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FREEFALLE7 Ranger Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  FL, USA Posts: 7843 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:12:29 PM [Last Edit: 6/28/2009 7:10:50 PM by FREEFALLE7] Old M4 with loose barrel fired by Ranger student without letting anyone know=barrel commimg off/stripped threads. Link to current discussion http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=892478
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ftldrben Member Team Member Joined: Aug 2008  FL, USA Posts: 2373 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:13:58 PM IBTL DUPE!
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ftwm Team Member Joined: Jul 2007  USA Posts: 6241 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:14:23 PM [Last Edit: 6/28/2009 5:21:43 PM by ftwm] Maybe it's Colt's answer to the LMT MRP. But instead of bolts holding the barrel in the upper, it uses paracord.
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skeeters65 Kool Aid Drinker Team Member Joined: Feb 2004  CT, USA Posts: 6791 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:16:48 PM how did that happen???
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osprey21 Known Associate Team Member Joined: Jan 2001  FL, USA Posts: 50877 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:18:27 PM Somebody's ass is in the wringer.....
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TaylorWSO Kool-aid Team Member Joined: Apr 2004  USA Posts: 6581 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:18:32 PM at least the 550 held
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FREEFALLE7 Ranger Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  FL, USA Posts: 7844 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:19:15 PM Old M4 with loose barrel fired by Ranger student without letting anyone know=barrel commimg off/stripped threads. FREE \ Originally Posted By skeeters65: how did that happen???
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UBB Member Joined: Apr 2009  ND, USA Posts: 119 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:23:09 PM I liked the first thread title better!
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skeeters65 Kool Aid Drinker Team Member Joined: Feb 2004  CT, USA Posts: 6793 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:31:32 PM Originally Posted By FREEFALLE7: Old M4 with loose barrel fired by Ranger student without letting anyone know=barrel commimg off/stripped threads. FREE \ Originally Posted By skeeters65: how did that happen??? I was wondering how it got loose?? Shouldnt be able to unless the threads on the upper got worn out or stripped...
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FREEFALLE7 Ranger Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  FL, USA Posts: 7845 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:32:12 PM I know, figured I would be nice to the Colt guys. Originally Posted By UBB: I liked the first thread title better!
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mvician Team America Fck Yeah Team Member Joined: Jan 2004  IN, USA Posts: 4318 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 5:54:26 PM Well if any of your (insert brand here) would survive long enough to do what that rifle has done and been through then feel free to bash Colt.
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WI57 Breath, Relax, Aim, Squeeze... Team Member Joined: Dec 2006  WI, USA Posts: 2023 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:01:58 PM It happens, that's why you torque the barrel nut. Some armorers don't have a torque wrench so they wing it. It gets missed during the TI process over the next X thousand rounds The wobbling steel barrel nut eats away at the receiver threads over time. Then suddenly, viola! a QD barrel on a M4.
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FREEFALLE7 Ranger Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  FL, USA Posts: 7846 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:06:31 PM I know, but its funny to watch everyone get all up in arms over it FREE Originally Posted By mvician: Well if any of your (insert brand here) would survive long enough to do what that rifle has done and been through then feel free to bash Colt.
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Texkaw Member Joined: Dec 2007  TX, USA Posts: 565 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:11:50 PM Originally Posted By WI57: Some armorers don't have a torque wrench so they wing it. Is barrel installation unit level or depot level? I though it was depot level maint, in which case a unit level armorer should not have a barrel wrench, but should send any weapons with loose barrels to depot. Correct me if I am wrong.
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WI57 Breath, Relax, Aim, Squeeze... Team Member Joined: Dec 2006  WI, USA Posts: 2025 Feedback: 0-0-0

Posted: 6/28/2009 6:18:24 PM Originally Posted By Texkaw: Originally Posted By WI57: Some armorers don't have a torque wrench so they wing it. Is barrel installation unit level or depot level? I though it was depot level maint, in which case a unit level armorer should not have a barrel wrench, but should send any weapons with loose barrels to depot. Correct me if I am wrong. When I say armorers I mean direct support shops. I was under the understanding that barrel replacement was a DS level. Unit armorers should not be replacing barrels, but they should be checking them for wobble and send them in for repair. Who's fault is it this happened? Who knows. Why did it happen? The list goes on and on... But it could have been prevented by proper inspection of the weapon.

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survivorman Member Joined: Jan 2005  FL, USA Posts: 5708 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:29:45 PM uh oh....that cant be good...
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MikefromTX Member Joined: Nov 2008  TX, USA Posts: 282 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:46:35 PM [Last Edit: 6/28/2009 6:49:15 PM by MikefromTX] Is the implication that it came loose/off BECAUSE it's a Colt? Hmmm ..... I'd say it was because there only a rubber band holding it on in the first place. . . ETA: BTW, that IS a beat-all-to-hell looking piece ... I guess none of 'em last forever, especially in training classes, huh. I guess no one got hurt ... . .
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acman145acp long haired tatoo'd hippy freak..that hates taurus Team Member Joined: Feb 2004  OK, USA Posts: 7091 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:48:53 PM I'd still give 1250. for that one
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CJan_NH Blissfully ignorant Colt KoolAid drinker... Team Member Joined: Jul 2003  NH, USA Posts: 7380 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:54:59 PM Don't mean to be a killjoy, but why would a Colt fan get bent out of shape over that pic? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
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SSN_Doc Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2005  GA, USA Posts: 3172 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 6:55:52 PM That'll buff right out.
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fxntime Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2003  MI, USA Posts: 26423 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 7:03:28 PM Originally Posted By mvician: Well if any of your (insert brand here) would survive long enough to do what that rifle has done and been through then feel free to bash Colt. ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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damcv62 Member Team Member Joined: May 2007  PA, USA Posts: 6538 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 7:06:20 PM Opps. Is it supposed to work that way?
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WI57 Breath, Relax, Aim, Squeeze... Team Member Joined: Dec 2006  WI, USA Posts: 2028 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 7:15:14 PM Originally Posted By CJan_NH: Don't mean to be a killjoy, but why would a Colt fan get bent out of shape over that pic? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Because the barrel just "fell right off"
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Tex78 Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2001  TX, USA Posts: 1115 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 9:34:09 PM I think I'd call that PMI fail. Tex78
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ridewaves Team Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2002  HI, USA Posts: 4643 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 9:39:23 PM QD barrel assembly. Cool.
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IROC355 Member Joined: May 2009  GA, USA Posts: 44 Feedback: 0-0-0	Posted: 6/28/2009 10:11:57 PM [Last Edit: 6/28/2009 10:14:04 PM by IROC355] This makes me so much happier than i found my barrel to be loose while at the range a month ago instead of not realizing and continuing to shoot. First clue to me was that my groups opened up ALOT all of a sudden. Not sure how he wouldnt realize though, considering how often he shoots the weapon.
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