@mrivantchernegovski3869 Жыл бұрын
Even the Tsliban love their new decked out M4s and as fast as they could they dumped the worlds most reliable 40 yr old worn out AK for the out standing M4 with Trijcon and pecs and new mags and shiny ammo by the ton
@planetcaravan2925 4 ай бұрын
Ammo is gone soon, but maybe they look good on tiktok or insta
@Phantom8589 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy history, We had FN's and SOPMOD M4A1's, a couple GUA5's and a couple XM177's in our armory's. As far I can remember all our guys wanted Colts. We gave the rest to support or left them home station side. I really like using the Eotech with magnifier and the Elcan Spectre DR those are what I used in Iraq and Afghanistan. This would have been 2008-2017. Never had a single issues in any fire fight with my Colt I would take that all day everyday. M855A1 ammo was a game changer in Afghanistan with the longer ranges.
@BradleyHoff-ck5kw 4 жыл бұрын
I’m really glad someone is actually talking about what’s really going on with these weapons and not just showing a torture test. It’s what I’ve kept my eye out for for a long time. It sounds weird I know but I’ve always had an obsession with firearms of all kinds. But the m16 stole my heart as a child and never let go. I know it’s just a rifle but it’s so much more to me. Iconic. Something about it. The way it looks the small 5.56 there is something incredible and special about the m16 family of weapons that’s very dear to my heart. I know I’m weird. I don’t care.
@SHOT_GUNNER 2 жыл бұрын
You are not weird. Sometimes I’ll bring my m16a1 to the toilet to look at her whilst taking a dump. 😎👍🏼
@kennethhamby9811 Жыл бұрын
As American as the Winchester 1873.
@Mrgunsngear 6 жыл бұрын
Great info as always!
@totalnewb123 3 жыл бұрын
Chris you’re the definition of “Killing Them Softly”. Your demeanor is very polite but harsh at the same time. SOCOM is trembling right now. 🤣😎👍💯🇺🇸
@Duma86 Жыл бұрын
This channel deserves way more subs. The gentlemen here has a great knowledge about ARs weapon systems. Thank you so much for your time and lessons. Much respect from Croatia
@BT1776 6 жыл бұрын
You could have gone on for hours and I would still be listening to what you have to say. It sounds like the military need to get its act together when purchasing spare parts and truly sad how things are run.
@toki89666 5 жыл бұрын
I have to stop watching this channel. He is making me want to start a military clone collection of all the different AR-15 pattern variants. My fiancé is going to kill me.
@vaclav_fejt 4 жыл бұрын
Well, get him into shooting as well. :-D
@tteot1wph 4 жыл бұрын
I’m in the exact same boat
@toki89666 4 жыл бұрын
Update: she left me in October.
@vaclav_fejt 4 жыл бұрын
@@toki89666 F
@aholegunner 4 жыл бұрын
@@toki89666 Sorry to hear that
@jhalscott 4 жыл бұрын
These two M4 history videos are perhaps the greatest ones you have ever done. Glad you got the audio levels up on this one too. Thanks!
@ourvaluesarewhoweareinadem4093 5 жыл бұрын
To paraphrase Slavoi Zizek, "you don't hate the M4, you hate the Army/DoD bureaucracy."
@nathanhardin8530 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Another point I have to point out is price. Look at the price of H&K rifles and the Fn Scar 16s. For those prices, I would have to imagine some sort of improvement over a mil-spec M4. But looking at this with what I believe as a non biased perspective, nothing to date have shown any real improvement to the M4 that could not be overcome by improvements to the M4. I find myself watching videos on this channel over and over and getting more and more info every time. Thanks Chris for your service and your expertise has influence me in purchases and broadened my knowledge of small arms.
@j.mangum7652 4 жыл бұрын
As you said the AR platform has been with us for awhile, almost sixty five years since the AR-10 and is going to be with us a even longer. I know AR stands for Armalite Rifle but for as long as we've already have had it it should now be called America's Rifle. The M1 Garand has earned that title but the AR-15 so much more so.
