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Posted: 8/22/2004 2:27:27 PM EDT

I have a Bushmaster XM15 E2S . I just purchased it a few weeks ago.The day I brought it home I had a jam which I cleared.I was firing 5.56 and the bullet case from the jam was missing the primer!! Should I not use this ammo any longer? The box is labled with a date I think thats 1981.
The bullet had fired......the jam was just with the case.Thanks Shane 22three

Posted: 8/22/2004 2:42:40 PM EDT

[#1]

make sure you disassemlby you upper/lower and make sure that primer isnt floating around inside.

MadMan

Posted: 8/22/2004 4:07:22 PM EDT

[#2]

We need to have more info on the ammo.

Manufacturer and/or headstamp marks on the bottoms of the rounds, and Lot Number if showing on a box, would help.

Posted: 8/22/2004 5:02:00 PM EDT

[#3]

5.56MM Ball M193 14 Sep 1981 LOT 27 Mal 9-81 made in Malaysia all this indformation was on the white box of 20 rounds.I have since cleaned the weapon and there was no primer that I saw.Perhaps it fell out when I cleaned it. I fired alot of 5.56 in the Army in the early to mid 80s and I never saw that one happen! Thanks for any info!! Shane 22three

Posted: 8/22/2004 5:07:50 PM EDT

[#4]

It definitely sounds like a fluke to me. I have fired tons of the Malaysian ammo and have never had a problem. I prefer this ammo to all other 5.56 that I've used. Try some more and see if the problem happens again.

Posted: 8/22/2004 5:12:46 PM EDT

[#5]

What sort of "jam" was this a failure to eject, failure to extract, or ??

Posted: 8/23/2004 5:39:55 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
What sort of "jam" was this a failure to eject, failure to extract, or ??

Failure to not JAM!

Posted: 8/28/2004 2:08:25 AM EDT

[#7]

failure to eject.

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