Anyone know what the yellow clip on the front of guns used by the British Army is used for??
Anyone know what the yellow clip on the front of guns used by the British Army is used for??
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience who are too afraid to laugh...."
it`s called a BFA (blank firing attachment)........it allows the gas dicharged from a blank round to reroute to the mechanism thus allowing the weapon to reload itself
chippy
Gunner Chippy You Made Me Proud... It Look's Like Not E verything Is Lost YetOriginally posted by chippy
it`s called a BFA (blank firing attachment)........it allows the gas dicharged from a blank round to reroute to the mechanism thus allowing the weapon to reload itself
chippy
but enyway gunner you've earnd it...
Sergeant - Major Williams.
hahahaha lol !!!
thanks man.........but i already got a couple of them !! (6 years mispent youth)
maybe we can team up on the weapons side of ABCman`s digiforum army !!!!!!!!!
chippy
@Sergeant-Major NO MATE
That is used becuz firing blanks can still be dangerous at point blank range.
eg. if you shoot an apple at point blank with a blank it will still split, when that attachment is placed on the rifle the apple will not split.
There is a semi automatic attachment but i am pretty sure that is not it.
Correct me if i am wrong, otherwise demote Sergeant-Major.
P.S. I think it is yellow to make the attachment clear so people know it is attached.
Now.. Now.... Gunner way2gud4uOriginally posted by way2gud4u
@Sergeant-Major NO MATE
That is used becuz firing blanks can still be dangerous at point blank range.
eg. if you shoot an apple at point blank with a blank it will still split, when that attachment is placed on the rifle the apple will not split.
There is a semi automatic attachment but i am pretty sure that is not it.
Correct me if i am wrong, otherwise demote Sergeant-Major.
P.S. I think it is yellow to make the attachment clear so people know it is attached.
theres NO Need to make a seen.. have one too then & we can call the matter Closed ..
Roflmfao........
P.S
i dont mind giving them away i bught a big stock for a few bobs. lol
Sergeant-Major Williams.
I gotta agree with way2gud4u
Originally posted by Pongo
I gotta agree with way2gud4u
Well Gunner Pongo !!
you arn't going to get eny lol & thats final...
Sergeant - Major Williams.
Not evenif I bend over and grease my bottom ?
Sarge..*kiss* *kiss* LMAO
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@way2gud4u
u r right in sayin that a weapon is stil dangerous with a bfa attached...........but with out a bfa the sa80 or any weapon for that matter will NOT function correctly when firing blank rounds............trust me ..........i worked with armourers for quite a few years and have fired a number of different weapons
chippy
ok i chekd it aat wiv a m8 and chippy is rite, i just dint step my foot in it 2 bad cuz i had it wrong!!
basically the BFA is used 2 let the air go back into the mechanism to recock the weapon (like chippy said!). This would happen naturally without the BFA if real rounds were being used.
Apparently the rifles will still function correctly without it though, just you'll have to cock it.
Newayz, apologies to Chippy but I still fink 'Seargent'Major shud demoted, he dont seem2 no about it.
Last edited by Porthos; 17th September 2002 at 10:26 PM.
the blanks should just hit the end of the yellow thingy , and the gas will travel back up the barrel cause the recoil thus reloading the weapon but some of the gas does escape at the end.
correct me if i'm wrong , think i'm right cos they used to use em on the old SLR's but i dont know what effect they have on an sa80.
no...i did`nt say that.............the point i was making is that bfa is a device to simulate battlefield conditions i.e make the weapon fire in semi auto of full auto.........without a bfa and firing blanks this would not happen as all the gas would flow out of the muzzle and therefor not "push" back the workin parts..............i suggest u do a search on some weapons sites and read up b4 post
chippy
*edit*............hahahaha .........he edited !!!!
*edit again* yes big bad dog ..........u r quite correct
Last edited by chippy; 17th September 2002 at 10:16 PM.
Thanx guys!! as informative as ever!
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience who are too afraid to laugh...."
@way2gud4u
hahaha..............no probs man
chippy, wats ur problem? i edited cuz i had posted then i changed it while i chekd it out rather than cluterin the thread, calm down b4 u jizz ur pants.
hi guys,
thought while we were on the subject id chuck in my 2p worth.
while i was in cadets a few years ago we were doing a field exercise n part ov the stuff we did was a ambush scenario.
now when we did this we used 5.56mm assault rifles(basically the sa80 without the sites on top) on the side ov it was a little switch that changed the way it fired.
1 way it was repetition(think u had 2 cock it 4 every shot) n the other was automatic or semi automatic(not sure which). now dumb arse me didnt set it rite n shot out 30 blank rounds in a few seconds. these rifles had no bfa but didnt require cocking after each round.
were they modified in sum way 2 allow them 2 do this?
Both of you are right and I can tell you that 100% are serving 6 years 172 days service.Originally posted by chippy
@way2gud4u
hahaha..............no probs man
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Originally posted by Danger Mouse
hi guys,
thought while we were on the subject id chuck in my 2p worth.
while i was in cadets a few years ago we were doing a field exercise n part ov the stuff we did was a ambush scenario.
now when we did this we used 5.56mm assault rifles(basically the sa80 without the sites on top) on the side ov it was a little switch that changed the way it fired.
1 way it was repetition(think u had 2 cock it 4 every shot) n the other was automatic or semi automatic(not sure which). now dumb arse me didnt set it rite n shot out 30 blank rounds in a few seconds. these rifles had no bfa but didnt require cocking after each round.
were they modified in sum way 2 allow them 2 do this?
dude i spent 8 yrs in the royal corps of signals and have fired more rounds of 5.56 mm from the shit bit of kit called the SA 80
single repitition you should of not needed to recock the weapon ( make it ready) unless in each magazine there was only 1 round otherwise the working parts of the weapon would of recoiled and put another round in the chamber
regards to the BFA it is there for a nother purpose that has not been mentioned
SAFETY
you fire the weapon with a blank round in close proximity of some one there gonna get hurt because the gases will ignite and you get a bloody long flame see it at night for best effects and ut will do damage i witnessed a demo of a large water melon / an instructor placed the muzzle of an SA80 about 5 inch from a water melon the weapon was loaded with a magazine containg 28 rounds / yes the mags carry 30 rounds but thats when you get problems with blockages / there was no BFA attatched he placed the rifle on full automatic and pulled the trigger to say the melon got wasted was an understatement it totally destroyed it
and regards working parts not recoiling im sorry to say but they worked fine and functioned as they where supposed too
thanks
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