{"id":122105,"date":"2020-01-21T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=122105"},"modified":"2020-01-21T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:13:36","slug":"ultimax-100-mk8-light-machine-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ultimax-100-mk8-light-machine-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting the World’s Lightest Machine Gun: The Ultimax 100 MK8 – SHOT Show 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ultimax 100 MK8 is the new brain baby of ST Engineering<\/a>, and it is pretty awesome! ST Engineering is based out of Singapore, but they came down to SHOT 2020 to show us their new offering.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Ultimax 100 MK8 proved to be extremely lightweight and was easy to shoot during our testing at Industry Day at the Range.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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STE bills the Ultimax as the “world\u2019s lightest machine gun that can be fired from a drum and reloaded on the move.” They may be right about that because the weapon is extraordinarily lightweight, coming in at only 11 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One would think that it would have some snap to it because it’s so svelte. However, STE’s “constant recoil system” makes it a real joy to shoot. In fact, they told us at Range Day that it’s recoil is so light that one could shoot it resting the stock on the bridge of one’s nose. True didn’t have the nerve to try that, tho, lol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Ultimax 100 MK8 fires from a non-reciprocating, open bolt and puts 5.56x45mm NATO downrange at a rate of 400-600 rounds per minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This LMG does not accept ordinary AR-style magazines. Instead, it uses M16-type and SAR21-type box magazines as well as 100 round C-MAG and Ultimax 100 drum magazines. When you buy an Ultimax 100 MK8, it comes with a cleaning kit, sling, 100-round drum magazine and foregrip with an integrated bipod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ultimax takes an array of magazines, not the standard AR mag. That is because it is nothing like an AR: it’s the Ultimax 100 MK8 LMG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sadly, the Ultimax 100 MK8 is not imported yet, but they’re hoping to change that in the very near future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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