M49 FN Rifle
- Thread starter chofo
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- Tucson, Arizona
Smellie, an interesting thing about that german law. Senator Dodd, the father of the current clown, had asked for a translation of the 1934 German firearms law. apparently he thought Hitler had a good idea.
"Germans wishing to have firearms should join the SS or the SA, private ownership of firearms does not serve the state." Heinrich Himmler
"Germans wishing to have firearms should join the SS or the SA, private ownership of firearms does not serve the state." Heinrich Himmler
Snomad, the FN '49 very rarely slamfires. If it does, it almost always is because the rifle is USING too much gas (i.e., not VENTING enough).
The actual mechanism of this involves the bolt-carrier being sent into recoil at too high a speed; it strikes against the rear of that trough-shaped receiver, stretching it. The receiver acts as a SPRING, coming back to its normal size and shape, sending the bolt-carrier and bolt forward again at much too high a speed. Bolt picks up a round, chambers it, and the firing-pin drifts into the back end and ignites the primer.
Get it bad enough, it can fire out of battery. Results from THIS can be catastrophic.
THIS was the problem with the GLOBCO 555, which otherwise was a really nice rifle.
The problem is at the gas port.
So you CURE the problem where it actually IS rather than where you WANT IT to be.
Adjust the gas-bleed for safe, accurate, controllable shooting.
The 2-piece firing-pin was a pretty good cure for a problem which never should have existed.
I shall now go and take another pill.
The actual mechanism of this involves the bolt-carrier being sent into recoil at too high a speed; it strikes against the rear of that trough-shaped receiver, stretching it. The receiver acts as a SPRING, coming back to its normal size and shape, sending the bolt-carrier and bolt forward again at much too high a speed. Bolt picks up a round, chambers it, and the firing-pin drifts into the back end and ignites the primer.
Get it bad enough, it can fire out of battery. Results from THIS can be catastrophic.
THIS was the problem with the GLOBCO 555, which otherwise was a really nice rifle.
The problem is at the gas port.
So you CURE the problem where it actually IS rather than where you WANT IT to be.
Adjust the gas-bleed for safe, accurate, controllable shooting.
The 2-piece firing-pin was a pretty good cure for a problem which never should have existed.
I shall now go and take another pill.
Sorry-He is in the sock closet....crying his eyes out
you really hurt his feelings....
Believe me, guys, you DON'T want to spend too much time in my sock closet!
I have taken another pill and all I will say is that the next time I bump into any of you, the coffee's on me!
To quote Sidney the Profound, "Bast will GET YOU for that!"
Keep smilin'.
Only part of this that's serious is the remarks on the '49 gas system. I learned this myself through hard experience. Just trying to help out, as are most of us.
Damn! That last pill tasted great!
I have taken another pill and all I will say is that the next time I bump into any of you, the coffee's on me!
To quote Sidney the Profound, "Bast will GET YOU for that!"
Keep smilin'.
Only part of this that's serious is the remarks on the '49 gas system. I learned this myself through hard experience. Just trying to help out, as are most of us.
Damn! That last pill tasted great!
And guys - always, always, always check the firing pin to ensure it's free - I had one come in with the tip protruding - it wasn't fired for several years, and the early one-piece pin broke into 2, and the tip jammed forward....load and make-ready would have been a top-cover removing experience at the very least!
