Quoted: Hey all, I just finished building my AR lower with a Bushmaster lower and Olympic Arms stock and LPK kit. The LMT upper is on the way, and will be purchasing a standard bolt/bolt carrier locally.
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Welcome to the club... One of the regulars should be by to hand our cigars any time now [right guys?
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I'm bought this weapon after Katrina, and will be using it at the range regularly, and of course, as a weapon just in case the SHTF... you know, natural disaster, invasion by Canada or if the dead rise from their graves and attack the living.
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Well, if you planned to fight off a Canadian invasion, you bought the wrong weapon... A good BB gun would be much more practicle for that.
Two things I have so far been unable to find, is what to do when the rifle is dropped into a body of water... The Army/USMC manual tells one to pull back the charging handle and shake vigously, but for how long?
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I'm not an expert on just what water does inside a rifle, but my guess would be until any serious amount of water stops rushing/dripping out.
And what about water in the gas tube, will that cause a rupture?
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The water would be converted to steam, which would generate presure.. Not sure if it's enough to hurt the gas tube... I'd really doubt it... Maybe if the gas tube was totally flooded...
I just noted in a tactical gun rag that the HK M-16 clone with a piston based operation is able to fire immediately after immersion, and the mag warns to never attempt something like that with a M4/M-16 type weapon. What does one do?
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Good luck finding a way to buy an HK-416
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Also, in a SHTF scenario where an armorer is not immediately available, what can one do if a faulty round is fed and the bullet is stuck in the bore without an armorer???
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Pray.
Then pull out your backup rifle
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Basically only thing you can do is use your cleaning rod to push out the bullet... Really a pain in the arse in combat however...
What are tell tale signs of a bullet stuck in the bore?
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Less than normal report... And no noticed effect on target [the latter may be impossible to tell at times].
And what will happen if the operator fires another round or two... completely oblivious?
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If he fires another round, the barrel will burst... At best it'll just punch a nice long-ways split in the barrel and handguards... At worst the whole front end of the rifle will go bye-bye along with anything near it.
These are just silly questions, because hopefully I'll never have to deal with something like that,
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Most likely you won't, with good ammo bullets almost never get stuck in the barrel.
but i'd like to here some "educated guesses" or known procedures.
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Gave my best guesses, probably all wrong
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