@FireTowerM to Forgotten WeaponsEnglish • edit-21 year agoWW1 Enfield Muzzle Cover for Keeping out Trench Mudimagemessage-square16arrow-up1107arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@FireTowerOPMlinkEnglish12•1 year agoBarrel obstructions are serious business. But I don’t think the sheet metal would pose much danger given it’s designed to move and doesn’t create an airtight seal.
minus-square@FecundpossumlinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat said, if asked to test fire it with the gate equipped, I bet we’d both be like “nahhhh man I’m good”
minus-square@NirlinkEnglish8•1 year agoI would with no hesitation. There’s no danger other than to the mechanism, which might or might not survive the ordeal. Now I’m kinda curious whether it would still work after that.
minus-square@FireTowerOPMlinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt is on a hinge, it might fly off behind the firing line and hit someone.
Barrel obstructions are serious business. But I don’t think the sheet metal would pose much danger given it’s designed to move and doesn’t create an airtight seal.
That said, if asked to test fire it with the gate equipped, I bet we’d both be like “nahhhh man I’m good”
I would with no hesitation. There’s no danger other than to the mechanism, which might or might not survive the ordeal.
Now I’m kinda curious whether it would still work after that.
It is on a hinge, it might fly off behind the firing line and hit someone.