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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: billt on August 02, 2010, 08:21:51 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzfm4pYhIyY
I don't really know what they were trying to prove, but it held up quite well. I believe the gas tube finally melted, turning it into a single shot. Bill T.
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I counted 14 mags before the first flames from the hand guard. 420 rounds.
However, the video seems to "jump" around the 2 minute mark suggesting that a lot of time was cut out.
There must be a lot cut out, I counted 12 mags in the first 2 minutes, 360 rounds. That id less than 1/3 the advertised Cyclic rate for the M 16/ M 4.
The fact that it burned up before it quit should make the AR bashers take notice.
(It won't, but it should ;D )
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It makes me wonder if the gas tube was a bit more stoutly constructed, say twice as thick with cooling fins added, how much longer it could have run for? This is a video of a U.S. Ordnance M-60 that ran for a full 1:45 on full auto, (850 rounds), without stopping. Pretty amazing. Bill T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNGgu0qGlQ&feature=PlayList&p=8165B54BFA114381&playnext=1&index=13
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Thats pretty amazing that if kept going even after it was on fire.
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If your in a 420 rd firefight, you need back up, artillery, and did you really carry that many mags with you? Ak handguards would be on fire too. Barrel did not fail.
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Paraphrasing a recent CombatDiver post, after 6 mags in an M4 rifle, the potential to "cook off" rds. is almost certain. Without getting near the trigger.
Catching fire seems worse, saw a similar vid with an AK, both continued to fire, until the flames were too bad.
Great way to ruin a gun, that's why, one needs to celebrate diversity, AR to AK, back to AR, than to FAL, than back to AR,
Pray for back up.
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I've finally figured out how to do tactical s'mores ;D
Anyone bring the marshmallows?
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If you watch a bit closer I think there were at least a couple of cooked off rounds.