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7/3/2025, 11:29:04 AM
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Right? The Potatodigger is kind of underrated, and the funny thing is that Browning's first approach to a machinegun really was:
>"What if I made a lever-action rifle cycle and fire itself continuously using the energy from the muzzle blast?"
It's such an esoteric take compared to what we know today, let alone as much as 80 years ago, but it actually fucking worked, and really well.
I almost want to compare it to the various gas trap rifles, if nothing else because Browning's very first proof of concept for a self-loading rifle was one of his Winchester designs, but with a gas lever grafted onto its muzzle, which linked to the action lever.
Right? The Potatodigger is kind of underrated, and the funny thing is that Browning's first approach to a machinegun really was:
>"What if I made a lever-action rifle cycle and fire itself continuously using the energy from the muzzle blast?"
It's such an esoteric take compared to what we know today, let alone as much as 80 years ago, but it actually fucking worked, and really well.
I almost want to compare it to the various gas trap rifles, if nothing else because Browning's very first proof of concept for a self-loading rifle was one of his Winchester designs, but with a gas lever grafted onto its muzzle, which linked to the action lever.
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