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Additional note re OP: *DO NOT USE LOCTITE ON THE CASTLE NUT OR BUFFER TUBE THREADS*

It will *ALWAYS* migrate through the threads into the buffer retainer, and cause severe forking in an upward direction.

Mostly Extractors and I always have spare gas rings and a firing pin. I've seen rotten gas tubes also

Interesting. I almost always use Loctite on both, and have never had it migrate to the buffer retainer pin. I'm using Loctite 243 though, not one of the wicking grades, so maybe that's the difference? I also apply it to the male buffer tube threads, not the female receiver threads, so it doesn't get forced towards the retainer pin hole when the buffer tube is installed.

Lotsa barrels.

Hint...............

What is "forking"?

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Hint: If someone were to say "that's forked up" on *THIS* forum, using context clues and what you know about certain deliberately misspelled words, use your critical thinking skills and report back to the class with your conclusions.

Don't tease Trybone...she's doing her BEST. Hint.

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There's a jeopardy meme with that poster's name all over it.

He needs to get it together (grin)

Your gonna wind up on her Imaginary Pretend Ignore.

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Somehow I thought it was more technical than that!

Don't be getting like BS now, using made-up lingo to try to sound like some sort of insider. That's just lame.

Hey Fug Stick, you rich bastard you, did you fly down to the Orange Blossom Regional and win some gold or are you still a loser/poser?

Trybone,

Your raging Estrogen levels are nearly as fhuqking HILARIOUS,as your Stupidity. Nearly. Hint. Congratulations?!?

Bless your heart for trying.

Hint.

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Muktuk express is waiting for you stubby/stinky

Now you can say that you've "seen" a Garrow Hummer...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!?



Bless your Whining heart.

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Maybe some day you'll be able to shoot it.

Too bad you are too poor to buy a plane ticket and pay an entry fee.

88's and their .545BC at 2800fps ala magfed ASC smooch ain't hardly even "fair"...but now you can at least say you've "seen" one,you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!?

Hint.



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Actually, not much. The 5.56 AR-15, M-16 is a pretty well proven, well developed platform. After careers in the Marines and then in law enforcement, I used and maintained quite a few of the rascals. Parts failures, rifle failures, were rare.

Honestly, I've never messed with the other interesting cartridges currently available in the AR-15 rifle.

Semper Fi, Guy

I have seen more breakage on machine guns then on M16/M4s. Broke an operating rod on a M60 once and those things are thick. M-2 .50 cals went down pretty regularly. It seemed that M249 SAWs broke the easiest, but maybe we abused them the most. Every September, we would get whatever remained on the units ammo account and told to expend it over a 3-4 day period. We were rarely successful due to the sheer amount of ammo, and machinguns breaking down. I think they stopped that during the War in Iraq when .50 cal ammo started to get scarce. We abused the M16/M4s and and I am sure we burned out a few barrels, but really not a lot of breakages on them.

extractor issues. bolt lugs. doctored on single stage "GI" triggers( NEVER do this)go double/or worse. Thats about all I can recall, but the competition group we shot in for years didn't abuse their guns quite as much as others can/do. And a good chance most of them didn't start with the bottom line guns.

Other thing I"ve seen now, twice, since I saw it this past weekend, pin hole in a hammer not drilled straight which can cause issues.