Hotchkiss 1914 Cow-Catcher Muzzle Device
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I'm working on getting a Hotchkiss 1914 heavy machine gun up and running for some long range accuracy testing. It's not quite ready yet, but I saw a very interesting effect of the WW1 muzzle device (used on both the Hotchkiss 1914 and the St Etienne 1907 machine guns) in use...
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