First Full Auto Shooting - Fun!

spacecoast · July 30, 2015, 03:38 PM

I marked off another item on my shooting bucket list a couple of weeks ago, however it only made me thirstier for more.

My neighbor's buddy has a great back yard range (in the country), including a small pond which turns out to be ideal for playing with his machine gun. It's built on a Cobray M11 lower with an Alliance Armament 9mm upper that moves the magazine mounting point from the pistol grip out to just behind the forward grip. The Suomi M31 magazines hold 36 rounds each and last for about 2-3 seconds for a mag dump (of which I only did one). I mostly shot 3-6 round bursts and this rifle was surprisingly accurate and easy to control. I found it easy to stay focused on a small log in the water and once I made it jump about 6 feet out of water.

We shot about 150 rounds of stock Federal FMJ and then about 100 rounds of my reloads, which were slightly hotter and made the gun run a little faster. All in all, a very cool experience that I would like to do again in the near future. I have included a few pictures of the gun and shooting below.

skizzums · July 30, 2015, 08:42 PM

I have never seen anything like that before. Pretty awesome, and suomi mags? What could be better than being able to buy drums for 20$ and less. Full auto is awesome, I have only done it at range rentals and ammo costs are always prohibitive, the fact he allowed your reloads is really cool, and being a 9mm makes it even better.

PA32Mark · August 5, 2015, 11:00 PM

Are Suomi stick and drum mags plentiful and relatively inexpensive?

July 30, 2015, 03:38 PM	#1
spacecoast Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: Sunshine and Keystone States Posts: 4,461	First Full Auto Shooting - Fun! I marked off another item on my shooting bucket list a couple of weeks ago, however it only made me thirstier for more. My neighbor's buddy has a great back yard range (in the country), including a small pond which turns out to be ideal for playing with his machine gun. It's built on a Cobray M11 lower with an Alliance Armament 9mm upper that moves the magazine mounting point from the pistol grip out to just behind the forward grip. The Suomi M31 magazines hold 36 rounds each and last for about 2-3 seconds for a mag dump (of which I only did one). I mostly shot 3-6 round bursts and this rifle was surprisingly accurate and easy to control. I found it easy to stay focused on a small log in the water and once I made it jump about 6 feet out of water. We shot about 150 rounds of stock Federal FMJ and then about 100 rounds of my reloads, which were slightly hotter and made the gun run a little faster. All in all, a very cool experience that I would like to do again in the near future. I have included a few pictures of the gun and shooting below.

July 30, 2015, 08:42 PM	#2
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	I have never seen anything like that before. Pretty awesome, and suomi mags? What could be better than being able to buy drums for 20$ and less. Full auto is awesome, I have only done it at range rentals and ammo costs are always prohibitive, the fact he allowed your reloads is really cool, and being a 9mm makes it even better. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

August 5, 2015, 11:00 PM	#3
PA32Mark Member Join Date: January 27, 2015 Posts: 54	Are Suomi stick and drum mags plentiful and relatively inexpensive?