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Originally Posted by Spartan359
Well I don't know about everyone else but I've learned alot about my rifle from this thread. But I still have a couple of questions. I plink with my rifle and gets used on a regular basis. I've only had it for about two years now and have roughly shot about 10,000 rounds through it. Give or take a few thousand. Not one single problem with it. Nothing has broke. Everytime it gets fired it gets thoroughly cleaned that night. Because nothing has broken I haven't swapped out any parts. As for the ammo that I have fired, I think I have fired everything there is for it. I'm not to keen on using re-loads. When I do use re-loads I only use Australian re-loads. I've had some problems South African and South American re-loads. My questions are:
1. What things in particular should I look for if my rifle starts to fail me?
2. What are some of the causes for a barrel to blow?
3. How can I identify the stock rebedding itself and how do you go about fixing it?
Now that LR47 mentioned the stock rebedding itself I think mine has. The parts sit somewhat at and angle in the stock. While this has not caused any problems with the rifle functioning it just bothers the hell out me that it doesn't sit straight.
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First of all is it a rack grade weapon, shich I am inclined to believe.
IF it is rack grade then youa re not gettign the best accuracy form it anyway and 10,000 rounds down the tube would indicate that you have probably burned out the barrel about 2000 to 5000 rounds ago depending on the ammo fired. The big question is are you happy with how it shoots? If after all those rounds youa re happy with the way it shoots youcould cojntinue to failure which should be shortly at the rate you fire ammo.
1. Misfeeds, failure to extract, failure to fire, shots hitting next target over, pins failing in the trigger, extrqactor coming loose during firing, operating rod jamming in the figure 8 rod guide due to misalignement, and those are only some the of the fun things, I am sure that Gene can add more.
2. Do you mean barrel blow out or burn out. For a barrel to blow on an M14 would require either gross negligence or ignorance on the level of "you should not be shooting". TR covered the main reasons for that with barrel obstruction being the primary, with hand loads being the second but in 308 it would require using something like pistol powder in a compressed load. You would proaby get a bolt failure and a face full of pwder before you got a barrel to blow.
Now a burned out barrel, which is what you probably already have, is due to nothing more than shooting your weapon. The hotter the round and heavier the bullet the faster the burn out. It begins with benign throat erosion and then you stqrt loosing lands and grooves further and further up the barrel. You can live with some but the further it goes the further the bullet travels before engaging in the lands and grooves. This decreases accuracy and groups open up as the erosion becomes more pronounced.
3. Bedding is done to National Match weapons to stop any shifting of the action in the stock. If you have a rack grade then you do not have a bedded stock and the weapon's stock probably has crushed wood fibers from the recoil and thus the weapon is already loose in the stock. Since it sets cattywhompous, love those big words, makes me feel smarter, alreardy I would say you are not bedded.
My 2 cents, Gene throw in some pennys too.
