AR History...Grandfather of the AR platform

[bladeworks123]

I forgot I had this, even though it's a little crappy after being transformed from VHS to DVD, being a fan of the AR-10's of today, thought I would share. Particularly interesting is the belt fed stuff that starts around 12 minutes into the film. It's 15 minutes long, so get your favorite beverage and a popcorn or two.

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[gtty]

That was great. Thanks:icon_biggrin:

[hunter_la5]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing that. :rockon:

That was exactly the kind of distraction that I really don't need right now. :icon_razz: Back to work.... :whip:

[Buddymack]

Man that type of educational film brings back some memories.....sigh
thanks Blade!

[k98k792]

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[HKILLER]

that would be a nice c&r machine gun to find. oh i want one.

[mitchstoner]

Wow, that is great. But I'm surprised they were dunking it in sand and mud with no malfunctions... Or did they just edit out the ftf's and fte's?

Regardless, I've always thought the AR series is one heck of a gun.

[franks71vw]

Dumb question but why is it so difficult to make an AR into a beltfed....???

[dpoe]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing that. :rockon:

That was exactly the kind of distraction that I really don't need right now. :icon_razz: Back to work.... :whip:

Ditto haha :thanks:

[chili]

I never get tired of watching that video. The old school motion picture music reminds me of some anchient NBC videos we used to force upon our captured students.

[bladeworks123]

I never get tired of watching that video. The old school motion picture music reminds me of some anchient NBC videos we used to force upon our captured students.

I have a fairly extensive collection of them stored away some where. My absolute favorite.....I have the full length five part training series done by the US Signal corp in 1942 / 1943, On the M1 Garand..."Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle" Even today it's well worth watching. I think the shortest segment is the cleaning and care film which is like 30 minutes long. The others are over an hour long, way too long for You Tube. It has the best explanation of sighting and shooting positions I have ever seen to this day. I have short clips from it saved on my computer that I used to use back in my instructor days....These are my two favorite pieces.... There were always those who, in about day three of my classroom instruction, were tired of listening and setting in a classroom and wanted to get to the range. I had my whole rifle training course set up to use the clips from these films, added into my other material. I would start every day out in the classroom with one of these clips. It was then, and still would be an excellent teaching aid....


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[Optimus Prime]

Cool. I'm tossing it up on my blog as well.

[Optimus Prime]

I have a fairly extensive collection of them stored away some where. My absolute favorite.....I have the full length five part training series done by the US Signal corp in 1942 / 1943, On the M1 Garand..."Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle" Even today it's well worth watching. I think the shortest segment is the cleaning and care film which is like 30 minutes long. The others are over an hour long, way too long for You Tube. It has the best explanation of sighting and shooting positions I have ever seen to this day. I have short clips from it saved on my computer that I used to use back in my instructor days....These are my two favorite pieces.... There were always those who, in about day three of my classroom instruction, were tired of listening and setting in a classroom and wanted to get to the range. I had my whole rifle training course set up to use the clips from these films, added into my other material. I would start every day out in the classroom with one of these clips. It was then, and still would be an excellent teaching aid....

I'd love to get my hands on those. Any way you could compress the files and email them?

[bladeworks123]

I'd love to get my hands on those. Any way you could compress the files and email them?

The complete set is on videos buried somewhere in my garage. I would suspect that all of them together are somewhere around 6 or 8 hours long. Probably take me a couple of days to even get them copied onto a disc. But I need to do that before the videos degrade, and them put them on thumbdrives or something.

There is a place on the web somewhere where you can download some of them. My son found it. He is also a firearms instructor. I'll see if I can find the link.

[bladeworks123]

Found it first thing....


http://www.archive.org/details/Rifle_Marksmanship_with_M1_Rifle_Part_1

[bladeworks123]

This might be a better page..

http://www.archive.org/details/Rifle_Marksmanship_with_the_M1_Rifle

[Optimus Prime]

Thanks!

[19Charlie_84]

Those videos were sweet. Is that the way people really talked in the 40's and 60's, all nasaly?:lolgreen:

Ive never seen the AR10 fat muzzle break thing come off. It looks like it would be considered a silencer today, sort of like the XM177 moderators. I also wondered why they went with the charging handle from the rear instead of the trigger type one in the carry handle. It seems the trigger one would be more protected and less prone to bending/breaking than the standard one is. Obviously not ideal for a flattop, but those werent around for another few years. I noticed how the safe position was where semi is today.

[Buddymack]

I wish you had one like this for the FN FAL :wink:

[archangel_jx]

am i the only one who can't see the videos?

[Planning]

i really liked that. my coffee got cold while i was watching it.

nodak make an upper for that. they may have the lower for it also. they change the design a little. i have been thinking about getting one, now i just may to add to my collection.

thanks again for the vidio.
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[chili]

I also wondered why they went with the charging handle from the rear instead of the trigger type one in the carry handle. It seems the trigger one would be more protected and less prone to bending/breaking than the standard one is.

I think it had something to do with the rifle heating up during full suto and rapid fire and making the trigger style cocking handle too hot.