@SmallArmsSolutions 4 жыл бұрын
I can not argue with your logic!
@snunez1911 5 жыл бұрын
Currently on deployment with the Air Force, all magazine in the armory were replaced with Black Gen 3 window p mags with m855a1 and tracers
@mabs9503 5 жыл бұрын
Having any weird problems with the feed lips? I've had bad luck with Gen 3s so far.
@snunez1911 5 жыл бұрын
@@mabs9503 Air force deployment....we never shot the weapons. Just loaded them and issued them out
@mabs9503 5 жыл бұрын
@@snunez1911 Oof!
@DanK1977 5 жыл бұрын
Because airmen don’t know how to load their own mags.
@samb7652 Жыл бұрын
@@DanK1977 lol, nasty but lol. Was teaching an AF vet once...had never fired any wpn in training or deployment. But luv AF all the same.
@worddunlap 5 жыл бұрын
I was issued the M16-A1 and I loved it. Just a few years back I purchased a Sig M400 M-forgery with MOE furniture. In basic training I was asked to shoot the targets for the guy next to me so he could pass. I did and we both passed. No doubt I was proficient and knew how to use the rifle on an extraordinary level. When I purchased the M-forgery I was a bit upset that I could not get something closer to my A2. It was during the Obama regime and rifles were hard to come by so I took what I could get at a fair price. The M-forgery is a great rifle and it does not disappoint. I had been concerned about the range with the shorter barrel and it was just as accurate. It has been reliable although both were very reliable, no problems ever. I did change the BCG to an enhanced one. The brass deflector did confuse me a bit. I think I liked the version without it better. I never recall using the FW assist. You are the greatest source of info for this series of rifles and a national treasure just like the rifle.
@MrTangolizard 5 жыл бұрын
worddunlap I remember in the British army on a Friday having to shoot the guy next me targets so he could pass and we didn’t need to stay late for retests lol I’m glad to see it goes on over the pond as well
@elifoust7664 Жыл бұрын
So the guy you shot for went on to drive for the General?
@worddunlap Жыл бұрын
@@elifoust7664 He got caught sleeping on guard and stealing candy from the PX. He became a civilian before his second paycheck.
@worddunlap Жыл бұрын
@@MrTangolizard Someone shot for my father and lots of people took other's swim tests. During the Korean war my one eyed uncle had someone take his eye test....
@whisper8742 2 ай бұрын
No matter what else anyone says to you, Chris, you're doing a fantastic service for weapons enthusiasts and prospective soldiers. Thank you, sir. Carry on~
@sgtjarhead99 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff. The A2 was still the standard when I got out in ‘93 so I never saw all this evolution with this rifle.
@boxedowl 5 жыл бұрын
If an M16 or M4 with new magazines (PMAG or otherwise) and SOST ammo jammed in Sangin, Afghanistan in 2011 it's because the marine didn't clean their rifle. I watched them half-ass clean their weapons, then bitch when it jammed, sometimes days later. Properly lubricated (like any 2-stroke internal combustion engine should be), loaded with decent ammo (the equivalent of quality fuel), and fed from a decent magazine (your fuel pump) it tends to run without issue. Only times I saw jams were with old, abused magazines, and firing blanks during field ops... oh... and when someone else didn't clean their weapon... then they had issues. Awesome video as usual!
@samb7652 Жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow, such a huge body of knowledge and experience. Rock on dude!
@PARR53 4 жыл бұрын
A couple months before my unit deployed to Afghanistan in April of 2013 we turned in all of our M4 carbines and got back M4A1 carbines. The M4s were a good weapon but the A1s were definitely better. I remember they has Ambi safeties and a thicker barrel. I shot a lot of rounds through it on both semi and full auto many times as well as qualified expert with it. It was a fine weapon. I never heard a single complaint amongst anyone I knew or didn’t know within the 506th.
@MAXMAN357 4 жыл бұрын
I love it when people know there stuff! There was no way that we accounted for how many rounds were fired by a weapon when they were constantly reassigning them to new soldiers at the unit level. It could have been done, but that is something I never tracked, maybe my armorer did.
