FBI buys 20mm rifles!

[shooter521]

ENOUGH, both of you. If you guys want to argue politics, we have a subforum for that.

 

[Bigswin]

Must be to put out all the fires on Geist??? Waste.

 

[Johnny C]

Lets just up-size to the 25mm, might as well shoot the biggest rifle round they make

3d barrett xm-109 rifle model


Or is the .700 nitro express larger, though not as powerful?

 

[scheesman]

Lets just up-size to the 25mm, might as well shoot the biggest rifle round they make

3d barrett xm-109 rifle model


Or is the .700 nitro express larger, though not as powerful?

25mm would be larger (.984 inches). And I'm guessing infinitely more powerful than the .700 Nitro Express.

That Barrett 82A is a sexy gun...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

C'mon guys, if YOU had acess to OPA (other people's ammo) and OPM (other people's money) wouldn't you order up a 20 mike mike?

Sure it's money down the toilet, but when viewed in light of all the other goverment waste it's de minimis . . . and lots of fun for the range pogues at FBI.

 

[Mgderf]

I STILL want to know why they are ordering "Non-firing" bolt assemblies?

 

[evansvillethompsongunner]

I STILL want to know why they are ordering "Non-firing" bolt assemblies?

Because if a weapon is non-functioning without the ability to function without major conversion, they might be able to modify them without going through ATF? That's the only reason why I could imagine FBI doing such a thing. Even so, I'm pretty sure the de-milled rule has long been over-ruled, so I don't think this would hold water after '86.

Honestly, the only phrases I even saw in this whole thread were:

FBI
20mm
Waco
Ruby Ridge
Group Buy


So, uh, how much would this be in bulk?

What kind of wait are we looking at with Form 4s and ATF approval? 180 days? A year?

Let's do it to it, Captain.

 

[Bastispah]

sweet!whats that compared to a .50 cal?

 

[evansvillethompsongunner]

sweet!whats that compared to a .50 cal?

.50BMG rounds are 12.7mm
20mm is, of course, 20mm

Moreover, despite only being roughly one and one-half times larger, I think 20mm has three times the force behind it... been awhile since I looked at ft-pounds of each, but I think 20mm is something like 45k ft-pounds of energy, while .50BMG is like, 15k ft-pounds? Something like that.

Regardless, the sound of a rifle chambered in .50BMG is pretty impressive, and I really doubt I'd want to be behind a 20mm rifle when it fires a round.