Overheated Rifles Is The Last Thing You Want ~ VIDEO

By John Farnam

By John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Heat build-up is inherent to all auto-loading military rifles with large-capacity, detachable magazines.

And heat, when sufficiently intense, will eventfully cause the rifle to break-down and become unusable.

For most non-military owners of these rifles, the foregoing is a moot point, as when used under “normal” circumstances, even most “acute” circumstances, these rifles will never get hot enough to approach the aforementioned braking-point.

The AR, for example, is designed so that, under extreme heat, the gas-tube will fail first, preventing the barrel from getting so hot that it softens and actually “droops,” eventually causing bullets to blow out the side. Simply replacing the gas-tube will subsequently return the rifle to full service.

However, for the forgoing to occur, one would have to fire between twenty and thirty magazines (thirty-round) on full-auto, in rapid succession.

Conversely, when fired exclusively in semi-auto mode, most military rifles will never get hot enough to fail!

During our Urban Rifle Courses, I require an exercise where students fire three magazines (thirty-round) in rapid succession, …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand