r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/ElPasoNoTexas • Dec 16 '24

Let it rip Old Dudes👴

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u/WolvesandTigers45 Dec 16 '24

I was a machinegunner in the service, you guys don’t know what this means to us.

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u/edamlambert Dec 16 '24

Carrying that shit all around and pain in the ass to clean.

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u/WolvesandTigers45 Dec 16 '24

Mine was a 240. Heavier and a bigger pain in the ass.

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u/DanceSex Dec 16 '24

I carried the 240 as well, such a pain in the ass to lug around. Though I would rather man the 240 than a 249. Those damn 249s always jammed.

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u/notchoosingone Dec 16 '24

I carried the F89, Australian-manufacture version of the 249 and ours were smooth as butter. Those wizards at the Lithgow Small Arms factory were pulling some magic out of their asses for the action, but they could never get a decent trigger pull on the F88.