Posted: 1/23/2009 8:01:54 AM EDT
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How many rounds does the Colt factory put through a typical civilian or LE AR during a test firing prior to shipment?
Mike |
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I know from the tv show amreican shooter when the showed the Colt factory.
When they were shooting revolvers they shot 6 rounds and 1 of those rounds was a prof round that was 10 pecent hotter. They did not show the AR in that show so I only Know about the revolvers. |
| the Mil-Spec that is downloadable from the front page of this site (both rifle and carbine) says that functional testing is done on a statistical basis. Example: for a given production lot, if ten weapons in a row pass a given test, then only one out of ten of the balance of the lot are tested for that function. Although the Mil-specs are addressing full or burts auto weapons, I'd guess that testing on LE semi auto weapons follows the same general statistical format. I also assume that proof testing is done 100%. |
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M16/AR-15 test fires are one (1) 30rd magazine of .Mil M855.
L.E. weapons - Lot tested to meet Mil-spec. .Mil weapons - Each Rifle is tested to meet Mil-spec. Proof firing is a seperate process from test firing. Every barrel is proof fired with a high pressure round. |