Rifle grenade and blank question
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Joe Amorosi
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And you can't use "Blanks" either. There is a big difference between Blank cartridges and Rifle Grenade cartridges
And you can't use "Blanks" either. There is a big difference between Blank cartridges and Rifle Grenade cartridges
Back in the day I fired a training rifle grenade off my FN FAL with a blank. It was the blue M31 training rifle grenade IIRC correctly. The gas port was closed.......
That sucker took off into the shrubberies way,way down range and I never did find it.
That sucker took off into the shrubberies way,way down range and I never did find it.
unstableryan
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How was the recoil? I imagine it was noticeable.
They're normally fired with the butt on the ground...like a small mortar. To shoulder the thing would be stupidly painful if not down right injurious.
No it was a blank, I bought the practice grenade from a surplus store (without any cartridge) and had some blanks on hand.
I got lucky on Facebook marketplace. He had 4 to sell and I bought one.
A few years ago, at a Blast off, John from Marstar brought one out to try. I fired it a couple of times; once from the shoulder. It’s not bad at all in terms of recoil. I thought like a 20ga.
Joe Amorosi
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I have fired many different types of rifle grenades. I have always fired them from my shoulder. As stated, the recoil is not that bad. It will make you take a step backwards tho LOL. I find that if you fire them with the butt on the ground, I end up with a face full burning powder. There is a considerable blow back
I make my own rifle grenade cartridges. It's really quite easy. All you need is a primed brass case and a set of Hornady Blank Crimp Dies
I make my own rifle grenade cartridges. It's really quite easy. All you need is a primed brass case and a set of Hornady Blank Crimp Dies
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Joe Amorosi
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^^^^^^
When launching hand grenades, the "mortar" approach is probably the way to go. You want to lob them into the enemy's trench. When firing Anti Tank rifle grenades you need to aim at the tank so it's from the shoulder. I can easily put mine through a 4'x4' skid at 50yds. I'm sure I could hit a commie tank at 100.
When launching hand grenades, the "mortar" approach is probably the way to go. You want to lob them into the enemy's trench. When firing Anti Tank rifle grenades you need to aim at the tank so it's from the shoulder. I can easily put mine through a 4'x4' skid at 50yds. I'm sure I could hit a commie tank at 100.
fat tony
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This has been around for a while. Looks like the technique is nearly identical to the late WWII - early Cold War British Army technique. The Yugo munitions designers sure understood the external ballistics of these nasties.
Sadly I never got to launch grenades from the C1A1 rifle. I was told by an instructor they last fired one sometime in the mid 1970's.
If I understood him correctly, it was the M61 with the launching adapter.
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fat tony
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There is a three or four part series of vids on yt given by a Bosniak engineer on the line of emergency rifle grenades he and his colleagues developed from scratch at a critical point of the Bosniak War. You have to drill for these old AP vids though. These gents were all professional engineers and techs literally thrown into battle with hunting rifles initially, then pulled from the line to work on light artillery weapon systems. It was an important lesson as it cut through the hubris of peacetime luxury largess and procurement. The focus immediately switched from process bound bureaucracy to results oriented cut the crap. So Canada had no rifle grenades for how many decades? What is Canada's focus?
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