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Vltor Weapons Systems A5 Buffer & Recoil System

Militarymoron — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:41:18 +0000

The Vltor Weapons Systems A5 Buffer & Recoil System was developed for the specific needs of U.S. Military users of the M16A4 rifle (or AR-15′s with rifle-length gas systems). The A5 system provides the functionality of a collapsible stock while maintaining rifle-length buffer system reliability. It includes a newly designed buffer and receiver extension.

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Vltor Weapons Systems IMOD (Improved Mod) Stock

Militarymoron — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:49:30 +0000

It’s been about seven years since the Vltor Weapons Systems Carbine Modstock was introduced. The new IMOD Stock (Improved Modstock) is the replacement for the Carbine Modstock, and is a blend of features taken from the EMOD (Enhanced Modular Stock) with the original Modstock. It is available in the familiar Standard and Clubfoot configurations and kits that the original Modstock was offered in.

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Vltor VST Folding Front Sight Tower (Gen 2)

Militarymoron — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:23:58 +0000

I previewed Vltor’s VST-1C (Vltor Sight Tower) Assembly on the M4K and on the midlength VIS build, back in January ’07 and they’ve been available for a while now. A few months ago, Vltor updated the design with four different variations available.

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Vltor E-MOD stock in Flat Dark Earth

Militarymoron — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:00:12 +0000

Finally! Here is the production version in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) with the colour-matched rubber buttpad. The side battery compartments will fit four CR123 or three AA batteries. The overmolded rubber seal on the clubfoot compartment trapdoor is easily visible here. In the far left photo of the components, you can see the new reinforcement around the latch pin. There is a small metal plate that distributes the load over a wider area in case of butt strikes.

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Visit to Vltor ‘Photo essay’ Part 5 – 7.62mm Minigun

Militarymoron — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:04:28 +0000

The fellows from Garwood Industries, Tracy Garwood and Randy Myer brought out their M-134G 7.62mm Minigun to join in the shoot. This was something I was VERY excited about, never having fired a minigun. Garwood Industries sells M-134G newly manufactured parts and subassemblies to upgrade and modernize existing military miniguns. All components are manufactured by their manufacturing partner, using state of the art tooling and machinery.

The 7.62mm minigun/Gatling gun as originally developed by General Electric is a six barrel, electrically driven, belt-fed machine gun firing at 3000-4000 rounds per minute. It weighs approximately 61 lbs. There’s a ton of information to be found on the M-134 minigun, so I won’t parrot it here. A good start is Monty’s Miniguns page.

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Visit to Vltor ‘Photo essay’ Part 4 – Mk46 and Mk48

Militarymoron — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:20:57 +0000

Much of my attention that day was spent on these weapons – the FN Mk46 Mod 0 and Mk48 Mod 0. Both weapons have an aura of mystique that the standard M249 doesn’t, mainly because they were developed for SOCOM (Special Operations Command) to meet the needs of Special Operations Forces, most visibly the U.S. Navy SEALs. Truly the definitive ‘exotic’ weapons. Actually, my first encounter with these weapons was at the SEAL compound in Coronado, where I took these photos. But while I got a chance to examine and handle them, I didn’t get to shoot them. I really digged the lightweight and compact Mk46, so when Eric told me that Vltor had bought both weapons, I was very excited to get the chance to shoot them to my heart’s content.

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Visit to Vltor ‘Photo essay’ Part 3 – The belt feds

Militarymoron — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:15:00 +0000

There’s just something about belt-fed weapons that holds people’s fascination that other weapons don’t. Maybe it’s the image of exposed links of ammunition that cast no doubt about what these devices are fed. Whether it be the cloth belts of the Vickers, or belts of 7.62mm slung around the necks of M60 gunners in Vietnam, we’ve grown up with images of what we think machine guns are supposed to look like. And they all have belts. Seeing a seemingly unending belt of ammunition hanging from a feed port of a machine gun has the intimidation factor that magazine fed rifles don’t. Belt feds look like they’re just waiting to unleash hell.

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Visit to Vltor ‘Photo essay’ Part 2 – At the range

Militarymoron — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:45:09 +0000

During the factory tour, I took a look at some of the weapons we’d be shooting the next day at the range. Vltor has an extensive weapons library/collection, both for the fun of shooting, and also for research and product development. Recently, they purchased pretty much the entire line of FN weapons, so it was good timing for me to visit. I got the chance to shoot weapons that most civilians would never have the chance to.

On Saturday morning, Eric and I met the fellows at Vltor, and loaded up a large enclosed trailer (complete with tables inside), with all sorts of machine guns, spare barrels, and can upon can of ammunition. Vltor doesn’t have gun safes – they have walk-in gun vaults/rooms. I don’t think I’ve ever had as much fun loading up weapons for a shoot. I was thinking to myself, “Wow, I’m carrying a Mk46 in my left hand and a Mk48 in the right. This is SO cool.”

Note: I’m not going to go deep into the technical details and descriptions of each weapon featured here simply because I’m not intimately familiar with them; I’d only be parroting what information I found. I’ll provide additional links that I find relevant, for further reading and information. I’m writing from a weapons enthusiast/layman’s point of view with limited (or no) experience with some of these weapons when I share my impressions of shooting these weapons.

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