Comments for Happy New Year - revealing the whatzis...

Happy New Year - revealing the whatzis...

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:10:41 -0600

This was a toughie. It's the Castle's M18 57mm Recoilless Rifle. I've been repairing the firing mechanism (which I broke many years ago trying to figure out how it worked... what a surprise). It's a ATF-spec deact, with a bore-sized hole in the breech and permanently blocked so as to be unable to seat a live round. It will, however, seat a slightly trimmed cartridge case - which means... subcaliber device! Because it *had* a functional trigger, it's treated as a Class 1 firearm, and transfers like a standard rifle does, rather than as a Class 3 Destructive Device, which is what...

Comment from RetRsvMike on 2010-01-02

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:59:47 -0600

dang, that was a good one!

(but now i'm REALLY scratching my noggin trying to figure out why that handle looks familiar)

Comment from Justthisguy on 2010-01-01

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:31:01 -0600

Oh, _that's_ why it's too small! It's the cute lil' shoulder-fired version! (Hey, at least I didn't say "adorable" qua Tam and the Hotchkiss Mountain Gun!}

Comment from og on 2010-01-01

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:39:03 -0600

(I mean, showing the assembly from the rear)

Comment from Neffi on 2010-01-01

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:37:22 -0600

Pshaw, I had it pegged from the start. "Why", sez I, "them fiddley bits 'r from a recoilinglessly rifle!".
I did, too.
Sven musta altered my posts... dang Scandi cats, don't turn yer back on 'em!
Hmmm wot's in these rumballs, anyhoo?? (crosses legs, falls outta chair)

Comment from og on 2010-01-01

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:32:04 -0600

yes! I KNEW I'd seen this before!

Can we get a picture of it closed?