Optimized Caliber

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We could argue this point until the sun refuses to rise. But without the faith to try something new, there would be NO KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE.

Again, that's just not true. I myself have tried many things new to me, and faith was never a factor.

Yes, and Maxim produced exactly ONE weapon that became widely used.

That isn't relevant. Your post was "everyone said that no automatic, dependable weapon could be manufactured, they would destroy themselves," so Browning invented a machine gun that worked. The truth is that Maxim had already "invented a machine gun that worked," and he did it years before JMB.

Ah, the M1895 Potato Digger. Yep, complex. So complex it was designed and built in a workshop in Ogden, Utah before the turn of the 20th century, using tools that were crude even by the time, some of which were his father Jonathan Ogden's!

Maxim's gas piston system was simple, straight-line operation. Browning's "potato digger" had hinges, levers, and other crap that was indeed quite complex compared to Maxim's simple, elegant design. And Maxim's basic design is still used today, whereas Browning's version hasn't been made for about 100 years...

And its difficult to me to argue against something which is so inherently easy and cheap to produce...if there were a demand.

I've never said that metallic links aren't cheap and easy to make. The question I have is if they can be designed and developed, considering the changes that would be needed to fit the 6.5 Grendel case.

Do you believe that Armstrong walked on the Moon? If so, please tell me how you arrived at that belief.

<sigh> As I've said many times before, I consider belief to be illogical behavior, therefore I refrain from engaging in it.