04-08-2014, 04:14 PM
stanc Wrote:As I recall, said individual had some experience in stamping sheet metal parts, but no experience in design and development of machine gun links.
Uh, if you're going to cite it as support for your position, shouldn't you search for it?
Again, what is more critical to a Grendel LMG than design and development of viable links? Without a usable link design, there can't be a belt-fed machine gun.
Uhhhh.....Don't you usually design the LMG first, then design the links that will work with whatever cartridge you decide you want to run in the gun? As I recall, past MG's have used some standard cartridge, then changed to whatever the cartridge was that the end user wanted. (I'll grant that sometimes the end user cartridge was predetermined, but regardless, the gun came first, then the link.)
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