{"id":64976,"date":"2021-08-05T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=64976"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:43:37","slug":"gordon-ingrams-westarm-308-battle-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/05\/gordon-ingrams-westarm-308-battle-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Ingram&#8217;s Westarm .308 Battle Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PxaLcAHYOdM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Apr 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHVaVTBpcVA0aURrQXMzNUl0cUgta0pJNGx1QXxBQ3Jtc0trT3o1VkNfb2pYOVk5TF9KSnhJZlVvUlpKUk16dVF6bWVjUE1SRE9ORXg5WHhRbldFampDUjQzYlF0MmstWVZnWG5uZTZKZlBMYkUzZlhWTGdGNVZyRXVEc0xLYWZYYURCSWlrWDU2bEJGdGlSdF9oRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFhFdG56NTA2bzdudExZVWw1OVNURDZ3U1FYUXxBQ3Jtc0trZDNHbUI0VmllMXdjbTFUbk9CMWNCYXp2TVp4TmNSTTJ1YkpZVXMtMWNXdkpBQ1NLOFQ4dFpza3gydklxVnJmajQ1aDl2RHVlWTY1bnFicWF4dEV0OHJCdDdCTThGTklpV1VMQWhBOEg1dVBCOHEtTQ&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1970s and early 80s, Gordon Ingram came close to producing a military rifle in one  of the most convoluted international arrangements I&#8217;ve yet heard of. Prototypes were made in Italy using British raw castings, to be tested in Somalia as part of a project to build a rifle factory there with Dominican Republic expertise from the San Cristobal armory. Somalia actually ordered a large quantity of rifles in 7.62x39mm, but Ingram prototyped the design in .223 and .308 as well.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, the rifle was essentially a scaled-up M1 Carbine with a long stroke gas piston instead of a gas tappet. The production guns were select-fire, but the handful or prototypes brought into the US were semi-automatic only, to meet import requirements. In .308, the rifle used FAL magazines, while the .223 ones used AR magazines and the 7.62x39mm ones AK magazines. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Ingram (but predictably), the project fell apart as the result of financial corruption among the many interested parties. The Somali government ended up paying out something like $5 million US and all they got for it were 10 unreliable prototype rifles. <\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. Oracle 36270<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85740<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-05-at-09-41-18-Gordon-Ingrams-Westarm-308-Battle-Rifle-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 2 Apr 2021 http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\u200b https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;\u200b Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;\u200b In the late 1970s and early 80s, Gordon Ingram came close to producing a military rifle in one of the most convoluted international arrangements I&#8217;ve yet heard of. 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