1/6th Scale .50 BMG Field Gun

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1/6th Scale .50 BMG Field Gun

Post by wreckless » Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:24 am

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Ever wanted your own field gun but never had the garage space to keep one? Well look no further, a small group of British gunsmiths have developed a working scale replica of the World War Two-era British Ordnance QF 17-pounder!

The 1/6th scale replica of the iconic anti-tank weapon from World War Two fires the .50 BMG round. The replica QF-17 is a long time passion project of Chris Roper, Rotac Ltd’s managing director and founder. Chris originally worked on the project with his gunmaker father, Bill, and has been joined by military historian Mark Khan and other experts who have helped bring the replica to life.

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The Rotac team also had to come up with a way to reliably extract the rimless .50 calibre round. Rounds have to be manually extracted from the first prototype but Roper reports that production models will eject spent cases when the breech is opened. While Rotac developed the prototype Mk1 replica to chamber the .50 BMG round they also plan to offer it in various other commercial or military calibres.

Mark and his team still have to finalise the production model’s traverse and elevation gears with testing of the Mk2 gun scheduled for early 2018. The barrels will be either 316 stainless or Chrom-Moly steel and will be rifled by a firm that supplies the London Gun trade. Rotac hope to have production models ready for 2019. Rotac estimate the guns will cost around £25,000 / $31,500 and will be available worldwide.

Here’s a video of the prototype Mk1 in action:
http://www.rotacltd.com/rotac4.mp4?_=2


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Re: 1/6th Scale .50 BMG Field Gun

Post by 1943Willysgpw » Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:32 am

Very cool.
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Re: 1/6th Scale .50 BMG Field Gun

Post by m3bobby » Thu Nov 02, 2017 1:09 pm

Won't be long before some politician sticks his ore in.
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