carlt Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) Found this picture with some Ingram submachine gun manuals I had cached away at my family house. Unique adaptation of the BAR to a bullpup weapon by Warrant Officer (former Master Sergeant) Loren Cook, who also developed the Cook submachiengun. I wonder how much this hummer kicks in full auto burst? Maybe OOW will crank out some in this style. Would give Clyde Barrow's scattergun a real run for its money http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y343/Carlton57Chev/loren%20c%20cook%20BAR_zps544oafey.jpg Edited November 3, 2015 by carlt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 That has to be deafening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R67 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Looks like he grafted Type G Fg42 sights onto the BAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R67 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I did some digging. He invented a few weapons in his day. I found a patent he filed in 1953 for a "Rotatably mounted sear safety" which was approved in 1957. Here is the full write up: http://www.google.com/patents/US2786293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks guys! Nice details. Wonder where this BAR is now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 that is a cool adaptation. Any more photos ? I have never seen that one before, so the old adage "never say never"........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) I started looking for the gun after seeing a B&W picture in an Ebay ad of an old newspaper. The picture was a California photo during the Korean war about Warrant officer Cook complaining that the Army was obstructing his design ideas. I guess he was a super weapon tinkerer, and Army Ordnance actually looked into his designs. He designed the Cook SMG, which was actually a pretty cool design. I ran across this photo quite a few years ago in a large libarary of gun books and photos that I bought from a local Class 3 collector's estate. He owned several of the BARs pictured in Mr Ballou's book - so I think he was actively looking for the piece - hoping it was registered in some collection somewhere. This photo is credited to 1967, so there was a chance that Warrant Cook may have kept the BAR, maybe as a Deactivated gun - I hope, this this one pictured from the 1960s is different than the 1950's test rifles.http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y343/Carlton57Chev/cook%20bar_zpsdre9capu.jpg Edited November 6, 2015 by carlt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 wow, that would rock you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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