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Originally Posted by Peregrino
And even if he misses the flame and concussion ought to be enough to clear the room. Might not need to bang the next room either.  Peregrino |
You got that one right. A freind of mine (fellow SF) has one on a Sage Stock. Felt like handling an M-60. We shot some M-80, M-852, M-118 SB, and M-118 LR out of it to see if any single type of issued ammo would function the thing for at least one magazine of 20 without a failure to feed / eject. Short barrel and gas system problems go hand in hand.
The most impressive feature of it was its ability to light up a huge area from the muzzle flash, particularly with issued M-80 Ball. I got a huge kick out of this feature. Pretty loud as well. Chances are you won't hit a thing with it at 200 yards but you will burn to a crisp anyone within ten yards and will probably blow out the ear drums of folks to 25 yards.
I have an upper for my AR-10 that has an adjustable gas block. I have found that by tuning of the gas pressure you can not only ensure decent reliability but also accuracy. Reliability from tuning the gas system I can understand but dramatic changes in accuracy I can't. Going into battery consistently adds to accuracy but what I have witnessed has been so dramatic that it is more than just consistently going into battery.
I think this gas issue was probably the biggest problem for guys tuning the M-14 for consistent match grade precision. Very difficult to work on the gas system for a M-14 if you don't have the ability to manufacture gas pistons.
Gene