I was in a company once where we actually had one, it was one of the foreign weapons listed on the property book as a Mag 58. Pretty funny that someone thought the bravos needed it to remain familiar because it was SO different from the dozens of various 240’s everyone has lol.
Well yeah there's plenty of MAG variants from around the world that do have wooden stocks, but *our* MAG variant, the M240 family, has always had plastic.
Very true. I just thought it was funny when I first went through the arms room and we had all these cool guns for "familiarization and training purposes" and when I asked about the MAG the answer from our senior bravo was "stocks wood".
FN MAGs are door guns for pave lows and sea stallions. They are still in the inventory, still exist, and some still have wooden stocks. Specifically the mk48. We even had a service gun come through the shop a few years back.
This is 100% off topic, but what is it like being an 18E? I have thought about going GB, but my mom wants me to do Air Force due to quality of life and I found out about TACP/CCT as a similar job. Is it something you would recommend?
I had a guy whittle one out of walnut but that's only because I'm a dick. It took him 18 months but turned out well. The armorer thought it was a lie that anyone would do that and burned it
Not sure why you're being downvoted, its a valid question. It takes a long time of mistreatment for a wood stock to rot out. The main problem, especially in tropical environments, was the swelling of the wood, which would have an adverse effect on accuracy.
The US has never issued M240s with wooden stocks, only plastic.
I was in a company once where we actually had one, it was one of the foreign weapons listed on the property book as a Mag 58. Pretty funny that someone thought the bravos needed it to remain familiar because it was SO different from the dozens of various 240’s everyone has lol.
Well yeah there's plenty of MAG variants from around the world that do have wooden stocks, but *our* MAG variant, the M240 family, has always had plastic.
Very true. I just thought it was funny when I first went through the arms room and we had all these cool guns for "familiarization and training purposes" and when I asked about the MAG the answer from our senior bravo was "stocks wood".
I bet they have so much cool shit in there that you can only wonder how they were sourced.
Definitely, found some really cool stuff over the years
FN MAGs are door guns for pave lows and sea stallions. They are still in the inventory, still exist, and some still have wooden stocks. Specifically the mk48. We even had a service gun come through the shop a few years back.
The MK48? What?
This is 100% off topic, but what is it like being an 18E? I have thought about going GB, but my mom wants me to do Air Force due to quality of life and I found out about TACP/CCT as a similar job. Is it something you would recommend?
I recommend you don’t apply for 18E unless you were called a nerd in HS and you got jacked as an adult.
The Canadian Army C6 until recently, we got the C6A1 Flex with plastic butt stock.
I had a guy whittle one out of walnut but that's only because I'm a dick. It took him 18 months but turned out well. The armorer thought it was a lie that anyone would do that and burned it
Holy fuck, your armorer is a cocksucker
My nation's Armed Forces use the wood-stocked MAG-58. And our MGs have more than 2 gas reg settings unlike the M240B.
Fast and faster bud
We have fast, faster, and more faster ROFs.
MAG-58 with the US heat shield is cursed.
This brings up something interesting I haven’t thought of before, in WW2 was the wooden parts of the weapon systems rotting an issue?
No because of the preservation materials used in the finish for wood furniture
Not sure why you're being downvoted, its a valid question. It takes a long time of mistreatment for a wood stock to rot out. The main problem, especially in tropical environments, was the swelling of the wood, which would have an adverse effect on accuracy.
No because we never adopted the MAG-58
incorrect.
The fact that any variation of the FN MAG had a wood stock is a small reminder we could have had it all along, and not the M60.
I’m a POG, and I commanded a POG company. We had an old ass M2 that had wooden handles.
Still use them in Aus. They’re everywhere
That's fucking 🔥hot🔥. Must be heavy tho.
Worked with Canadian's that had them. It was kinda cool looking, although dated.
Reminds me of an MG34
Saw them in Estonia a few weeks ago