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Thursday, August 1, 2024

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Gary Sneed

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The Ballad of the G3 Rifle

You take a look around in [current year] and every battle rifle is either going to be from post 2000, or the G3. Every other post WW2 battle rifle has died, the FN-49, FAL, MAS-49, M14, SIG 510, BM-59, and Type 64. The G3 continues. Even outside of the exclusive marksman role that most other late cycle battle rifles were pigeon holed into. Why is this? Well you first have to look at the beginning. The G3 was developed from the CETME Model B. The CETME having been developed by former Mauser employees who had designed the STG-45. The STG-45 is where the roller delayed blowback system originates. In developing a new roller locked rifle, a Mauser engineer had noticed that if the rollers were not fully locked, and the rifle was fired, it still wouldn't explode most of the time, unlike other systems such as tilting or rotating bolt. This inspired him to dispense with the locking portion of the roller locked system entirely, turning it into a delayed blowback action. This required no other system to drive it, such as short recoil or gas piston. Nothing but the rollers themselves ran the gun. This simplified the rifle overall and reduced cost. Having no gas piston to foul or jam, nor a moving barrel reduced the rate of malfunction. The STG-45 never entered production, as the war had ended, but as was already explained, the system didn’t die there.

The CETME entered German service as the G3, because the Belgians wouldn't allow Germany to produce the FAL domestically. H&K whom before had only produced machine tools, was also founded by Mauser alumni, and negotiated with their contacts at CETME to domestically produce their Model B rifle. The G3 passed German testing and was accepted for service in 1959. Compared to the FAL, which saw service about 5 years sooner, the G3 was more accurate, more reliable, and cheaper. Countries that were slow on the draw to adopt the FAL in the 1950s raced to adopt the new G3 instead. Notable users of the period included Portugal, who had a license to produce domestically, and furnished theirs to Rhodesia. Greece and Turkey both adopted it. The Nords adopted the G3 and continue to use it. Sweden, Norway and Denmark all are big fans, and updated versions (and accessories for them) typically hail from there. Sweden adopted it as the AK4 rifle, which was updated as the AK4B through AK4D. Norway produced theirs as the AG-3, equipped with a forward assist much like the M16. Swarthy dirt people also adopted the G3 in large numbers, but they aren't the focus here. It was popular in the Middle-East, being adopted by Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.

So why is this the only one to stick around? Even in nations that can afford to replace it, the G3 has no reason to be replaced. Its reliability is on par with anything else available, and the accuracy isn't bad enough to warrant replacing it over. G3s in German service were only accepted if they shot under 4 MOA. Marksman versions were only accepted under 2 ¾ MOA. Neither are astoundingly good, but are at the very least a cut above everything else available in 1965. Not every FAL was made with a scope mount anyways. Every G3 was. The M14 requires about $3000 extra dollars to set it up with a scope mount and free floated chassis. The G3 was made with both. The G3 was also one of the first rifles to be designed with modularity in mind. The buttstock, handguard, lower receiver, trigger pack, and optics mount are all readily swappable. This made most upgrade programs to the G3 quite painless. The only permanent modification that any nations have elected to use is a welded optics rail rather than the original claw style mount. That and sawing off the front sight. The G3 and its roller delayed system does have its idiosyncrasies, which we will cover in the future. But its first important to cover why its the only remaining species of an otherwise dead kingdom.

Here we have German sniper with his G3A3ZF, updated with a fully adjustable stock, Schmidt and Bender 3-12x scope, and original G3 handguard modified with a bolted on rail section affixed with a bipod and flashlight. Below that a Norwegian AG-3F2, with a modern handguard, and aimpoint sight on a claw mount rail. Then finally a Swedish AK4D, with a domestically produced Spuhr handguard and buttstock, as well as a welded on optics rail and sawn off front sight tower. Outside of South America you won’t find an FAL dressed up like that.


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Gary Sneed Ohioan Gun Manufacturer Spotlight Precision Reflex Inc. I recently became aware of just how many gun manufacturers are based in Ohio, so I am going to do a weekly bit on different ones. First up is PRI. Precision Reflex is notable for their parts being used as components in the Mk 12 and Mk 18 programs in the late 90s. And unlike most manufacturers used in those programs such as A.R.M.S. and KAC they actually continue to produce these parts for the people who want to replicate the old rifles. PRI is based out of New Bremen, Ohio. About 45 minutes Southwest of Lima.
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			Gary Sneed Games of the 33rd Olympiad Lead to Pseuds Daily news updates
			The 2024 Summer Olympics are on, and people who claim to not care are currently online caring a great deal. Women’s 10 Meter Air Pistol was the cause of some controversy after the South Korean team set two world records in succession, taking both silver and gold in the event.			Many pseuds online who could not shoot that accurately with a rifle let alone a pistol took to their keyboards to demean the achievement as the guns used have “no recoil” and “They should use 9mm” and “10 meters isn't far” (the targets are insanely small). Despite the backlash the games will continue, and there are no plans to strip South Korea of their medals.


