This sounds like the redux of the original M-16 story from Vietnam. I’m wondering how much is valid and how much is from the leftist playbook?
This sounds like the redux of the original M-16 story
from Vietnam. I’m wondering how much is valid and how
much is from the leftist playbook?
Look I carried and fired the M16 in the army. It is a great garage queen... Keep it clean and unfired it was fine. But it gets really really hot after a 3-4 mags of high rate firing. The bolt gets carboned up as it is blowing powder hot powder residue onto the bolt. Really hot, and really dirty and the lube is burned up. It jams. The new Ruger piston driven SR 556 has four potions on the gas impingement system that lets you select how much gas is used to move the piston. So you can adjust for bad ammo or a dirty weapon and keep firing. Seems like a great idea but needs to be tested. So I was never a big fan, and lots of controversy on the gun forums surrounding the issue of gas impingement vs piston.
Well, it is from the AP and written by a guy who says guns and bullets rather than weapons and rounds. That is enough for me to discount it until a more reliable source reports the same thing.