Good News and a little bad news, I went to my buddies range today (45 minute Drive) with the LM7 in tow, with 1000 rounds belted and 200 rounds linked. Wondering what music I was going to use for my video.
We get set up, video camera out, LM7 lubed up and ready to go, start off in Semi, 10 rounds or so and switch over to Auto which produces a 3 round burst, charge it and another 3 round burst, this goes on for a while, I pull the belt an switch to links, same story.
So we switch back to semi and the unfinished belt and run out the rest of that belt in semi, I kept dropping the linked ammo back in the ammo box, they are a pain in the ass, the belted rounds have plenty of belt to hang out and not drop back in.
I had adjusted the timing by filing the sear trip, I think maybe I screwed that up so we pull out the bolt and reverse the sear trip so it is back to stock, same story, bursts in auto.
So we run some more belts thru in semi to help break it in and maybe loosen up the old girl. Switch back to Auto and same story, but this time longer bursts some 6 to 7 round bursts.
So my buddy asks me if I have the weaker Hammer and Disconect spring we can change them out.... Damn they are back in Toledo, 45 minutes away, so we shoot a little more in semi to help break in the LM7 and the belts.
So I head back home, change out the Hammer and Disconect springs to the weaker versions that Eric supplies and head out to my restricted range (suppressed only) to give it a try, start out in Semi, shoot maybe 5 rounds no problem, switch over to Auto and runs till I let up on the trigger, pull the trigger again and shoot another 30 rounds or so before I get a stoppage caused by the extractor failing to go over the rear of the next round in the belt so it does not go into battery, a little push forward on the cocking handle, close the top cover and I finish off the rest of the belt with one pull of the trigger.
I will be taking it out again tomorrow and hope to get some good video for you guys.
Scott