Rifle, Alpha

Orionblamblam · 11-01-2009, 09:50 PM

A photo of some experimental rifles on display at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. Front and center are some of the "Alpha" rifles studied in the late 50's - early 60's. They were .30 caliber, but had *huge* magazine wells.

More photos here:
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4309

Socrates187 · 11-01-2009, 11:30 PM

Hm...Interesting concept. Thanks for the photos.

Wally1967 · 11-02-2009, 01:19 AM

Looks like French prototypes FAMAS?

DID · 11-02-2009, 01:15 PM

Look like Tavor a little bit...

chulo_allen · 11-02-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DID

Look like Tavor a little bit...

WOW you are right, did you even notice they have the same trigger thing, and that straight round barrel?

samourai · 11-02-2009, 02:36 PM

you can see the same similar parts with the french famas and more bullpup rifle.

11-01-2009, 09:50 PM	#1
Orionblamblam Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 15	Rifle, Alpha A photo of some experimental rifles on display at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. Front and center are some of the "Alpha" rifles studied in the late 50's - early 60's. They were .30 caliber, but had huge magazine wells. More photos here: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4309 Attached Thumbnails

11-01-2009, 11:30 PM	#2
Socrates187 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 97	Hm...Interesting concept. Thanks for the photos.

11-02-2009, 01:19 AM	#3
Wally1967 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Downunder... Australia Posts: 1,866	Looks like French prototypes FAMAS?

11-02-2009, 01:15 PM	#4
DID Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Switzerland NE Age: 25 Posts: 1,412	Look like Tavor a little bit...

11-02-2009, 02:36 PM	#6
samourai Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 174	you can see the same similar parts with the french famas and more bullpup rifle.