{"id":6997,"date":"2014-01-27T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6997"},"modified":"2014-01-27T16:31:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T21:31:41","slug":"slide-fire-turns-an-ar-15-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6997","title":{"rendered":"Slide Fire Turns an AR-15 Upside Down!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NyrRQz1X-VQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At SHOT Show 2014&#8217;s Media Day at the Range, <a title=\"Slide Fire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slidefire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slide Fire<\/a> showed off a fixed mounted upside down semi-automatic AR-15 that mechanically bump-fired to shoot in &#8220;full auto.&#8221;\u00a0 Watching it chatter elicited much joy from the assembled press, who did not fail to gather when the demonstration dinner bell was rung.<\/p>\n<p>There were many remarks from those around me who said that they had thought that Slide Fire was a flash in the pan.\u00a0 There was surprise at the growing popularity of the product line, which kinda turns a semi-automatic rifle or shotgun (AR&#8217;s, AK&#8217;s, 10-22&#8217;s, Saiga&#8217;s, etc) into a fully automatic firing weapon.\u00a0 This is done with a modified stock and Newton&#8217;s Third Law of<!--more--> Motion&#8211;<em>For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction<\/em>.\u00a0 Recoil is the action and the incidental activation of the trigger is the reaction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-SSAR-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7003\" alt=\"Slide Fire SSAR-15\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-SSAR-15.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-SSAR-15.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-SSAR-15-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>When asked, the Slide Fire rep was a bit coy about whether this wonky machine would be sold to the general public.\u00a0 He said that for the time being it was &#8220;for demonstration purposes only.&#8221;\u00a0 I do not know if there is much of a market for pintle-mounted AR&#8217;s, but it was sure fun to see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7004\" alt=\"Slide Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-1024x704.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-AR-15-close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7002\" alt=\"Slide Fire AR-15 close\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-AR-15-close.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-AR-15-close.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-AR-15-close-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Slide-Fire-AR-15-close-1024x831.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a>Throughout Media Day, you could hear the slow staccato of the Slide Fire AR-15 stumbling through magazines at about 300-400 rounds per minute.\u00a0 The normal firing rate for Mr. Stoner&#8217;s creation is around 800 rounds per minute.<\/p>\n<p>The upside down gun orientation made for jokes about whether MagPul and other manufacturers would be coming up with floor plate affixed Picatinny rails for magazine-based sighting systems and attachments!\u00a0 Yeah&#8230;no.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At SHOT Show 2014&#8217;s Media Day at the Range, Slide Fire showed off a fixed mounted upside down semi-automatic AR-15 that mechanically bump-fired to shoot in &#8220;full auto.&#8221;\u00a0 Watching it chatter elicited much joy from the assembled press, who did not fail to gather when the demonstration dinner bell was rung. 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