To: Farmer Dean; 43north
"“Too much calcium carbonate in the ball powder clogged the gas tube.”We never had any problems with the gas tubes: it was the fouling in the chamber which caused the cartridge case to stick in place and then the bolt withdrew with enough force to tear the cartridge case head off.
Then the little sweetheart fed another cartridge into the old case and we had an unclearable mess. All while the enemy was shooting at you.
Fun stuff.
26 posted on
02/07/2017 1:24:51 PM PST by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Chainmail
Did your weapon have a chrome chamber/barrel?I seem to remember that some of the early guns didn’t have that.
28 posted on
02/07/2017 1:48:53 PM PST by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Chainmail
Thanks or your service and your comments here.
37 posted on
02/07/2017 5:42:17 PM PST by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: Chainmail
And the rifle was too light to make a useful club.
45 posted on
02/07/2017 8:58:17 PM PST by
43north
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