sungazer wrote:Not pistols but AR and Machine gun. I have fired several times on full auto M16 and AK47 both on a bipod and freehand. Then one to debunk movies was the M60 as used by Arnold in Terminator Fired this full auto on bipod No Fing way you could fire this one handed. I was leaning into it standing up and it would push you back over a course of fire until no longer on target and I would have to reset.
It can be shot one handed if you have the muscles of Ahnold or Rambo, not that you would hit much, probably. Especially easier if it's the E3 or E6 model which is about 5 pounds lighter. Personally myself I usually shoot it from the hip two handed.
The thing to remember with the 60 is that it tends to jump up high and right about the third and fourth round.
In actual practice anyways with current US military doctrine, these types of belt fed machines are usually fired in 3 or 5 round bursts at a time, usually at least two machine gun fire teams working in unison. Not to say they will not run a 50 or 100 belt through in certain situations, but mostly the guns are used to fire bursts.