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To: Levy78

I’m not sure if this is correct but I remember reading years ago that the reason the 5.56 behaved so badly in the Vietnan era M16 was that the propellant was changed and the propellant that eventually was used as a substitute fouled the weapons up in short order.


14 posted on 04/08/2024 2:50:14 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Clutch Martin

This is absolutely correct.


19 posted on 04/08/2024 3:20:06 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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