Talk:FN Minimi

M249

My dad REALLY wants an M249. Is this impossible?

There are a handful of transferable FN Minimis in the United States. Long Mountain Outfitters had one for sale, but it was priced at about $100,000. -MT2008

Oh well. Christmas is going to be dissapointing for him hahaha-S&Wshooter 19:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, unless he's a rich lawyer who would pay $100K for a performance car, whenever he hits his mid-life crisis. -MT2008 20:09, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

He works too hard to blow alot of $ on something he doesn't need-S&Wshooter 21:07, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Ohio Ordnance makes semi & full auto versions of many machine gun designs, including the FN Minimi, don't know about pricing, or how much red tape you'd have to go though but here's their site. http://ohioordnanceworks.com/

STANAG Compatibility

According to Wikipedia the Minimi/M249 SAW are compatible with 30-round STANAG magazines and the 5.56mm Beta-C magazine. How common, if at all, would this be in the US military? MrOshimida27 18:23, 6 April 2011 (CDT) Very uncommon the Minimi is unreliable with any sort of magazine. It's a mechanical flaw in the feed system. The weapon runs great with belts but put in a magazine and the reliability drops to nothing. Rockwolf66 18:32, 6 April 2011 (CDT)

Mk 48 Mod 0

I have a question regarding the Mk 48. Why did they modify a Minimi to the 7.62 Nato, when there are plenty of belt fed 7.62 LMGs in roughly that size? (I'm thinking about the M60E4.) Also what is the commonality of parts between this and the normal M249/Mk 46? Any help will improve my knowledge. Thanks. --Rebusdi 05:04, 4 October 2011 (CDT)

A little know secret is that the Minimi was originally designed in 7.62 Nato but then Nato changed to the 5.56 Nato round and so did the Minimi. I believe that there is no major parts commonality between systems due to the change in calibers. As for the reason for the change the SEAL's had the Mk44(M60E4) in their inventory at the time they decided to replace it with the Mk48. If you ever used or worked on these systems you would know what a big POS the M60 systems is compared to the Mk48 or M240.--phoenixent 17:30, 21 November 2011 (CST)