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Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« on: February 14, 2020, 09:41:01 AM »
Fun factoid about the Galil.  :laugh:

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Production began with three versions: the standard automatic rifle machine gun (ARM), an automatic rifle (AR) for support troops and military police, and a short automatic rifle (SAR) for vehicle crews, staff and specialty troops. The ARM was distinguished by its carrying handle and a bipod that could be rotated against an adjacent extension to serve as a wire cutter. In response to a tendency on the part of IDF personnel to open bottles on the front lip of ammunition magazines, eventually bending them out of shape, the Galil also incorporated an extension under the front handguard that served as a bottle opener.

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2020/02/13/this-1970s-military-rifle-actually-came-with-a-built-in-bottle-opener-seriously/
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2020, 10:08:02 AM »
Fun factoid about the Galil.  :laugh:

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2020/02/13/this-1970s-military-rifle-actually-came-with-a-built-in-bottle-opener-seriously/

I’m a bit surprised bottle opener hasn’t been on the list of features that are used in most of the “Assault Weapons” definitions or banned features. If I recall correctly the Galil and clones were part of the original 1994 AWB.

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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2020, 11:03:44 AM »
I thought every gun came with a bottle opener?  Most just do a messy job of it. 
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2020, 11:36:11 AM »
Not nearly as sexy as the Spencer Coffee Grinder Carbine.
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2020, 12:01:14 PM »
Wait until they find out we used to have a machine gun that would dig for potatoes. 
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2020, 02:52:55 PM »
You don't need a rifle for that, just a magazine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doOhixHe__8

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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2020, 03:16:31 PM »
Wait until they find out we used to have a machine gun that would dig for potatoes.  

^ :rofl:

My first thought on the OP was "What, no corkscrew?"

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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2020, 03:58:02 PM »
^ :rofl:

My first thought on the OP was "What, no corkscrew?"

That would be on a French rifle.

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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2020, 05:29:08 PM »
The makarov pistol can open bottles when the slide is locked back!

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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2020, 10:07:39 PM »
I can remember Nick sitting here by the fire opening bottles with some mag. We may have been drunk at the time.
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2020, 11:38:21 PM »
Possible modifications!
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Re: Battle Rifle With a Bottle Opener
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2020, 04:10:32 PM »
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