{"id":1866,"date":"2021-10-10T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2022-05-16T22:30:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:30:05","slug":"machine-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2021\/10\/machine-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Machine Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had the good fortune to meet Kyle Paaren, proprietor of Paaren Firearms<\/a>, who specializes in rebuilding classic machineguns \u2013 often by rewelding demilitarized receivers. Many of these are brilliant pieces of engineering whose reliability and durability were proven in the mass military conflicts of the twentieth century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the MG42 is the most impressive: It shoots full-power .30-caliber ammunition at a rate exceeding 1100 rounds per minute. It uses a roller-locked bolt mechanism that is unlocked by muzzle pressure (captured in its distinctive muzzle device) pushing back on the barrel itself. Its barrel can be changed in under five seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n