30mm GAU Test-Flick = Chubby-Time

gman · February 28, 2004, 19:51

If this doesn't do it for ya, Viagra sure won't work!

http://www.kimmershow.com/SupportFil...sp?FileID=1092

2 clicks low · February 28, 2004, 21:32

I guess the tech rep didn't lie. Watch the barrel in the lower right hand conner. As the gun is fired the barrels spin clock wise. When you let off the trigger the gun backs out the next live round out of the hot chamber by Spining backwards to do this.

cliffy109 · February 28, 2004, 21:41

How about a shoulder fired, single shot rifle with a GAU8 barrel? Believe it or not, I know a guy who was working on it. He even found a 4 foot section of barrel with an intact chamber. I lost track of him before it came to anything, but I recall he was having issues resolving the problem of a gain twist barrel. he wasn't sure he could stabalize the bullet in the 4' section he had.

His basic design was that of a Maddi-Griffin. He imagined it as a man-portable armor killer. Not somthing for domestic consumption, but an interesting idea. Yes, he was nuts.

colt1911fan · February 29, 2004, 02:41

There are a few man portable 20mms out there. But I have not heard of any 30mm, would be a good idea for anti armor like your friend said. Especially if they could be made cheap enough.

**EMDII** · February 29, 2004, 06:24

Next best thing to this! But, you gotta love the GAU-8!

AGC · March 04, 2004, 04:03

This has actually been done.

There was an incident back about 1987 or '88 in Virginia involving a couple of guys who had built such a weapon and demo'ed it for someone at the Pentagon. They managed to have a negligent discharge at a gas station in suburban Virginia that resulted in several injuries and a big fire. Check the Washington Post archives for some of the coverage at the time. One of the builders ended up getting sued by everyone in the place at the time, but dodged jail time at least. Think that was the end of the project...

phil in indy · March 04, 2004, 07:11

Where's the video, all I get is the audio. Damn I want to see this!!!!!!

Stranger · March 04, 2004, 07:50

Cool.

J308 · March 04, 2004, 11:05

Oh Sh@t oh dear I don't wanna be on the receiving end of that. The sound alone is enough to immobilize. Like the Harley V-twin From Hell...So what's Walmarts' price on ammo for that there thang.....

Alexit · March 04, 2004, 15:24

Nice find, thanks for posting it!

Alex

John Culver · March 04, 2004, 19:08

specced recoil on those is 9,000lbs avg 18,000max

have to have a large truck to use it for a teknikal

Lockbar · March 05, 2004, 07:48

I still have dial up, and took a while to download, but worth it. I guess legaly a single shot 30mm could be built and registered as a destructive device and registered with $200 tax paid. But ammo would be a real "bitch". Maybe some slugs could be pulled from practice rounds, but most probably would have to be hand cut on a lathe. I know some guys reload their own 37mm rounds for the 1930's WW2 US Anti-tank gun that I have seen fired at Knob Creek. I got burned by a hot jet of burning powder at Knob Creel standing 12 feet behind a US 37mm gun a few years back. The shooter had a hard time closing the breach on one round, and sheared off the back of the primer causing the round to fire with the block partially open and flaming power and gases came back at me and a friend watching, the primer pocket hole acting like a venturi. Not really hurt, but not fun either. Made for a exciting experience we still talk about.

February 28, 2004, 19:51	#1
gman Registered FALaholic #: 1176 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Great Frozen North Posts: 2,743	30mm GAU Test-Flick = Chubby-Time If this doesn't do it for ya, Viagra sure won't work! http://www.kimmershow.com/SupportFil...sp?FileID=1092

February 28, 2004, 21:41	#3
cliffy109 Registered FALaholic #: 8571 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 2,229	How about a shoulder fired, single shot rifle with a GAU8 barrel? Believe it or not, I know a guy who was working on it. He even found a 4 foot section of barrel with an intact chamber. I lost track of him before it came to anything, but I recall he was having issues resolving the problem of a gain twist barrel. he wasn't sure he could stabalize the bullet in the 4' section he had. His basic design was that of a Maddi-Griffin. He imagined it as a man-portable armor killer. Not somthing for domestic consumption, but an interesting idea. Yes, he was nuts. __________________ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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John Culver Registered FALaholic #: 6035 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 8,619	specced recoil on those is 9,000lbs avg 18,000max have to have a large truck to use it for a teknikal __________________ The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. --Burke. ---------------------- The CPU Shack - CPU History and Microprocessor Collection.

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February 28, 2004, 21:32	#2
2 clicks low Registered FALaholic #: 3173 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 922	I guess the tech rep didn't lie. Watch the barrel in the lower right hand conner. As the gun is fired the barrels spin clock wise. When you let off the trigger the gun backs out the next live round out of the hot chamber by Spining backwards to do this.

February 29, 2004, 02:41	#4
colt1911fan Registered FALaholic #: 13331 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 14	There are a few man portable 20mms out there. But I have not heard of any 30mm, would be a good idea for anti armor like your friend said. Especially if they could be made cheap enough.

March 04, 2004, 04:03	#6
AGC Registered FALaholic #: 12444 Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 97	This has actually been done. There was an incident back about 1987 or '88 in Virginia involving a couple of guys who had built such a weapon and demo'ed it for someone at the Pentagon. They managed to have a negligent discharge at a gas station in suburban Virginia that resulted in several injuries and a big fire. Check the Washington Post archives for some of the coverage at the time. One of the builders ended up getting sued by everyone in the place at the time, but dodged jail time at least. Think that was the end of the project...

March 04, 2004, 07:11	#7
phil in indy Registered FALaholic #: 1209 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greenfield, IN USA Posts: 291	Where's the video, all I get is the audio. Damn I want to see this!!!!!!

March 04, 2004, 11:05	#9
J308 Registered FALaholic #: 7448 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 883	Oh Sh@t oh dear I don't wanna be on the receiving end of that. The sound alone is enough to immobilize. Like the Harley V-twin From Hell...So what's Walmarts' price on ammo for that there thang.....

March 04, 2004, 15:24	#10
Alexit Registered FALaholic #: 8683 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 88	Nice find, thanks for posting it! Alex

March 05, 2004, 07:48	#12
Lockbar Registered FALaholic #: 2234 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 716	I still have dial up, and took a while to download, but worth it. I guess legaly a single shot 30mm could be built and registered as a destructive device and registered with $200 tax paid. But ammo would be a real "bitch". Maybe some slugs could be pulled from practice rounds, but most probably would have to be hand cut on a lathe. I know some guys reload their own 37mm rounds for the 1930's WW2 US Anti-tank gun that I have seen fired at Knob Creek. I got burned by a hot jet of burning powder at Knob Creel standing 12 feet behind a US 37mm gun a few years back. The shooter had a hard time closing the breach on one round, and sheared off the back of the primer causing the round to fire with the block partially open and flaming power and gases came back at me and a friend watching, the primer pocket hole acting like a venturi. Not really hurt, but not fun either. Made for a exciting experience we still talk about.