Watching the mud tests that Ian and Karl are doing at InRange...
They got an AK to fail. They've gotten an M1 Garand to fail. Their first test was a MAS-49/59, M1A and AR-15. They've even taken a Kel-Tec RDB to task (and it failed too).
The AR has done best of them all, followed by the MAS.
Almost like direct impingement is a reliability enhancer?
In the original test, there was open water, and I was trained to swish my rifle in the water should it get smashed into the mud; something they deliberately didn't do. Their testing is deliberately making it worst case.
I'll bet a quick swish would have prevented the AK from failing, but the Garand and derivatives were stopped by stuff falling into the action from its mostly open design.
Now I want to see them do more, and they plan it.
In particular, I want them to do a stock M1A vs H&K vs FAL.
They got an AK to fail. They've gotten an M1 Garand to fail. Their first test was a MAS-49/59, M1A and AR-15. They've even taken a Kel-Tec RDB to task (and it failed too).
The AR has done best of them all, followed by the MAS.
Almost like direct impingement is a reliability enhancer?
In the original test, there was open water, and I was trained to swish my rifle in the water should it get smashed into the mud; something they deliberately didn't do. Their testing is deliberately making it worst case.
I'll bet a quick swish would have prevented the AK from failing, but the Garand and derivatives were stopped by stuff falling into the action from its mostly open design.
Now I want to see them do more, and they plan it.
In particular, I want them to do a stock M1A vs H&K vs FAL.