Can The Slidefire Emulate Full Auto in a Support Capacity?
Never having enough ammo to just go out and test this philosophy, I am grateful to our own Ian Mccullum from Forgotten Weapons for experimenting to see if the SlideFire is indeed useful as a support-weapon. Turns-out, yes. While the Slidefire may not simulate full-auto, it does not maintain the POU (dangit… NutNFancy reference) by losing accuracy. On a support weapon, whose job it is to blanket an area with fire, it turns out to be rather effective.
So, those who own an RPK or perhaps someone looking to purchase one of FN’s new semi-auto SAW’s, a SlideFire or bump-stock may be just the ticket.
What say you? Would the SlideFire meet support weapon objectives?
One of TFB's resident Jarheads, Nathan now works within the firearms industry. A consecutive Marine rifle and pistol expert, he enjoys local 3-gun, NFA, gunsmithing, MSR's, & high-speed gear. Nathan has traveled to over 30 countries working with US DoD & foreign MoDs.The above post is my opinion and does not reflect the views of any company or organization.
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It turned a normally reliable weapon into an unreliable weapon with multiple failures. However, if your mission objective is to die in place in your foxhole, clearing jam after jam while your opponent assaults your position, then this weapon "upgrade" makes a lot of sense.
Epic fail I would say. Semi-auto fire is far more accurate and reliable than any slide-fire/bumpfire system, but then I'm preaching to the choir here. Unless one is running a belt-fed off a bipod/tripod, any target past 75 yards should be engaged with semi-auto fire by the average rifleman. Just sayin'.
Now for suppression fire ...