• SuperCub@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Apparently his gun jammed between each shot and he was very chill/good at unjamming it. So, police think Mr Guillotine is ex-army or ex-cop.

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      14 days ago

      Maybe he was doing the SPORT technique for unjamming commonly taught in the army at least

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      14 days ago

      Oh, is that what he was doing? I thought it was just not a semi-automatic gun or something, and he had to cock it each time (I am not a firearms expert lol). It seems that it might have even been hot and burnt his hand before the third (fourth? not gonna watch again) shot.

    • Prinz Kasper@feddit.org
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      14 days ago

      Might not be jamming, if you use subsonic ammo and a big fat suppressor, it’s possible that there simply isn’t enough gas pressure left to cycle the action of the gun, effectively turning the gun into a bolt-action.

      The guy certainly doesn’t look surprised by a jam.

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      He was probably shooting subsonics, knowing they wouldn’t cycle the action. Silencers make a reliable gun unreliable by changing the gas system pressures. One way to make it reliable is to make sure every shot has to be manually cycled by shooting underpowered rounds.