offroadaz wrote:This ones kinda interesting, has some cool features
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OH! I know this one! I use to play a free video game called America's Army. It was a high quality first person shooter game put out by the US Army. They said it was "not" a recruitment tool, but it gives you the virtual experience of training like a soldier and then you get deployed into combat. You can it was a multi-player and it was an AWESOME game. In the game you only get actual firearms that are currently used by the US Army. I was usually the designated sniper and used the M24 bolt rifle in .308win. The bad guys had an assortment. One of which was this rifle.
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This is the VSS Vintorez. A Russian special sniper rifle. It was chambered in 9x39mm heavy 9mm cartridge known as the SP-5. It's basically an AK-47 round (7.62x39) but with a 9mm diameter bullet. It's a select fire gas operated rifle. Build loosely off the AK design it had a long stroke gas piston system. Similar to the AR platform, the bolt had six locking lugs, so it secured the gas system just as good. Much like the modern Glock (and most tupperware guns) it utilized a striker fire system.
Following the lines of the HK MP5-SD, this rifle used an integral suppressor. The suppressor is the length of the barrel. The barrel had small ports drilled into the rifling, which allowed the gasses to bleed out as it traveled the length of the barrel, bringing the sound level down dramatically. Externally, it looked much like a AK. It just had a smaller cartridge.
With a heavy bullet that had a hardened steel or tungsten core, the ammo easily penetrated most body armor. Even when traveling at a subsonic speed (less than 1050-fps). This came with either a 10-rnd or a 20-rnd magazine.
A truly awesome rifle that was built in Russia, by the Tula Arsenal and used primarily by the Russian Special Forces (Spetsnaz). It's inception was back in 1987 and is still used today. The side scope mount is an added plus. It allowed the use of mounting a variety of optics, including night vision and thermal. The sights on the rifle can be used even when the optic is installed.
Last year, a group of US gunbuilders attempted to build a US version and market it. With a barrel length of only 11.5" AND being a suppressed rifle, it would fall under NFA restriction and require a double $200 tax stamp. On top of the, the targeted price tag of the rifle ($2,000).
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/09/03/building-vss-vintorez-usa/
I may have to buy one... yeah, right. Not in my budget for 2014-2015. :)
http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=372
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A modern version called the SR-3 "Vikhr" is also out. Very similar to this rifle, except the suppressor is not integral. It utilizes a shorter barrel that has a threaded flash hider. The long suppressor thread to the flash hider and off you go. Although not as quiet as the VSS, it does offer a more compact gun for normal use, and then a twist-on suppressor for stealth. Yes, that is a folding stock. :)
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