Wednesday, October 04, 2017

The Guns Used In The Mandalay Bay Vegas Massacre

'I am a Marine that served a few years on active duty. Now, I work with a firearms manufacturing business and I am constantly around all types of firearms. 
'Multiple mainstream news outlets are claiming that the primary weapon used was an M249 SAW. I will say for 100% certain that was not the primary weapon used. The weapon used in this shooting has a cyclic rate of fire of around 600 rounds per minute. An M249 has a cyclic rate of about 900 rounds per minute. 
'Before I jump into the deeper details I want to give you a quick rundown on what I believe is true (with the current information at hand)...'
GO READ THE WHOLE THING. 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good article. I would only add that "multiple media outlets" are all citing the same, probably bogus, source and should not be taken to mean multiple confirmations.

Pastorius said...

Ok, thanks. I did not know that.

There seems to be no verifiable reporting on any part of this story.

Anonymous said...

LOL. One of the more amusing things Rush Limbaugh does is play a montage of media commentary in the aftermath of some big media event. Without fail they will use the same set of descriptors, exact same nouns and adjectives. It's obvious they are cribbing from the same source. Probably someone at the DNC.