What video? I don't see any link.
What video? I don't see any link.
-Texas Sheepdawg
If you are going to kick a tiger in the arse, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth.
-Tom Clancey
no doubt! Have you ever mortared and unfired round that was stuck in the chamber. I have, and it is disconcerting to say the least.......especially whne you examine the extracted bullet/case and you see a light dent in the primer from the mortaring exercise!Originally Posted by jwilson1985
Light primer indent from the firing pin is from the bolt going into battery with a floating firing pin. The original Armalite AR15 & Colt Model 601's had problems with slam fires because the firing pin head had much more mass to it...enough so that it acted like an inertia-based firing system, especially in hot weather or with a warmed-up gun. They changed the firing pin head to a smaller size, and slam fires went away. Mortaring does not produce a firing pin indent on the primer.
Last edited by LRRPF52; 11-25-2011 at 04:50 AM.
Yep, two big mistakes here. First, the stock should be in the shortest position, as already stated.
Second, it would never even occur to me to hold the extension/buffer tube while I was doing it. When I've had to "mortar" a round out of an AR chamber, I hold the fore end in one hand and pull back on the charging handle with the other. Otherwise, your hand is in the way of the charging handle even if the stock doesn't collapse on your fingers.
Am I wrong? I must be, because those guys just oozed tacticooool. Until the finger smash, of course.
Will
ETA: Oops. I just watched it again and it appears it was the hand pulling the charging handle that got caught. More understandable, but still, keep your fingers out of the way.
Last edited by Clod Stomper; 11-25-2011 at 02:56 AM.
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