Couldn't let the handgun forum have all the fun with their 2000 round challenge, so I decided to try it with my Noveske N4 basic carbine:
Rifle: Noveske N4 basic carbine (14.5" w/perm attached SF556-212A)
Caliber: 5.56
Ammunition:
* Federal XM193 55gr
* Prvi Partizan 55gr
* Federal bulk pack (WalMart) 55gr
* Federal XM223SP1 62gr
* Black Hills blue box 55gr
Dates of testing: 27MAR10 - 16APR10
Total rounds fired: 2,340
Range visits: 7
* 140 rounds fired (~15 mins)
* 300 rounds fired (~45 mins)
* 300 rounds fired (~45 mins)
* 400 rounds fired (~45 mins)
* 360 rounds fired (~45 mins)
* 240 rounds fired (~45 mins)
* 600 rounds fired (~65 mins) details below
Magazines: mix of PMAG/Colt/Bravo Company 30-rounders
Stoppages: zero
Malfunctions: zero
Breakages: zero
Notes: All testing occurred at the NRA indoor range in Fairfax, VA. The carbine was not cleaned prior to the test (boresnake and several drops of oil [*eta lube was slip 2000] were applied several hundred rounds prior to the test starting - those rounds were not counted). Carbine has factory BCG and Bill Springfield 4.5# trigger job. Additionally, a Magpul BAD was in place during the entire test.
Today's range visit consisted of 600 rounds of Black Hills 55gr (blue box) fired in just over an hour. I took my Fluke IR thermometer and recorded temps at the following locations: chamber, bolt face, bolt side, handguard (bottom front), and barrel (approx 2 inches ahead of the FSB). I did my best to get good temp readings; if something seemed off I ran the temp again to verify - curved surfaces can be tricky.
I took her apart for pics, but didn't clean anything:
I'm debating on whether or not to clean her, or keep going until she chokesI wasn't sure it would make it 2000 rounds with no cleaning/lube, but I was wrong.
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