Lock and Roll The Ballad of the G3 Rifle		Benefits of Optical Sights I Think Iron Sights SUCK			Fearsome Critters II Elusive Amazonian Tribe
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The only Cold War battle rifle to still stick to NATO and not just smelly dirt people in South America. Page 2		Way back when basically the only optics out there would be magnified, and the advantage spoke for itself, now its now. Page 3			Deep in the jungles of southern Ohio, in the depths of Wayne National Forest, is a pygmy amazonian tribe of uncontacted natives. Page 4
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Gary Sneed Optical Sights Irons are Obsolete		The first problem is that iron sights require you to line up two points. This is known as sight alignment. If your sight alignment isn't correct, you will not hit the target. Any kind of optic will cut this step out of the shooting process. This process is, sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, breath control, stance. Eliminating a whole step from a 5 step process makes the whole affair 20% easier out the gate. Please do not check that math. Anyways, not only can you remove sight alignment, you can also not need to focus on your sights to make sure they actually are aligned. This allows you to focus on the target, making tracking a moving target or monitoring a potentially volatile target easier. In addition, you don’t usually have to cover the target, or cut it in half, as you do with most forms of iron sights. With the usual style of pistol sights you need to cut the target in half, seeing a bullseye as a half moon. With more AR style sights, at closer ranges you may not need to actually cover the target, rather having its fat sides spill off of your front sight. This still isn't as good as putting a red dot which covers 2 minutes of your target right in its center. Being able to actually see the target helps in being able to shoot it. Some optical sight reticles take this to an extreme where the target itself is placed in negative space in the center of some kind of crosshair, the Russian Kobra comes to mind. This brings us back to iron sights. It is possible to cope with this particular disadvantage by zeroing differently.		This is called a 6 o’clock hold. The target being placed on top of the front sight rather than being cut in half by it. Some shooters claim this is just as good as an optic. Its not, but whatever. All you need to do to accomplish this is just use the sights that way when zeroing. This is my preferred technique when using a handgun because it lends itself to speed, but with a rifle it complicates your zero somewhat and hampers your precision. Iron sights also have problems in low light conditions. Not only are they entirely incompatible with night vision devices, but the amount of light that actually comes through an aperture sight is slim, and can often make the target invisible through it. This is why rifle “night sights” in addition to often being illuminated will also have significantly larger apertures through which to see the target. The significantly larger window sizes of even the smallest optics alleviates this. These reasons are why even the lowest magnification, or no magnification sights are sought after over standard iron sights. The competitive shootings sports of every discipline either banned them outright or rapidly adopted them as they became available. Pistol mounted red dot sights were seen in competition even in the 1980s. Every military that could afford it began mass issuing optical sights as soon as practical. The Austrians were among the first in 1977 to issue them to every foot soldier, with the AUG and its 1.5x sight. The late 90s saw the U.S. adopt flat top ARs, and with them the 4x ACOG and 0x Aimpoint.
We live in a timeline where gun buyers roll their eyes at every new pistol that hits the market without an optics cut. If you told someone in 2010 that every pistol made in the future would have to take a red dot to sell well, they would probably find that quite amusing. Red dots weren’t even a standard accessory on shoulder rifles 10 years before that. Going back even further, most rifles made in the 60s and 70s had a way to accept some kind of scope, usually a proprietary one in the 4x range. The M16, the AR-18, the G3, even late cycle versions of the AK. But the fascinating thing to look at is low powered optics. Nowadays you may even look at 4x as low power. But way back when, that was standard. 8 or 10x was the highest thinkable magnification and 4x was nowhere near low. During The War there were some scopes produced down in the 1.5x range. Most notably the ZF-41. This was a German scope not made for snipers. It was made for the infantry. They wanted to give the ZF-41 to as many soldiers as possible. But why? Why is a 1.5x optic such an advantage that it is worth all of the cost, and work, and complication? Well its for the same reason that the U.S. adopted the Aimpoint red dot in 1998 as the M68. No matter the magnification (or lack thereof), having ANY sort of optical assistance makes shooting way easier.

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Fearsome Critters II Elusive Amazonian Tribe
Deep in the jungles of southern Ohio, in the depths of Wayne National Forest, is a pygmy amazonian tribe of uncontacted natives. As of this moment, this is the only remaining Native American tribe that is in the state that it was before the wypipo ass colonizers gave the natives fatal gout back in 1492 or whenever Jamestown was established. Or her sister colony, Jonestown. Anyways. This tribe is known as the Tiptonuts tribe, in Native American meaning impressive balls, noting the almost perfectly spherical nuts of these guys. It’s uncanny seeing such round balls. The men are brown and swarthy, with protruding guts and gauged earrings and Slayer tattoos. They are approximately 5’2” on average. The women are 6’8”, and have white hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and speak German… It appears that this tribe is incapable of building structures as they lie around all day on their leaf beds and smoke weed. Through careful observation, using cutting edge tech to blend in and not disturb the tribe, I have conducted groundbreaking research into how this tribe works. Using a Go-Pro taped to a hex bug, I have uncovered the following. It is a custom for this tribe to train local fauna to perform ritual music for their rain summoning procedure.			They use a multitude of rudimentary traps such as a cardboard box propped up with a stick or a fishing hook with a sandwich (with a toothpick with an olive on it) dangling on the end. These are great at catching nature’s most proficient percussionists and violinists. After capture, the Tiptonuts members use participation trophies and other liberal tactics to reinforce the skill these animals have. Once they are ready for Carnegie Hall, the women of the tribe carefully use their tools to carve the required instruments from their harvest. They believe that the next harvest will be successful if they use the fruits of last season. As such, they carve carrots and zucchinis and shit to make drums and stuff. They make the fauna play the flora. Do you see how fucked this is? The Harris-Gabbard administration has called a massive airstrike on this tribe. Click here to donate to stop this from happening!

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