@Britishshooter 5 жыл бұрын
This guy is awesome. The main point you take away from this video is the sad fact of life that whilst there are highly knowledgable individuals involved in military weapons development, ultimately the important decisions are made by people who either just do not fully understand the important criteria, or have some political agenda to satisfy (the second aspect being the more prevalent BTW). However, it was ever thus in the Military Establishments of most countries including my own (Britain) so it is not just an American problem. If only Mr SA Solutions here could be consulted at political level.
@Thunderbolt22A10 5 жыл бұрын
I fail to see an issue with gun youtubers talking about gun rights lmao, it's directly correlated to what they're doing
@stevecochran2677 3 жыл бұрын
Always appreciate and respect your honest opinion on these rifles. I hope us civilians will only have to use our rifles for our hobby and self entertainment, but its good to know these facts that you supply us in case these rifles are needed for more serious business.
@Steve_643 3 жыл бұрын
I love that the AR-15 has been a work in progress for close to 60 years!!!!! I’m surprised KAC SR-16 has never been in the running or used for SOCOM considering it’s reputation and it was Stoner’s final upgrades to the AR!!!!
@SmallArmsSolutions 3 жыл бұрын
KAC is not the holy grail for M16/M4. Their expertise has been AR10-type rifles
@AbhishekSingh-pp1ks 3 жыл бұрын
@@SmallArmsSolutions What do you consider the holy grail?
@incognito_1111 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting item, bought a new Colt 6920HBPW and the rifle came with an FN barrel assembly (has the FN cage code on the barrel). The flash hider is 2 inches and pinned nicely (clean and blended) to the 14.5 inch M4A1 profile barrel. The flash hider is different than the one Colt was using on the Government roll marked lowers. The upper is marked M4 and has Colt's cage code.
@davidschaadt3460 Жыл бұрын
Truly wonderful programs.Thank you Chris and Mrs SAS.
@Planked 4 жыл бұрын
This channel is seriously underrated
@davidchristner7291 2 ай бұрын
I was Issued a M16A1 in Basic training, The same on my First posting at FT Bragg, then a M16A1 w/ M203 in Germany, then in 1992 posted at Ft Bragg again now issues a M16A2 20" , all of them Colt's, in 1994 the switch was made in The 82nd ABN to the M4 carbine 14.7" I can attest this thing out of the box on no zero 300m hits right out of the box. It was a 40/40 hits. I love the M4.
@geodkyt 8 ай бұрын
One of my favorite "Gotcha!" takes used tonoush thr HK416 was a Ranger company commander who thought he had the kill shot to prove the M4 sucks in his story about how, stepping off the CH-47 into a firefight and the M4 malfunctioned and wouldn't fire the *first* round. Uh, Captain? That's proof of a *user* failure in maintenance. *You* failed to properly clean, maintain, and function check your rifle in the FOB before you headed out for a mission.
@armorer94 6 ай бұрын
It's a sad artist who blames his paintbrush for his mistakes.
@mikemc330 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how much info this gentleman dishes out!
@everythingphil9376 6 жыл бұрын
Yay! I've been waiting for you to reupload this.
@draganbalzic4493 3 жыл бұрын
This is a most invaluable channel.
@isaactrujillo76 2 жыл бұрын
Audio is a millionaire times better in this one. You’re awesome man.
@Elong_Musket 4 ай бұрын
Sat through this while cleaning my 14.5 block II """cLoNe""" and man does it make me love this weapon even more. I remember back in 2017 at the end of the duty day when we had all our shit done waiting to be dismissed we got told to empty the arms room of our M4s and transport them in their cages onto the LMTV. We had no idea why, and rumor was our Squadron Commander(Cav) forgot that this was to be done today, so word came last minute to all the Troop Commanders. A week later I think it was, and we got them back with heavy barrels, "burst" etched out and "auto" stamped over it, ambi safety and A1 hastily etched next to M4. Never got the chance to shoot it full auto though while in Active Duty, but just a cool little memory I have even though at the time it sucked ass carrying cages full of rifles to be transported.
