From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 06:21:39 PDT
Yep...Jon likes to show that mini off. There are post dealer sample minis
for sale in the 30k range. I had a bunch of parts a year or so ago and they
are like GOLD to these guys that have them. I guess its pretty cool..
A triple mounted mini killed a young girl a few years ago at the
Creek.....improperly mounted on a M3 tripod.
Dangerous stuff, indeed!
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Bloom" <vbloom@DUCTMATE.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Miniguns
> A few comments on the minigun posts.
> The movie minigun is currently up for sale by Allegheny Arsenal
(www.mg34.com) for $275,000. He had it advertised at Knob Creek this past
weekend. I don't know if it's on the website. The gun has been on display
at Allegheny Arms and Armor Museum in Smethport, PA. (www.armormuseum.com -
lots of armored vehicles, many operational.) Being electrically operated
(24vdc), it will cycle live, blanks, or dummies without stopping. There was
an extra set of barrels with it that had restricted bores to increase the
muzzle flash for the movie effects. I work with the museum and I've had
first hand experience with this weapon.
> Tremendous recoil prevents it from being fired live hand held. A .30 cal
tripod is barely enough to hold one. It's really designed for vehicle
mounting. As for being man portable, the weight of the gun itself is enough
to make it impractical, let alone carrying enough ammo or the power supply.
> Rate of fire for linked ammo is 4000 rounds/per minute. With a linkless
system, it can achieve 6000 rds/min. Since this is spread over 6 barrels
which are moving quickly through the air, barrel overheating is less of a
problem. At 4000 rpm, that's only 667 rpm/barrel, which isn't too bad.
> At Knob Creek this past saturday, they started the night shoot with
Ciener's minigun loaded with 500 rounds of tracer. Looked like a giant
laser beam when it ran. Very cool.
> And yes, Dillon Aero is making updated/improved versions of the minigun.
>
> Vince
>
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> Message-ID: <20031013203837.85810.qmail@web14003.mail.yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:38:37 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [MV] Miniguns
>
> Also, Long Mountain gun works ( I think that
> is their name ) sold the blank firing 5.56mm minigun
> from Terminator 2 for about $200K.
>
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