The BMF Activator

 

Upon my recent reflection of the 80’s survivalist movement I scoured my memories for all the different firearms and survival equipment available at the time and remembered a unique device – the BMF Activator. From my recollection it was primarily intended for .22lr semi-auto’s – especially the Ruger 10/22. Attached to the trigger guard each rotation of the crank would cause the gun to fire four times. This essentially provided a feeling similar to that of firing a fully automatic firearm.

I had figured the BMF was nothing but a relic from the past but this is not the case. It is in fact still available at least from a few dealers.

Here is a demonstration video:

Looks fun, huh? 

I’ve watched a lot of video’s on YouTube which display some serious safety issues as people fire from the hip and who knows where the rounds are going. Regardless – there could be some applications where the BMF Activator could be a combat multiplier.

Might pick one up and try it out. At a minimum it’ll be fun.

Rourke

 

 

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5 Comments

  1. jh says:

    Wow, talk about a blast from the past, quite literally! The first survival group I was involved with was in the early 90’s the group had a Norinco NHM-91 complete with thumbhole buttstock and 75rd drum fitted with one of those as a “Poormans RPK”. Nobody ever carried it, it ended up just being at the one fighting position that covered the main entrance to the retreat during our training weekends. I seem to recall it was best to fire it in short bursts and not try to empty a full magazine. Thanks for the memory.

  2. CaptTurbo says:

    I still own a rig that I bought back in those days but it’s a bit more serious kit then the trigger guard doohickey. What I have clamps two 10-22s into a NATO machine gun turret and has a gig wheel with a crank on it to turn. I feed it with 50 round drums on each receiver and it will mow down saplings and leave you in a sea of tiny brass. There is a zero magnification sight finder on it which is perfect.
    It was fun to play with back when I could buy bricks of ammo for 5.00 but it would be expensive to play with now. Pretty cool (and heavy) toy though with the NATO tripod. That little bugger can cycle out rounds faster then my Ruger KAC-556!

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