DaisyCutter
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I was at my annual police qualification course a couple days ago, and I had 2 freak stoppages with my Stag lefty M4 clone.
Note, I've had several hundred rounds through this rifle over the past few years, and only one or two prior stoppages, which were both my error, from not fully inserting the mag.
These were different. (Note, rifle was clean, but hadn't been lubed in a month. I was firing Winchester white box practice ammo.)
The first, I'm banging away timed sets each time when the target turns, I hear a click (versus a boom), I cycle the bolt, and it fails to go into battery. I strip the mag, cycle the bolt a couple times, reinsert and cycle, and it fails to go into battery. I re-strip the mag, look into the chamber and I see a spent case in the chamber.
I cycle the bolt a few times, and the spent case won't come out.
The rifle in that condition wasn't able to finish the course of fire.
On the next course of fire (with freshly lubed rifle), I had another stoppage. A basic clearing drill fixed it. This time when I stripped the mag I saw a partially stripped unfired round with the bullet pushed back into the case. Powder was leaking out past it.
What gives.
I've never had a single mechanical stoppage with this rifle before.
My mags don't show any damage.
Do I chalk this up to TWO freak occurances, or is there something else bad here?
Maybe a bad crimp for number two? That one doesn't scare me so much.
The spend round that wouldn't extract freaks me out? What the heck? What do you do when you encounter this?
Note, I didn't get to inspect the case that was stuck. The armorer took the rifle and presumably pushed out the stuck case by inserting a rod from the muzzle end.
I fully expect my weapons to function through a training course without mechanical stoppages.
Can I chalk this up to the ammo? OR should I chalk this up to the ammo?
Note, I've had several hundred rounds through this rifle over the past few years, and only one or two prior stoppages, which were both my error, from not fully inserting the mag.
These were different. (Note, rifle was clean, but hadn't been lubed in a month. I was firing Winchester white box practice ammo.)
The first, I'm banging away timed sets each time when the target turns, I hear a click (versus a boom), I cycle the bolt, and it fails to go into battery. I strip the mag, cycle the bolt a couple times, reinsert and cycle, and it fails to go into battery. I re-strip the mag, look into the chamber and I see a spent case in the chamber.
I cycle the bolt a few times, and the spent case won't come out.
The rifle in that condition wasn't able to finish the course of fire.
On the next course of fire (with freshly lubed rifle), I had another stoppage. A basic clearing drill fixed it. This time when I stripped the mag I saw a partially stripped unfired round with the bullet pushed back into the case. Powder was leaking out past it.
What gives.
I've never had a single mechanical stoppage with this rifle before.
My mags don't show any damage.
Do I chalk this up to TWO freak occurances, or is there something else bad here?
Maybe a bad crimp for number two? That one doesn't scare me so much.
The spend round that wouldn't extract freaks me out? What the heck? What do you do when you encounter this?
Note, I didn't get to inspect the case that was stuck. The armorer took the rifle and presumably pushed out the stuck case by inserting a rod from the muzzle end.
I fully expect my weapons to function through a training course without mechanical stoppages.
Can I chalk this up to the ammo? OR should I chalk this up to the ammo?
