Jinxed said:Last year we did section attack training on the front lawn of Jericho, right beside the sidewalk of 4th Ave and people just waved, honked, and one carfull of oriental kids and seniors stopped and took pictures
patty said:not really military but back when i was in cadets we did the freedom of the city parade in Barrie Ont. the faces people made seeing a bunch of kids with rifles and ammuntion (Blanks) was priceless....
Baloo said:Why would you have blanks for a parade?
Someone explain that to me.
Slim said:Actually I remember from my time in Sea Cadets (chokes back embarrassed cough) that on Rememberance Day we did the Cenotaph guard duty and did fire a volley of blanks with the .303 Lee Enfield rifles that the cadets in Ontario used to have.
Baloo said:Huh. Well, the more you know.
I personally think it would look ridiculous, what with the BFA and all. But to each their own. Unless the .303 doesn't have a big, yellow metal piece...
mo-litia said:Looks like most of the people in that Liberal cesspool that is Toronto were just upset at seeing a "peacekeeper" with a weapon! :dontpanic:
Thank God for Alberta rednecks! ;D
Baloo said:Why would you have blanks for a parade?
Someone explain that to me.
Baloo said:Huh. Well, the more you know.
I personally think it would look ridiculous, what with the BFA and all. But to each their own. Unless the .303 doesn't have a big, yellow metal piece...
Redeye said:A Lee-Enfield shouldn't need a BFA, since it isn't gas-operated.
When you have a firing party on parade, they never use BFA's. On the FN's as I understand it, they simply turned the gas to zero because recock the weapon as part of the drills (with the C7 the gas isn't adjustable, but you still recock the weapon manually).
recceguy said:To put this back on track.........
Whenever we are going to train outside, where it might upset the population, we simply call the police first and give them a heads up. They can then respond with " Yes Ma'am, we're aware of the military training exercise going on in the area, and there's no cause for alarm."
Everyone has Ops and PAFFO staff. Use them.
Haggis said:With the FNC1A1, turning the gas to zero increased the amount of gas directed at the piston. (that was the second IA drill). For a Feu de Joie, the gas plug was reversed, allowing no gas to enter the piston chamber.
On either weapon, the function of the BFA is to contain sufficient gas pressure in the barrel (and gas tube or gas piston rod chamber) to cause the action to cycle. Remove the BFA and it's a single shot weapon.