"The B22 Jaguar: Beretta's New Cutting-Edge .22" Topic

"Last Thursday evening was the opportunity to find Stick Action Spéciale (Amarante Wargames) with a scenario with a bit of an iodized taste which did not displease the members of the club.

The game takes place in the Republic of San Theodoros, a small country in South America in the middle of a civil war. Called by the dictatorial power to maintain power, the mercenary company Daft Pink took advantage of the surrounding chaos to get their hands on a stock of particularly sensitive weapons, latest generation surface-to-air missiles which, in the wrong hands, could cause carnage.

But that's without counting on the TF666 operators, determined to hinder Daft Pink's plans!…"
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Armand

"The world of the .22 LR semi-automatic pistol has taken a turn as of late towards "slide-operated" designs. This means rimfire pistols that mimic centerfire handguns, with an action based around a full-size reciprocating slide. While this design has produced some great pistols that mimic the controls and manual of arms of centerfire handguns for training purposes, it overlooks the established principles of what make a reliable and accurate semi-automatic rimfire: a fixed barrel and the optimal grip angle to feed the rimmed cartridges. Beretta returns to these principles with the B22 Jaguar, a .22 Long Rifle-chambered pistol optimized for the range, competition and introducing new shooters to the sport.

The B22 Jaguar is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic .22 LR pistol. It has a hammer-fired action with a single-action hammer concealed within the frame and a bolt that works within the "upper receiver." Cartridges are fed from a single-stack, 15-round magazine that uses an optimal angle for feeding and has a follower button to assist in loading. The ejection port is mirrored on both sides of the upper receiver and the ejection pattern can be switched to right or left (this process requires additional parts). A slide release is placed on the left side of the pistol, the magazine release is reversible and the manual safety lever is bilateral…"

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The bug strikes again. The top post belongs on the Ultramodern board. It links to the French-language JHP blog which has an excellent AAR, which I was too lazy not to have Blogspot translate into English.

Unfortunately, a cowardly mercenary lying in ambush reveals himself and fires his light machine gun, neutralizing one of the commandos.

Don't you mean, "A skilled professional operator in private service executed a brilliant ambush, neutralizing half of the advancing commandos with his light machine gun"?

The bold, overt, attack by the TF666 team gave away surprise and disregarded operational security. As a result, a well-planned defense was able to neutralize the attack and get the ship away.

"De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace", partially quoted in the AAR, does not tell you to disregard the basics of military operations.

There is water access to the ship as well as the gangway to the dock, which neither side used. TF666 could have used a team of frogmen to board during the distracting explosions and truck entry on the port side. Daft Pink should have had at least one operator watching the water side of the ship -- who would have been a key target for the TF666 sniper.

Thanks my good friend…

Armand