@robh2907 6 жыл бұрын
I have the Colt with Sir system, old school, love it. Also have the 14.5 Colt 1 piece upper, shoots 1" moa at 100yrds.
@locksmithdb5987 4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the history on all of this!
@ZerokillerOppel1 5 жыл бұрын
2 Government officials disliked...
@sh33pshot84 4 жыл бұрын
Best comprehensive video of this platform I've seen. I look forward to ordering some books soon, thanks!
@MrJfortheElohim 3 жыл бұрын
Well detailed information. Straightforward no chasers.
@janetcameron4652 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Now to watch more to soak up this outrageous amount of great info.
@Godzilla691138MW3 3 жыл бұрын
I love these videos, they give so much information. I could watch these for hours.
@nickma71 2 жыл бұрын
I have a request. I sifted through your extensive list of videos. Maybe you can cover Gary Gordon’s carbine. There are some good videos with candid people and they say at times “we think”, because there isn’t official documentation or even good pictures. I’m not going to put a clone together. I’m just in awe of the story of both of them. In one video, they think he cut his barrel down. A delta thing if I ever heard one.
@ttjjyy 6 жыл бұрын
great info. very informative and interesting.
@stevelemmen7048 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I've watched your videos. I'm surprised about all the under currents surrounding this gun.
@charlieb308 4 жыл бұрын
What I really would want to know is during these dust tests what lube or grease was used if any? I’ve heard that during dust tests more lube on bolt worked better, a bone dry M4 will fail
@davebee1128 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. It's a technical seminar and history lesson rolled into one. Thank you sir.
@gimiked8685 2 жыл бұрын
M4 did me just fine while in Afghanistan. Great little rifle.
@Shadee226 Жыл бұрын
Always appreciate the knowledge brother.
@sr25jd 17 күн бұрын
Thank you again great vol
@btedd 4 жыл бұрын
Great information! And now for the 6.8..
@robertdonnell8114 5 жыл бұрын
The AR-15 and I go back a long time, an M-16A1 was issued to me in Basic in 1979. I do remember that they checked the headspace before firing on the range. Yeah....Thank you so much for this information, it explains so much of the conflicting stories. Oh, the stories are all true but the important information is left out due to well... How does the poor infantryman know how old his weapon is, how many rounds went through it and what kind of ammo he is using?
@ericjohnson2024 5 жыл бұрын
It is supposed to go through Annual Services every year and be TPIed before deployments.
@hectorvazquez4528 3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Purchased the book! Thank you!
@ryanburbridge 5 жыл бұрын
Looking for the video on the Ammo you were talking about destroying all the test rounds
@DanielPierce-qj2ub 8 ай бұрын
TY Master Excellent as usual
@jamescarter4175 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks. Enjoyed it.
@Oldtimerider 5 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I found this channel, but really glad I did.
@pjansen2010 4 жыл бұрын
Another great vid, thanks for the information.
@Florida_War_Tribe 11 ай бұрын
Great video.
@frogdude21XXX 4 жыл бұрын
Outstanding series. Thanks for sharing your insight.
@modap3000 3 жыл бұрын
I have relatives (in the Army) who were part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who said that the M4 carbines were malfunctioning a lot during firefights. I cannot speak to the conditions the weapons were subject to, but did not speak highly of them during that time (2003).
@SmallArmsSolutions 3 жыл бұрын
Barrels were to light, overheat in heavy firing schedule. It was not designed for that. The adoption of the SOCOM barrel corrected that
@DB-yj3qc 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that many of the M4's of 2002-3 time had been in service for 3-5 years already (at least) just a thought. I know one of the units that was a big part of the initial push in Iraq had M4 since before 1998 and still using the same ones.
@G5Hohn 3 жыл бұрын
There’s a word for “test data” like that: an anecdote.
@johnnypop5235 2 жыл бұрын
Fully agree with your assessment of the rifle.
@ilikedirtx22 2 жыл бұрын
Good Lord you have so much knowledge. I really enjoy these history videos.
