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• paws4thot commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  IIRC, the M16A1 (and the AK-47) have 3 firing modes, single shot, 3 shot burst, and w@nker!!...
• JohnS commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  paws4thot @ 1230: IIRC, the M16A1 (and the AK-47) have 3 firing modes, single shot, 3 shot burst, and w@nker!!" The M16 and the M16A1 were similar except the M16 did not have the forward assist added to the M16A1. The M16 also had a chrome bolt & the M16A1 had a parkerized bolt. Both were "Safe", "Semi" (single) and "Auto" (w@nker!!). Supposedly the original M16 had a teflon coated bolt & wasn't supposed to require lubrication. But that didn't work so well with the cheap ass ball power the Army used in their ammo & caused a lot of...
• Martin commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  It also had a barrel with a more aggressive twist to the rifling - 1:7 compared to the 1:14 of the original M16 & the M16A1 ...to cope with the new NATO-standard ammunition. The US Ordnance Board had forced 7.62x51 onto the rest of NATO, and then promptly changed its own infantry rifle calibre to 5.56; by the 1980s, the rest of NATO was due to replace their service weapons, and ran another competition to find a NATO-standard ammunition. Britain (who had lost the 1950s argument, and cancelled the No.9 Rifle in 7mm) entered a 4.85mm round that they'd been...
• waldo commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  I'm curious: What happens if you fire the wrong ammunition? M193 from an M16A2, M855 from an M16. I guess M855 from an M16 is horribly inaccurate, because it's not stable. Is that right? And what about M193 from an M16A2?...
• JohnS commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  waldo @ 1233: I'm curious: What happens if you fire the wrong ammunition? M193 from an M16A2, M855 from an M16. I guess M855 from an M16 is horribly inaccurate, because it's not stable. Is that right? And what about M193 from an M16A2? From experience (we were issued the wrong ammo for annual qualification once right after being issued the M16A2) ... the bullets don't go where you want them to go. I think the M193 will go off high to the right if fired through the M16A2 while the M855 will go off low to the left in...