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Posted: 10/22/2009 10:29:15 PM EDT
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Had my M4 quals this morning. 176 rounds total, not much I know. Anywho, everyone always says the AR platform needs to be clean and/or wet to run. Try bone dry and filthy. Zero malfunctions, wasn't even the slightest bit sluggish. I hadn't touched the weapon in almost 2 years, been on the do not arm roster because of medications. It had pretty much not been touched during that time. I wasn't allowed to take it out at all, not even to clean it. It was covered in dust and completely dry. Picked it up from the armory this morning, went straight to the range, and we started shooting. Didn't have a chance to break it down first. It is now clean and well lubed. |
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Would you expect any less from FN?
I had a buddy that a few years ago built an Ar from a Model 1 sales kit and an Olympic lower. He ran it dry, no lube period. It was always clean, but always dry. Running only about 100-150 rds at a time through it, it always ran fine. This has little to do with WHO made it. Certainly Colt and a few other makers produce great weapons. But this test proves nothing. If so, we would all be rushing out to buy a Model 1 kit with an Oly lower. Put 500 rounds through it dry, and I will be impressed. But, it is a good feeling to know that even when a weapon is not properly maintained, it will probably run for a while. |
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You were probably right at the failure point, you can't run it dry much more than you did. Quoted:
Put 500 rounds through it dry, and I will be impressed. My Sabre upper w/RRA loweer had been cased since November. I took it to my BILs house last week, opened the case and dumped a mag with the rifle dry. 850 rounds later, it was still dry(er) and running like a top. |
I'm curious as to these numbers being thrown around for how long an AR will run dry. Is there anything to back them or is this sort of pull it out of your ass stuff? I managed to run a Glock bone dry through a class (bought gun scrubber accidentally and used it to "lube" my glock  ) I went through about 1400 rounds of wolf before it started malfunctioning.Edit rereading the thread title I'm not sure how being a Colt would make any difference in how long an AR will run dry. Hmm |
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I'm curious as to these numbers being thrown around for how long an AR will run dry. Is there anything to back them or is this sort of pull it out of your ass stuff? Scouts honor. 850 rounds dry. It would have been close to twice that, but I brought ammo for my BIL to shoot as well. |
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You were probably right at the failure point, you can't run it dry much more than you did. Quoted:
Put 500 rounds through it dry, and I will be impressed. My Sabre upper w/RRA loweer had been cased since November. I took it to my BILs house last week, opened the case and dumped a mag with the rifle dry. 850 rounds later, it was still dry(er) and running like a top. The point is it's not smart to run it dry unless you are just doing it for testing purposes. Besides earlier failure everything else is wearing out quicker in your rifle. |
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The point is it's not smart to run it dry unless you are just doing it for testing purposes. Besides earlier failure everything else is wearing out quicker in your rifle. I got the point. I don't run it dry all the time. I just wanted to see if it would go, and it did. What's the word? Oh yeah..."testing". 
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