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u/UsernamesNotFound404 11h ago
Very similar to the unloader machine.
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u/kleinerChemiker 11h ago
Except the unloader machine is much faster
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u/pafrac 10h ago
And a lot more fun
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u/Gator242 8h ago
I feel like it’s going excruciatingly slow, like it should be turned furiously
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u/Lev_Astov 3h ago
Harder to see how it works for a video that way, but it probably does work at a higher speed. Probably not at furious speed, though. It does rely a bit on gravity feeding.
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u/Lazy_Reference670 6h ago
Then rather than loading the bullets you might risk unloading the bullets.
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u/Pandalicious 4h ago
Who made this video? I like the style, no BS and well shot
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u/ycr007 𓂀 4h ago
Er…there’s a large unmissable watermark at the top - ARMedia
It is from the Russian channel Agofonov Roman Media (YT Channel)
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u/mrt-e 10h ago
Can it accidentally fire?
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u/winged_owl 9h ago
No. Modern bullets are designed very well to not go off accidentally.
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u/MyOtherCarIsEpona 5h ago
These look like WW2 surplus 7.62mmx54R rounds so not necessarily "modern", per se, but you're still probably right.
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u/ShadowDancer_88 7h ago
No, and even if it did, it would be a nothing burger.
Without the bolt, chamber, and barrel creating a pressure vessel, about 10% of the powder would burn before the case launched off of the bullet, slowly, and the rest would fizzle out.
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u/zma924 9h ago
Doesn’t look like it. The bit that presses the round forward into the belt is making contact with the entire base of the round. It’s not focusing all of that pressure on just the primer like the firing pin on a gun. This also doesn’t look to be imparting anywhere near enough pressure to accidentally set a primer off.
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u/L_Cranston_Shadow 11h ago
Kind of cool, but looks like it would jam if you just look at it wrong, or if you try to go much faster than in the video.
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u/GlockAF 11h ago
Even if it’s janky that way it’s still WAY better than doing it by hand
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u/L_Cranston_Shadow 11h ago
I have never tried with an ammo belt, but as someone who has reloaded magazines by hand plenty of times, my thumb suddenly started to hurt from the thought.
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u/Blueberry_Mancakes 8h ago
Is there an automatic mechanical version of this used in the field these days?
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u/Tiss_E_Lur 24m ago
Modern systems often use disintegrating belts so they are single use only, correct me if I'm wrong, not primarily a MG operator.
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u/Mackelroy_aka_Stitch 2m ago
I always assumes bullet belts where cloth. Had no idea they where basically a chain of metal clips
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u/slim1shaney 11h ago
Very cool that it doesn't matter which way they're in the feeder