through them.