@JamesHavens-sk2uw Жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you, great info🇺🇸
@Corrado4me7 2 ай бұрын
Nice, thanks!
@billbynon9839 4 жыл бұрын
Priceless information. Thank you Sir
@comfycouchreviews 5 жыл бұрын
carried both fn and colt m4a1s for the last 7 years Zero problems both suppressed and unsuppressed, incredibly accurate also. Cant say the same for the m27/m38 variants
@user-ux1mu5np3p 9 ай бұрын
In hindsight, ive suspected the same thing regarding what the man is saying as per QC/supply/performance of these small arms. Let's find solutions people.
@j.r.6271 2 жыл бұрын
I read some bits from Tactical Small Arms of the 21st Century by Charles Cutshaw (written about 2005ish) where he mentions that the M4 has been ruled inferior and was likely to be replaced by the XM8 because of obvious and known deficiencies only found in full-auto fire. Are the "issues in design" he mentions the same thing you are talking about with the SOCOM M4 issues that the Army wasn't experiencing? The idea that the M4 is an inferior platform, but we still keep using it seems off to me. If anything, shouldn't we have basically mastered the design by now since we still allow it to be our workhorse?
@SmallArmsSolutions 2 жыл бұрын
Cutshaw was a jack ass. Bought and paid for. Gary Paul Johnston is the guy you listen to in those periodicals. He knows his stuff and is in biased.
@RobinP556 5 жыл бұрын
Good information! I spent a large portion of my career as a Special Forces operator, but I was retired medically in 1993 following a HALO parachute accident, so by the time that 9/11 rolled around most of the guys that I knew from the ODAs had retired or been promoted and were at an age that they were off of the Teams. But what you said about SOCOM and the M4A1 is the exact same thing that I had heard. Thanks for putting out factual information
@ronniesmith9568 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Robin, I always enjoy your input on the TR live streams.
@RobinP556 3 жыл бұрын
@@ronniesmith9568 Thanks, that means a lot. I’m always kindly hesitant to respond on TR’s livestream when someone has a question. In my opinion they’re most likely wanting Karl’s opinion on something and he knows a lot more than I do, especially anything post 9/11. I’ve discovered that not only do I like retro rifles and information, but I’ve reached a point where I’m kindly retro myself. Lol
@ronniesmith9568 3 жыл бұрын
@@RobinP556 look forward to seeing you there.
@mochikun3038 6 жыл бұрын
Also i one hundred % agree with the rifles not cycling properly, (speaking for the AF) not a single m16 i was ever issued ever cycled properly. It actually made me think it was caused by it being DI, totally false. They ( the AF back shop etc etc) just isnt taking care of them.
@SmallArmsSolutions 6 жыл бұрын
Thystaff Thywill actually no, the forward assist was created to fill a psychological need the army had to have a external link to the bolt carrier. It was not needed and not advisable by Stoner?
@mochikun3038 6 жыл бұрын
I'm just saying that the firearms I was issued were threat deterrers at best, they needed actual tear downs or whatever, and weren't receiving it. All the money the AF has from planned they could have spent 20 buck for a gas tube. (I'm guessing that was the problem)
@jonathanferguson1211 6 жыл бұрын
Any weight to the argument that the FA allows for quietly closing the bolt in sneaky-beaky type operations?
@davidbanner1652 7 ай бұрын
Amazing content!!
@chrispetersen4863 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Thank you!
@mihaeltomasovic 5 жыл бұрын
Larry Vickers certainly knows what he is talking about and the H&K 416 is a fabulous weapon!
@MS-gr2nv 4 жыл бұрын
He certainly loves his AKs and pistons lol
@COLT6940 3 жыл бұрын
because he was working with HK, oh course he lied about m4a1 and praise hk416. Turn out HK416 is over-gas, part wear, no interchange milspec parts and overpriced. No wonder special forces in the west are replacing HK416 with Sig MCX.
@COLT6940 3 жыл бұрын
@@MS-gr2nv he was saleman/hk propagandist.
