Mostly a LF re-post – but I took some pic at the range - and have a few more on buddies cameras that will come up later.
Recently BigRed went on leave and left me a new toy to play with.
I bigged some of the guys here who have experience with it - and have been trying to negotiate with BigRed for a permament loan
I had seen the mythical beast previous - having gotten a short fam fire with it in the early 90’s at Connaught, and had seen the Greek Cypriot SF with its younger brother the Hk23 while in Cyprus.
Whats not to like about a closed bolt, belt fed 7.62 gun? Its not GPMG - but it does have a QCB - and there is a LW (and Short) Para barrel for it - and currently negotiating for one. Its about 16lbs – so about 4lbs less than my carbine
hey Grant like the hat? 
I am awaiting Aimpoints new machine gun optic - the T-1 Micro on the Matech BIS base which will give you adjustment out to 600m - as while the Short Dot is an excellent tool - I have one on my carbine – and for most urban usage of this gun as a dismount support weapon the smaller (and lighter) CCO will be advantageous.
Magpul is currently working a stock for this one (several like its unique abilties - so its not just a KevinB niche market ) – and I am trying to figure out a ligth mount for it so I can add a vis light.
It takes both the US (NATO) disintegrating link belt - and the german (RPD/PKM like) non disintergrating belt – I run a short teaser belt in the car (we have M240’s that use it as well) and I got a german fixed belt in my buggout bag, plus our 240 ammo bags.
Frankly I never used to see the use of something like this – but I’ve been wrong before and I was with this bad boy.
