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The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - stanc - 07-19-2011
Now there's a candidate for a belt-fed Grendel, without having to fork over the big bucks for a machine gun. Anybody game?
![[Image: RPDCARBINE.JPG]](http://www.dsarms.com/images/RPDCARBINE.JPG)
http://www.dsarms.com/Semi-Auto-762-X-39-RPD-Rifle--RPDCARBINE/productinfo/RPDCARBINE/
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - z06man - 07-19-2011
Makes me think of a Mini-14.
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - LRRPF52 - 07-19-2011
z06man Wrote:Makes me think of a Mini-14.
Try RPD
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - z06man - 07-19-2011
It is an RPD.
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - warped - 07-19-2011
Except for the chore of doing some changes on the drum of course, it is not as easy as you would think.
I can cobble one together but the real PIA is redesigning the drum.
That is a project I need to get back to.
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - stanc - 07-19-2011
So shitcan the drum. Gee, that problem was easy to solve.
Or maybe you were thinking of an RPK drum magazine?
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - gophernuts - 07-19-2011
I wonder if a non-evaportating belt from a Gorgunov would work?? Just shit can the drum altogether and make it belt fed.
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - stanc - 07-19-2011
The RPD is belt-fed. The drum holds 100 rounds of belted ammo.
[video=youtube;aMGwTeb8DII]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMGwTeb8DII[/video]
Everybody calls it a drum, but it's not actually a drum magazine. It's a container to avoid having a loose belt flopping around, or wrapped around the body, Rambo style. The modern equivalent is the 100-rd "nut sack" used with the M249 SAW. Here's a SAW cloth bag adapted to an RPD.
[video=youtube;smP07aE296E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smP07aE296E[/video]
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - gophernuts - 07-20-2011
Well played sir. But still the question stands. Would a 7.62x39mm belt fit 6.5 Grendel cases?
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - warped - 07-20-2011
stanc Wrote:So shitcan the drum. Gee, that problem was easy to solve.
Or maybe you were thinking of an RPK drum magazine?
Actually both Stan, yeah you can use a bag on an RPD, but that was not the exercise.
I have used both weapons.
I have lots of projects and not all that much time...
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - warped - 07-20-2011
No a 7.62x39 will fit just that, we could modify the belt but by that time you might as well start from scratch and make a proper belt
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - stanc - 07-20-2011
gophernuts Wrote:Well played sir. But still the question stands. Would a 7.62x39mm belt fit 6.5 Grendel cases?I think it should, although it's possible that the different case taper might make for too tight of a fit at the front of the links. However, Cris Murray has converted an MG42 to use RPD belts with his 7x46 UIAC, and that cartridge has case taper similar to that of 6.5 Grendel.
The Ultimate 6.5 Grendel - warped - 07-20-2011
I am surprised it worked, it may have taken some work to get the cases to loosen up the belt so they were reliable.