It's been a few days, but I just had my training in M16A2. I missed marksman by 2. Oh well.
I only had one problem. The bolt failed to close completely one time. Forward Assist is there for a reason. The Air Force seems to be getting better with mainentance for their weapons. First time I shot, I had what was effectivly a shingle-shot M16. Second time, well, I could usually make it through most of the magazine. Still wasn't very impressed. I'd still like to own my own rifle, just so that I could make sure that problems like that didn't occur. I'd even pay for enhancements out of my own pocket.
Anyways, two lanes down from me a guy had a problem. It started as a double feed or something, but he ended up shaking out a piece of the bolt. Fortuantly, the guy knew *that* wasn't supposed to be coming out, and he called for a range master. A lug, approximatly perpindicular to the extractor, was broken off. They eventually came up with another bolt, swapped it out, and he proceded to qualify.
Would this rifle still have fired? Relatively safely? And is this a common problem with M-16's?
I only had one problem. The bolt failed to close completely one time. Forward Assist is there for a reason. The Air Force seems to be getting better with mainentance for their weapons. First time I shot, I had what was effectivly a shingle-shot M16. Second time, well, I could usually make it through most of the magazine. Still wasn't very impressed. I'd still like to own my own rifle, just so that I could make sure that problems like that didn't occur. I'd even pay for enhancements out of my own pocket.
Anyways, two lanes down from me a guy had a problem. It started as a double feed or something, but he ended up shaking out a piece of the bolt. Fortuantly, the guy knew *that* wasn't supposed to be coming out, and he called for a range master. A lug, approximatly perpindicular to the extractor, was broken off. They eventually came up with another bolt, swapped it out, and he proceded to qualify.
Would this rifle still have fired? Relatively safely? And is this a common problem with M-16's?