Chantry Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 "In 1963 in Yorkshire, a class of British Army armorers put one Vickers gun through probably the most strenuous test ever given to an individual gun. The base had a stockpile of approximately 5 million rounds of Mk VII ammunition which was no longer approved for military use. They took a newly rebuilt Vickers gun, and proceeded to fire the entire stock of ammo through it over the course of seven days. They worked in pairs, switching off at 30 minute intervals, with a third man shoveling away spent brass. The gun was fired in 250-round solid bursts, and the worn out barrels were changed every hour and a half. At the end of the five million rounds, the gun was taken back into the shop for inspection. It was found to be within service spec in every dimension." Link with another interesting story from WWI: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18971/forgotten-weapons-the-vickers-gun-is-one-of-the-best-firearms-ever-made/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I'm not familiar with this gun, but a 1917A1 Browning (and it's offsprings) wouldn't do that, even as great as it is, and I doubt or M-60 could, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 112 barrels were used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 44,643 rounds to burn out a barrel, shooting just as fast as it would fire. That's impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 i knew someone that had one but sadly he passed a while back , he had a delightful collection of enfields as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Worth a browse...... https://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/reproduction-guns/vickers-machine-gun LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 21 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I'm not familiar with this gun, but a 1917A1 Browning (and it's offsprings) wouldn't do that, even as great as it is, and I doubt or M-60 could, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 20 hours ago, Alpo said: 44,643 rounds to burn out a barrel, shooting just as fast as it would fire. That's impressive. I doubt the barrels would have lasted anywhere near that long if it hadn't been water cooled. Wonder how much water they went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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