@bpintogsxr1000 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! 👍🏻
@wfrentzel7503 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@frankgon4 5 жыл бұрын
My very used M16A1 that was issued to me in the 80's would constantly have problems in the sand. Many Going into battery issues. I can see sand tests failing depending on rifles chosen.
@joshboy1st 6 жыл бұрын
great series of videos Chris, wish there was a school here in the uk, i use to work for manroy but it didn't work out to well for me ):, love your channel, regards josh
@locksmithdb5987 4 жыл бұрын
I love it how you (someone who really knows what they are talking about) love Sig Sauer.
@sku32956 5 жыл бұрын
That was informative .
@jungleno. 3 жыл бұрын
Too bad a link to History of the M4-part 1 was not in the description.
@incredible3214 10 ай бұрын
I liked, I subscribed. 😎
@danielpierce8489 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent MASTER
@bigred06100 6 жыл бұрын
Great insight
@Assmagnus 4 жыл бұрын
Them goddamn aftermarket checkmate m9 mags destroyed is reliability.
@richardcranium2581 3 жыл бұрын
Lowest bidder strikes again
@diezelvh4133 3 жыл бұрын
Scar = reciprocating bolt = 👎. M4 = 🤘
@calebsone1630 6 жыл бұрын
So I was watching your FN collector video and you said your stampings were different than mine. I have the same as your picture of the real US stamped FN just mine doesn't say US property. I think they changed the roll marks since when your rifle was made.
@PeterNissen878112 5 жыл бұрын
But I've watched iraqveteran8888 do a mega mag dump with the AR platform and in his video's, it's the gas tube that fails before the barrel. In his words - the gas tube acts as a safety valve designed to blow before the barrel. So why were Socom's rifles blowing before the gas tube?????
@ventroid4473 5 жыл бұрын
Batou good point. I didn’t think about that video
@mihaeltomasovic 5 жыл бұрын
I think because the problem was with the barrels and the fact being that they were simply victim of bad QC unlike what this nice gentleman says. I served in the US Army from '04-'09 and I had several failures with first the M16A2 and then with the M4A1 before I got out. I knew how to clean the weapons perfectly well and I was actually put on the M249 prior to my first deployment and later was put on the M240B. In my unit (I was mainly with 2/3 ACR in all my deployments except the final one) we had _many_ type 3 malfunctions - that is, failures to extract that basically ended with impacted brass smashed in the chamber that required a cleaning rod to punch out and get the weapon working again. These malfunctions occurred in combat situations on deployment mostly because you are knocking your weapon around, shooting at odd angles sometimes off-hand, and you really clean as well as you can but some engagements would last nearly 30-45 minutes (rarely, but it did happen and there were several cases in which the engagements were longer than that). I think there is much room for improvement, particularly with extraction and with the bolt itself...
@SmallArmsSolutions 5 жыл бұрын
The full length rifle, the gas tube will fail before the rifle’s barrel. Not the Carbine, if the Carbine gas tube fails before the barrel it is not a properly made mil-spec gas tube.
@johnpermabullsmith875 4 жыл бұрын
SmallArmsSolutions Can you explain why that is? Why the carbine length gas tube outlast the barrel and vise versa?
@ChucksSEADnDEAD 4 жыл бұрын
@@johnpermabullsmith875 if I had to take a guess, the mil-spec tube is perhaps the same thickness between rifle and carbine, but the rifle barrel has more mass and more surface area to shed heat so the rifle gas tube gets more heat trapped in that part and eventually fails. With the original M4 Carbine barrels, the fact that they are shorter probably creates an issue where the gas tube was not "weakened" in proportion to the new properties of the barrel and thus the barrel fails first.
@locksmithdb5987 4 жыл бұрын
Any rifle/firearm can "meltdown" if fired on full auto magazine after magazine without letting it cool down. Heats up until losing its heat treatment and becomes weak.
