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Gilboa Snake: Is the Double-AR Really so Dumb?
🕑 Added 2024-03-11 12:00:02 +0000 UTCThe Gilboa Snake is an Israeli rifle (from the same designer behind the Cornershot) that essentially combines two standard ARs into a single unit. In its civilian configuration it has two of every part - barrels, bolts (mirrored, so one ejects left and the other right), triggers, buffers, etc. In its military setup, the triggers and recoil system are combined into single units, and this makes the gun arguably practical. With a single trigger, a person fires two rounds simultaneously, resulting in either two simultaneous hits at close range, or the potential for one hit at longer range instead of what might be a miss with a regular rifle. This is a concept that has been experimented with by pretty much all major militaries over the past decades; the Russians, French, and Americans all had rifles like this. Other approaches to the end result included duplex and triplex ammunition (multiple bullets in one case) and hyper-burst firing mechanisms (like the Russian AN-94 and German G11). Ultimately all of the different systems were deemed poor compromises compared to normal rifles, but it's not as bizarre of an idea as it might first appear.
Unfortunately, the civilian Snake has to have two separate triggers to avoid machine gun classification in the US. It's difficult to fire both triggers simultaneously, and this limits the practical military applications of the gun.
Oh, and don't miss the unique elements in the Snake to allow for the barrels to be zeroed before mounting sights!
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Guido Schriewer
at a point at least. looks they still making them and is still issued sidearm in israel(?). looks like south koreans got those but daewoos why rok bought it... ?
Christian D. Orr
Wasn’t the Jericho 941 eventually renamed the Baby Eagle?
DaveJD
Anybody else remember the 1970 TV movie "The Challenge"? This rig reminded me of Darren McGavin's weird twin Madsen M1950 SMGs from that film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Challenge_(1970_film)
Guido Schriewer
can ONLY think of , a forgotten weapon (what is it. point intended), the imi jericho 941. can't recall ANY other gun in the chambering. believe it or not those do get in sight in an auction sometimes. what? about 37years later?
Christian D. Orr
.41 AE, whoa, there’s a blast (no pun intended) from the past!
Lawrence May
Do you know the fellow on "Czech My Arms". He put up a video of a chassis for the vz 61 (original scorpion I think)... Well as he was attaching this chassis to allow a red dot to mount on this older pdw type submachine gun, he proudly showed off where YOU signed your name on the upper of his old gun. However, It only had your 1st name and you put your last name as "Fud". 🤣 So it reads: "Ian Fud" Do you not like that guy? It's def not your last name as your last name is more then 3 or 4 letters. Also, I know I'm jot at a tier where I can submit a gun to review that will actually be acted upon but I can't afford the $100 bucks rt now. My mom's got Dementia so every extra bit I earn goes to her. (I own a small machine shop in Asheville NC. Having said that,.. Would you PLEASE review the ROBINSON ARMAMENT XCR-M in really any caliber they offer which is 8 or 9 plus they'll take requests if you don't mind the wait time. I'd suggest 7.62 NATO/.308. Really like your channel & 1 last thing which is a shout out to all the fans of Paul Harrel. Please buy one of the merchandise at his site. The $ goes to him, his wife and family...Paul has cancer of his Pancreas and I just heard he's already in Hospice care. He's been around a while & certinally seems like a good soul.
Bruce Brodnax
I'm thinking they may have just used the Stag Arms oem left handed bolt to save themselves some production niggles?
Will Sanders
Wasn't the Arsenal double 1911 ruled not a machine gun by the ATF as well as the double shot revolver thing because the shots were from separate actions and not multiples from the same action?
Thomas Batha
Adjusting the barrels to same point of impact completely defeats the whole purpose of the rifle which is to obtain greater hit probability by dispersed hits. If you miss the target by an inch, it doesn't do any good to have two bullets miss in the same hole but if one was regulated to hit say three inches away you might make your kill. Also,, would connecting the triggers (drill a hole and pin them together) make it illegal?
Nick Beckwith
A Triple Barreled FAMAS; The Dream Forgotten Weapons episode!
Guido Schriewer
if they would have done a rotary sort of deal but two trigger units...
Guido Schriewer
or unicorns as the 41AE or timber wolf 357 pump. (unbelievable but saw one in an auction not too long ago.) a double ar is a real silly goofy idea you ask me. double the weight alone... twice as much to go wrong.. . they look SO far apart, is for ones with smaller hands the left (as a righthander) trigger even reachable? could think my eyes just got worse, kind of a double vision at the takedown.
