The Poor Man's SAW
The SlideFire stock is an idea that pushes the boundaries of what the ATF considers acceptable for a Title I firearm. Without diving into the world of the National Firearms Act, a Slide-Fire stock is the closest you can get to a fully automatic weapon of your very own. For the most part, these stocks are just a range toy: With no spring to automatically return the gun to the firing position, constant forward pressure is required to continuously activate the trigger. This makes them impractical as a serious weapon, but quite a lot of fun to shoot.
However, Ian and Karl over at InRange thought: What if you could use the SlideFire as part of a system to create a weapon that, at least in certain circumstances, approximated the capabilities of a squad automatic weapon (SAW)? To that end, they developed the “Poor Man’s SAW”.
How practical is such a setup? Well, that probably depends on who you ask, but at least in some situations, the InRange SAW comes impressively close to the real thing.
Nathaniel is a history enthusiast and firearms hobbyist whose primary interest lies in military small arms technological developments beginning with the smokeless powder era. He can be reached via email at nathaniel.f@staff.thefirearmblog.com.
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The slide fire was at almost exactly 800 rounds per minute. When using the 100 round magazine it took 7.5 seconds to dump the full mag. Very impressive.
Cool article. I'm wondering how it would run with one of those new binary triggers.