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Posted: 4/8/2006 3:18:03 PM EDT
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I think it's a myth. But, I could be wrong. I was . Once. Seriously, never noticed any when I've pipe cleanered my gas key.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 4:01:05 PM EDT
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I ran a pipe cleaner through my gas tube once after shooting about 3000 rounds and I didn't find anything in it, even after shooting some Wolf and Barnaul.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 4:36:52 PM EDT
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The general concensus is that its "self-limiting" in that the next jet of hot, fouled gas blasts the old crud right out.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 4:40:11 PM EDT
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It cleans itself and the back of the bolt does too. No need to scrape carbon.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 4:44:52 PM EDT
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The rear of the bolt will pit if it is not cleaned. The only places that are self-cleaning are the inside of the carrier, the gas tube, and the gas port. |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 4:51:02 PM EDT
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Not a problem, at least not one that I ever came accross. With the amount of rounds I fired through M16's and AR's I haven't seen carbon in the gas tube cause any reliability problems yet.
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Posted: 4/8/2006 5:03:49 PM EDT
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I read, wish I could remember where, that the pressure is too high in the tube for fouling to form.
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Posted: 4/9/2006 8:00:45 AM EDT
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Those pictures are from the old style ball powder......Those of you sticking pipe cleaners in the gas tube....DONT!
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Posted: 4/9/2006 3:12:29 PM EDT
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The gas tube fouling occured with the original powder that the XM16E1 was tested with...they reduced the level of calcium carbonate in the powder and the problem went away.
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Posted: 4/9/2006 3:58:23 PM EDT
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Pressure over the gas port starts out at about 15,000 psi. Anything less than that can cause a short stroke malfunction.
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