10 x 40 m.m. x .22 ??? The "Hornets Nest"

[Partychief67]

How danged cool is this? My question is what is the firing pin on the M79 doing to tap all 10 .22 rounds?

 

[San Antone RR]

Different.

 

[Stangfan93]

I'd seen that a while ago. It is pretty cool.

 

[hunto]

Won't #4 buckshot do the same thing?

 

[Texas42]

I'd like to see how it shoots.

 

[Texasjack]

Yeah, I was trying to figure out why that would be better than buckshot. Maybe it's quieter?

 

[country_boy]

That looks like the old "thumper" from Nam! Thats cool!

 

[jt526]

How danged cool is this? My question is what is the firing pin on the M79 doing to tap all 10 .22 rounds?

It uses a large pistol primer to actuate a piston that hits all the primers at once.

 

[Partychief67]

It uses a large pistol primer to actuate a piston that hits all the primers at once.

I hadn't thought of anything like that... Where does the pistol primer go and the piston, etc.?

 

[jt526]

Looks like this. This one was posted on another forum after being trimmed to 37mm to fit in a registered DD. The round subsequently failed at the threads. But you can see the plate that keeps the 22lr in place, and the tiny pins and pin holes through it that fire off the 22lr rounds. Load pistol primer in base after disassembly, load 22lr, screw it all together, and let er rip in your registered DD.


http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2315/dscn0393t.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1710/dscn0394j.jpg

 

[Partychief67]

Looks like this. This one was posted on another forum after being trimmed to 37mm to fit in a registered DD. The round subsequently failed at the threads. But you can see the plate that keeps the 22lr in place, and the tiny pins and pin holes through it that fire off the 22lr rounds. Load pistol primer in base after disassembly, load 22lr, screw it all together, and let er rip in your registered DD.


http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2315/dscn0393t.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1710/dscn0394j.jpg

Thanks for posting the pics and taking the time to explain that for me... It would have bothered me for days not being able to have figured that out!

 

[cpf3]

Or, just use the beehive round...

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