# 11 yo girl dis/reassembles machine gun. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775 "2008-09-16T01:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/41 "2008-09-16T16:49:43Z")
Never seen this before outside of anime. Pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/42 "2008-09-16T18:03:48Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Well, _technically_ a machine-gun is a different kettle of fish again to an Assault Rifle. > > Traditionally, a Machine-Gun is not designed to be fired unsupported from the shoulder; they’re mounted on a bipod/tripod/aircraft/tank/boat. > > Thus, an AK-47 isn’t really a machine gun, but a Lewis Gun is. > > As you say, it’s semantics. ;)😃 > This is all very true. Over here, the ATF calls anything fully automatic a machine gun; I think it’s a deffinition that took, which I’m OK with. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/43 "2008-09-16T18:09:47Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > The bolt. The bolt goes in the receiver. Operating rod handle. Operating rod guide. I think we found something you’re good at Private Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/44 "2008-09-16T21:20:23Z")
Alas, all I see is a black box, no video. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/45 "2008-09-16T21:27:15Z")
> [@T\_SQUARE](#): > > Over here, the ATF calls anything fully automatic a machine gun; I think it’s a deffinition that took, which I’m OK with. Yes, yes they do. That weapon is not fully automatic, however. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/46 "2008-09-16T21:47:04Z")
I can’t see the video (I’m getting the black box, too), so is that the girl who can do holster drills with a Glock 17? That’s a girl I’d hand a gun to in the event of a zombie attack before I’d hand one to my mother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/47 "2008-09-16T23:07:12Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Alas, all I see is a black box, no video. [QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] I can’t see the video (I’m getting the black box, too) [/QUOTE] It’s just a kid field-stripping and reassembling a machine gun. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/48 "2008-09-16T23:15:42Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > When your AR-15 jams up as a horde of zombies close in on you, I’m sure you will change your tune. Which is why I don’t want ANY of you guys knowing how to handle your rifles. I want value from my zombie horde releases. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/49 "2008-09-17T02:03:36Z")
> [@Mr.Krebbs](#): > > Unfortunately, she does screw up (from a safety standpoint) at the very end. Notice how after reassembling the rifle she clearly puts her finger inside the trigger guard – it is difficult to tell if she touches the trigger. Granted, she has short fingers and it may be hard for her to keep her index finger out of there. I can’t see that video. There are two videos on Youtube of her fieldstripping an AR. At the end of the one with the green towel, and in several of her shooting videos, she clearly keeps her finger alongside the weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/50 "2008-09-17T02:11:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Which is why I don’t want ANY of you guys knowing how to handle your rifles. I want value from my zombie horde releases. Well, howsabout this…you send them my way, and their value will increase by the amount of lead I pump into them. As a bonus, I’ll also contribute the copper in certain jacketed rounds AND some bonafide U.S. Steel in the form of shotgun pellets. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/51 "2008-09-17T03:42:05Z")
Found it on YouTube. Coolness 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/52 "2008-09-17T14:18:31Z")
> [@Mr.Krebbs](#): > > She can do it faster than me and an Army buddy of mine. We consider ourselves pretty accomplished shooters, too. > > Unfortunately, she does screw up (from a safety standpoint) at the very end. Notice how after reassembling the rifle she clearly puts her finger inside the trigger guard – it is difficult to tell if she touches the trigger. Granted, she has short fingers and it may be hard for her to keep her index finger out of there. She’s doing the [function check](http://www.ar15.com/content/guides/functionCheck/) there, isn’t she? Put it on safe, pull the trigger, confirm hammer doesn’t fall, put it on fire, pull trigger, confirm hammer falls. Her dad even says “53 seconds, including function check.” I’d have preferred she did it pointing the muzzle in a safer direction though, like at the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/53 "2008-09-17T15:21:31Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > She’s doing the function check there, isn’t she? Put it on safe, pull the trigger, confirm hammer doesn’t fall, put it on fire, pull trigger, confirm hammer falls. Her dad even says “53 seconds, including function check.” I’d have preferred she did it pointing the muzzle in a safer direction though, like at the ground. That makes much more sense, thanks. I was listening to music while watching the video. Because she didn’t point the rifle at the ground, there was no visual cue for what she was doing (other than putting her booger hook near the bang switch). ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/54 "2008-09-17T15:28:25Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > My thoughts, too. It seems harmless enough, but do we really need Soldier of Fortune circling her 18th birthday on the calendar? No, because I’ve already done it. Superfluity, I believe it’s called. Also, making a move on my (then) chick. greatshakes ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/55 "2008-09-17T18:15:18Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Well, howsabout this…you send them my way, and their value will increase by the amount of lead I pump into them. As a bonus, I’ll also contribute the copper in certain jacketed rounds AND some bonafide U.S. Steel in the form of shotgun pellets. I said I wanted value from the hordes’ rampages, not from the individual zombies. Besides, Oak, you know my evil plans well enough that I’ll have to have you eliminated personally and pre-emptively before the conquest begins. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/56 "2008-09-17T18:24:32Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I said I wanted value from the hordes’ rampages, not from the individual zombies. Besides, Oak, you know my evil plans well enough that I’ll have to have you eliminated personally and pre-emptively before the conquest begins. So Oak will have zombie ninjas coming after him? Or is that ninja zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/57 "2008-09-17T18:32:45Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I said I wanted value from the hordes’ rampages, not from the individual zombies. Besides, Oak, you know my evil plans well enough that I’ll have to have you eliminated personally and pre-emptively before the conquest begins. Sigh. Was hoping you’d forgotten about that part. Still, perhaps you’ll grant me the consideration of arranging a glorious battle where I can make my final stand… _Singing and crying…“Vahalla, I am coming”_ before I fall. A DVD release of the epic battle might help fund your empire, or house your concubines or something… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/58 "2008-09-17T18:34:03Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > So Oak will have zombie ninjas coming after him? Or is that ninja zombies? Either way is not good for Zathros. Er, Oakie. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/59 "2008-09-17T20:28:44Z")
I really don’t get it. It’s not like the thing is a rubik’s cube or anything. This is like watching an 11 year old girl change a car tire. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775/60 "2008-09-17T20:33:55Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > So Oak will have zombie ninjas coming after him? Or is that ninja zombies? How the hell should I know? Ask my new [operations manager](http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/46/68/0000034668_20061021010455.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-yo-girl-dis-reassembles-machine-gun/463775.md?page=4)