Posted by: hipboyscott on February 05, 2003 at 17:35:07

I found that the AT-85 system uses many small parts, and the chain drive system is not the best version either. not to mention the VL on the side will have bottlenecking in the feed tube, and will offset a center of balance. In my design the hopper is more akin to the cyclone feed, but uses only a few parts, as well as just a simple, cheap rubber belt for ball feeding. I estimate that you would be able to have a steady 15-20 RPS rate of fire, something a viewloader's small feed tube is not able to handle. Not that I dont like the AT-85 or antything, but mine would have perfect balance and such with the 200-300 rounds in the hopper. oh and a rotating bolt won't produce any noticable recoil. But for the military, something could be worked out. I dunno. I just think that it's time someone actually invents a new operating system, I mean there isn't much totally new, revolutionary stuff on the market nowadays. Remeber when the Autocoker hit the market?

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