The V8 engine pushed the powerful car past 100 miles per hour by the end of the block.
The weather was nice, and it was time to do some clothes shopping.
He glanced at his watch.
He had about two hours until the sun went down and he had to be back home.
Two hours to pick out something comfortable and nice.
Slinging the gun over his shoulder he began tossing sports shirts onto the floor until he found his size.
Another dozen of these should do nicely.
To the Monsters, Were the Monsters
The 1971 post-apocalyptic movieThe Omega Manwas an instant action classic.
Regardless, the effect was nonetheless incredibly cool.
The obligatory light-averse zombies in the film were pretty neat as well.
Another first forThe Omega Manwas the M76 9mm submachine gun.
The K Rifle has developed a reputation that is really beyond its capabilities.
It was indeed reliable and controllable in the extreme.
The 36-round magazine was easy to manage, and there was little on the gun to break.
However, the design was fairly uninspired.
The Swedish K was full-auto only and fired from the open bolt via simple unlocked blowback.
The gun readily accepted a sound suppressor and impressed unconventional warfare operators with its reliability and close-range firepower.
The Navy contracted for a domestic replacement that would not be subject to international embargoes.
Development began in the spring of 1966 with operational versions ready for issue a mere nine months later.
Some have implied that the M76 was a copy of the Swedish K. This is demonstrably false.
To my knowledge, little beyond the magazines are interchangeable between the two weapons.
Both guns ran about the same, but the Swedish K was a much more rugged design.
The ventilated barrel shroud on the M76 threaded off to allow easy access to the barrel.
Unlike the K Rifle, the M76 was a selective-fire weapon via a rotating selector lever.
The magazine release was a thumb lever located along the midline behind the magazine well.
There was even a prototype version that fired electrically primed caseless 9mm ammunition.
Practical Tactical
The manual of arms on the M76 is fairly stupid-proof.
Retract the bolt until the sear locks it to the rear.
Slap a loaded magazine in place, point the gun and squeeze the trigger.
The trigger pull is a fairly atrocious 10 lbs.
pounds or more on most of the guns I have fired.
With a cyclic rate of 720 rounds per minute, the M76 remains quite controllable.
Magazine changes dont take a great deal of talent, and the gun exhibits reliability typical of its genre.
Overall its a fun gun on the range.
A quarter-century later it was really too little too late.
