Between the years of 1952 and 1953 many NATO powers put their

pic in OP is Captain John "Curly Q" Sylvester, the creator of the Curly Q rifle idea, examining one of the few prototypes produced during the short testing period.

>>32193340
That's a fine shop friend.

Are there any aftermarket curly q barrels for the ar15 platform?

>>32193372
I've heard of some small manufacturers making aftermarket attachments, but none making full barrels. according to official records only 14 originals were ever made, so there aren't too many companies making replicas that are very true to the original design.

>>32193340
Fake but I'll take the bait
Germans just barely managed to get a barrel that turned 90 degrees, the result was half the bullets shattering while in the barrel and the barrel itself had a puny life expectancy before breaking.
In all fairness, the bullets shattering actually sort of worked out anyways because it turned the gun into a sort of shotgun which was decent seeing as the barrel was supposed to be for urban terrain.

>>32193420
>fake
no it's not

>>32193420
they worked around that by using smaller powder charges, since the loop accelerated the bullet anyway, and higher quality bullets to avoid fragmentation.

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Didn't curly Q die while testing the less efficient U-barrel?

>>32193486
no he died in a boating accident along with 5 remaining prototypes that he kept for himself

>>32193372
Yes, but you can't just put a 360 CurlyQ on an AR15 and expect it to work properly, you need to start with a 180 CurlyQ and practice first

>>32193486
>less efficient U-barrel

It had a nearly 100% hit rate, though.

>>32193372
there is a pigtail gas tube, meant to increase the length of gas travel

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i think the russians had NATO beat

OP's rifle pic looks like horseshit, but then again, Robert Beeman did have a custom Feinwerkbau air pistol made with a barrel wrapped around the pressure cylinder. His tests delivered groups no larger than the normal FWB barrels, which us to say stacking pellet upon pellet.
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/06-01-12-01-FWB-C20-spiral-barrel.jpg

>>32193516
Not true. I heard Ian got a hold of one and will be doing a Forgotten Weapons episode on the last Curly Q in existence.

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>>32193340
Shut the fuck up, you cunt.

>>32195333
get that papasha some vodka and helpless women

>>32196363
I never really realized how stupid and autistic this board is. Y'all should be fucking ashamed of yourselves. /k/'s a fucking joke.

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>>32196380
Yeah, youre right. I just felt like being a dick. Not sure why.

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>>32193516
the boat "sank"

>>32193435
leave him military men are just dumb animals

>>32196363
calm down fucker the point is to fool retardeds

>>32193486
>you will never be a badass dualwielding two U-barrel revolvers

>>32197251
Well, lets say someone grabbed your neck from behind. You take out your 4-U Pistola and shoot him without needing to twist and turn to face him. Wala!

>>32197342
I believe the word is wolo

>>32197360
Wololo?

>>32195333
Flaccid pp

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>>32195878
i like it

>>32195333
That's why the SCAR17 is good and the AR15 is shit. You need a curved mag when using a curved barrel
>Everything makes sense now...
The AR15 is unreliable because it uses the wrong type of magazine.

>>32195333
There are pills for that now

>>32195333
I looks like a sad puppy

>>32193340

What's fucked up is that I could actually see a point to doing this - basically if you curled the barrel up you increase the length of push the expanding gases give the bullet, and thus terminal velocity when it exits the barrel but using less total length on the gun itself.

You could end up with muzzle velocities on par with those super long punt guns or a nugget but in the space of a carbine.

>>32197563
>>32195878

Yeah, just need to make a bullpup nugget with a curly barrel and you could have a "full length" nugget that fits in a backpack.

>>32193455
>higher quality bullets to avoid fragmentation.
Higher quality bullets would thus put excessive strain on the barrel instead of the bullet. It would be like shooting a gunbarrel with a 9mm every time you fired. You'd need to reinforce the barrel and that would add weight, When you add in the energy lost due to friction, you'd actually get better accuracy by just adding another foot of barrel length.

>smaller powder charges
That would kill all purpose to the weapon as less propellant would inevitably lead to less muzzle velocity and more bullet drop. With the maximum range of the weapon decreased, the improved accuracy would be irrelevant.