Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:40 PM
underpants (104,948 posts)
7. I want to ask a question simply for information and you appear to know what you are talking about
do Semi-Autos fire bursts like three round bursts per squeeze like the M-16 that I was trained on as a Cav Scout?
I really don't know and wanted to find out. Thanks in advance.
Skidmark knows better. He's jerking her chain.
Response to rhett o rick (Reply #16)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:08 PM
nadinbrzezinski (113,076 posts)
27. I don't mind learning more of that story
The early M-16 was a disgrace.
I carried and used an M-16. No letters or numbers after the 16. Never had a malfunction.
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #27)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:22 PM
rhett o rick (23,428 posts)
34. I read a great article on it in a newspaper called "Shotgun News", many, many years ago.
I have since tried to find the article but havent been able to.
As I remember the Army refused to adopt a gun similar to the AR-15 that was so popular. But when they got enough pressure they developed their own version, the M-16. They changed a lot of the good characteristics with the rationalization that the gun needed to be universal and capable of being used in the Arctic and desert. This was while we were heavily involved in a jungle war. The AR-15 was designed to use a particular manufactures cartridge which pushed the slide (sorry dont know the proper term) back far enough to eject the shell and clear the breach of gases. The competing major cartridge manufacturer bribed the Army into using their cartridge which, turns out, didnt quite push the slide (?) back far enough to clear the breach of gases, which contained powder residue. The residue built up over time and caused jamming. The Army's solution, after soldiers were complaining that their fellow soldiers were being killed because of the guns jamming, was to issue cleaning kits.
I am far from being an expert and the above was from memory of an article I read approx 30 years ago. So take that into consideration re. the accuracy.
Seems I remember the problem being residue fouling of the carrier guide gas port on the bolt carrier group.
For the DUmpmonkeys, the gas port is where gas from the gas tube would push it back, thus activating ejection.
Response to kestrel91316 (Reply #25)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:09 PM
nadinbrzezinski (113,076 posts)
28. And I agree with them
Hell, the M-1 Garand is a better weapon for that due to the round.
I wish I did not know this shit.
Your wish was granted a long time ago.
You really don't know shit.