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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Has this ever happend to you?

Posted: 7/15/2001 12:21:45 PM EDT

Have you ever shot so much that your gas tube turns burning red like this?
[img]http://www.m16videos.com/x/View.jpg[/img]

Posted: 7/15/2001 12:35:41 PM EDT

[#1]

Nope - I don't abuse my equipment that way. I'd rather have it still be healthy in case I ever actually need it.

Posted: 7/15/2001 12:45:13 PM EDT

[#2]

Just curious, how many rounds were required to cause that?

Posted: 7/15/2001 1:50:45 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Have you ever shot so much that your gas tube turns burning red like this?
[img]http://www.m16videos.com/x/View.jpg[/img]

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Why in the hell would I want to?

Posted: 7/15/2001 1:54:09 PM EDT

[#4]

As an M-60 gunner in my squad I had a barrel start to glow red. Never got it white.

That's what the spare barrel was for.

Posted: 7/15/2001 1:54:51 PM EDT

[#5]

I have no idea how many rounds it took since this isn't me, its just a picture I found

Posted: 7/15/2001 2:01:50 PM EDT

[#6]

I'ld have to think that the picture was taken with an IR camera. you can't see the the tube through the heat shields and hand guards

Posted: 7/15/2001 2:13:45 PM EDT

[#7]

Looks to me like the upper heat shield is removed. See the squared off edge of the lower shield and the shroud at the front?

CS

Posted: 7/15/2001 2:14:10 PM EDT

[#8]

If it was an IR camera, wouldn't the barrel be glowing a bit too?

Posted: 7/15/2001 2:14:28 PM EDT

[#9]

If it was an IR camera, wouldn't the barrel be glowing a bit too?

Posted: 7/15/2001 2:21:43 PM EDT

[#10]

Hey scarecrow, I wonder if that is a Armalite ???
If so, how could it shoot that many rounds without jamming
[x][x]

Posted: 7/15/2001 3:51:11 PM EDT

[#11]

This is why I keep spare gas tubes for my rifles, being in my opinion the weakest link in the AR-15, if ever truly needed in a fire fight 1200 rounds plus could be used up quickly resulting in possible gas tube failure although not definite, but if it does fail spare tubes could be a handy thing to have.

Posted: 7/15/2001 4:14:26 PM EDT

[#12]

Originally posted by Halfcocked;

As an M-60 gunner in my squad I had a barrel start to glow red. Never got it white.

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... I was about to say the same thing. It was always great to get behind an M60. Ocassionally we would get the barrel red if we put long bursts through it without changing barrels every 100 rds. I remember using the white asbestos glove for changing the spare barrel. However, I never saw a gas tube turn white like the picture.

Posted: 7/15/2001 4:30:21 PM EDT

[#13]

No, but I did cook off three 30 rd mags once in the hot sun and the rifle got to HOT to handle without gloves.

I'll never do that again!

[img]http://www.ncsg.org/topohat-small.jpg[/img]

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