{"id":53508,"date":"2020-04-14T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=53508"},"modified":"2020-04-13T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:11:51","slug":"chauchat-field-testing-vs-mock-mg08-15-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/chauchat-field-testing-vs-mock-mg08-15-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Chauchat Field Testing vs Mock MG08\/15 Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-AXW-rYpyUg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Dec 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=-AXW-rYpyUg&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=fEW-Yy8oe7rT34UpPP7M11ixRbt8MTU3NjQxNzY3MkAxNTc2MzMxMjcy&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out at the range today with the Chauchat, testing accuracy against a simulated MG08\/15 nest at 150 yards. I&#8217;ll try out semiauto and full auto (in short bursts), and see how they compare. For reference, the US Army recommended never using the Chauchat beyond 400 yards, as it was not sufficiently accurate to be effective at greater distance.<\/p>\n<p>To see a set of original WW1 American Expeditionary Force Chauchat manuals, check here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=-AXW-rYpyUg&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=fEW-Yy8oe7rT34UpPP7M11ixRbt8MTU3NjQxNzY3MkAxNTc2MzMxMjcy&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenweapons.com%2Fchauchat-lmg-manual%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/chau&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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I&#8217;ll try out semiauto and full auto (in short bursts), and see how they compare. For reference, the US Army recommended never using the Chauchat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117,7,5,13,663,246],"tags":[1366,49,1265],"class_list":["post-53508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-history","category-military","category-usa","category-weapons","category-ww1","tag-forgottenweapons","tag-guns","tag-machineguns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-dV2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56415,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508\/revisions\/56415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}