@mark-kg7wg 4 жыл бұрын
Any machine ,regardless of the purpose that is pushed past its intended design will fail 100% of the time it's only a matter of when and how bad
@mrfawkes9110 4 ай бұрын
I don't buy that SOCOM was rupturing barrels due to heat on the M4, mostly because it ignores a major design feature of the AR-15. The gas tube wall thickness and materials were chosen specifically to prevent this possibility. The gas tube fails far before the barrel gets even close to the temperature required to remove the temper from the barrel. I don't doubt they were bursting barrels, but I reject the reason given.
@SmallArmsSolutions 4 ай бұрын
You are mistaken. The 20-in barrel, the gas tube was designed to rupture before the barrel blew. That is correct. But it appears there is a diffrent between the point of failure between 1./12 and 1/7 twist barrels. The 1/7 tend to fail sooner due to increased heat from the faster twist. That is not the case of the carbine. The carbines, the barrels on Mil-Spec rifles normally fail before the gas tubes tube. This is just physics dude. I have witnessed several M4 destruction tests. The SOCOM barrels will normally out last the gas tube due to the increase in heat due to an additional 500 rounds fired over the govt profile barrel. The Govt profile barrel fails around 450 degree compared to a SOCOM barrel lasting 900 degrees. The barrels hit transformation and rupture around 1600 degrees F.
@samb7652 Жыл бұрын
I understand that you are a m16 guy... But...if you think you are running out of content...I would benefit for any knowledge of the Ar10/lr308 platform.
@austingriff5905 3 жыл бұрын
Can you link references to units saying the hk416 isn’t acceptable for use? I’m just curious would like to read more about it. But I agree with your determination, overall, a well built well maintained m4 pattern rifle is still a quality weapon for war and there isn’t anything that’s significantly better
@lizzardwizard2000 5 ай бұрын
Colt’s quality may have been good in the 2000’s when you were there, but it was terrible from the 1980’s up until then- on their commercial firearms, from my experience.
@MrBlacksmithrob 5 жыл бұрын
fantastic sir,thank you
@WWIIman1942 4 жыл бұрын
I've got a question. Did all M4A1s feature the ambidextrous components and the upgraded platform? Or was it only the PIP M4 to M4A1 conversion carbines that featured them? Also, when exactly was the M4A1 adopted? Sorry, I don't recall hearing any of this. But this is still a great, highly informational series. Great job!
@SmallArmsSolutions 4 жыл бұрын
WWIIman1942 it was the PIP. Original M4A1 carbine were just full Auto M4’s. Later they would add the Socom heavy barrel and Ambi features.
@WWIIman1942 4 жыл бұрын
@@SmallArmsSolutions Thanks for the info!
@fmt5327 4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about the dust test in AR15 Magazine.... never had any issues with the M4 other than I much prefer a 13” rail..
@kylechandler7799 4 жыл бұрын
It’s a great rifle. We need a better cartridge. Overmatch will be a problem in the future wars. This may necessitate a different rifle. IDK, I don’t get paid for that.
@MRsolidcolor 3 жыл бұрын
time to put the old girl to rest!!!! sig is moving us forward, with that 6.8 AP round!!!!
@stevenpierce9160 3 жыл бұрын
I believe you sir
@apbiggins8mm 9 ай бұрын
Great video, so where did the car 15 come from and is it pretty much the m4
@planetcaravan2925 4 ай бұрын
Continuation of XM models?
@BrassStacks 5 жыл бұрын
I've personally seen a Rock River LAR-15 get treated with Frog Lube and then fired about 1500 rounds of all kinds of ammo (X193, M855, Steel case Wolf etc), in all kinds of weather, with no cleaning. Afterwards it was extremely easy to clean and has ran flawlessly ever since. I wouldn't hesitate to run it through multiple "Engagements" without cleaning it.
@johnwallace7694 Жыл бұрын
The Early LAR15 was Great , Ask me how i know .
@LRRPFco52 10 ай бұрын
Frog lube in the cold goes granular. Feels like someone poured fine sand in the action. If you come across Frog Lube, dispose of it so it doesn't end up in a weapon.
@BrassStacks 10 ай бұрын
@@LRRPFco52 Been using it for years and years with zero issues. A lot of people can't read very well so they don't know how to use it correctly. You do your thing though