The Wandering Minstrel

Posted by Minstrel on 18 Mar 2010

Check out this eye-candy and read about the MGI Hydra QCB Modular weapon used by Special Operations Forces.

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8 Responses to “MGI Hydra QCB Modular”

Linoge on 18 Mar 2010 at 1859 #

If I am not mistaken, Tam has an upper from those folks, and swears by them.

Granted, it definitely seems like something that could come loose at the worst possible opportunity, but it also seems like something simply and completely awesome.

If I had the coinage…

Minstrel on 18 Mar 2010 at 1923 #

The system performance seems to be reliable enough for SPECOPS, so I assume it must be pretty good.

Yes the price is up there. Not only for the piece, but also for the ammunition to feed it.

But then be glad we’re not made of money - that would make us all green and wrinkled.

Glenn B on 18 Mar 2010 at 1929 #

Oh, it looks ever so evil - I want one, I want one…

Linoge on 18 Mar 2010 at 1947 #

Oh, no doubt, Minstrel. I just belong to the “fewer moving parts = good” mentality of engineering, mostly because I break enough stuff on my own to not need my equipment’s assistance.

But, as you say, if it is being considered by the guys in harm’s way, it will probably suffice for my range-confined tinkering.

But if it explodes, I am coming after you.

DirtCrashr on 19 Mar 2010 at 0935 #

I almost built (or bought) one of those quick-switch-barrel uppers, but I didn’t figure I was going to be changing calibers around all the time and the cost nixed it. It seems most useful for select-fire guys who might need to change a barrel in a hurry.

Robocop on 19 Mar 2010 at 1656 #

Very good eye candy. I also like this site. Keep up the good work.

Minstrel on 19 Mar 2010 at 1837 #

Thanks for the comments, guys. Always informative.

Robocop, I looked at your weblog and it would seem that we have the same ideas about how the world is supposed to work.

Thanks for the compliment.

Grizzly260 on 12 Apr 2010 at 1322 #

Seems to me that something as simple as that would be hard enough to break that you would have to really try in order to succeed, but who knows? After all I have managed to get 12 consecutive failures to fire out of a brand new .22LR Rolling Block with Fiocchi Match ammo, so anything is possible.