The rifle pictured is a FAMAS, and the bolt does not lock open after the last round.
Though you’re not totally wrong, fewer bangs than you expect on the last trigger pull is pretty easy to notice.
Comment on fucking French
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day agoI’ve heard this before, and believed it to be a practical design for a while, but when I started shooting, I realized that you can definitely tell when you’ve ran out of bullets in the mag because the bolt typically locks back and feels distinctly different than a normal cycle
rockstarmode@lemmy.world 1 day ago
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
In a combat situation, with other explosions and shit going on around you, it’s easier to feel two pops instead of three or whatever than to notice your bolt locked after three pops.
It’s designed for war, it’s not a toy for the range.
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fair enough. They should’ve installed a little speaker that went, “sacrebleu! You have run out of ze bullets!” instead. I think that would’ve been more noticeable than just two pops instead of three.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
It’s hard to figure out who is out of bullets by counting pops, it’s easier to aim at the guys who’s gun just yelled “Sacre blue”
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It depends. If you’re fighting the French and hear, “sacrebleu”, you may just think one of them is starting a sentence.
Aeao@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Should probably change the sound of the gun firing to sound like croissa-a-a-ant so we can tell them apart from American gun which of course just play country music.
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ever wonder why our guns burst fire in three? Listen to the intro to “Fortunate Son”.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
visible American confusion