Originally Posted by
westcoastfrog
My 416 had few issues but it did have a few. First issue was when a leg of my firing pin retaining cotter pin broke off and locked my bolt halfway back. Second i had a bolt prong sheer off on the non extractor side. I continued to shoot the gun for at least a couple of thousand rounds to see how it would do and it even continued to work after the second prong sheered off...third prong sheered off and gun became a bolt action. Justmy limited experience with the 416. Would still trust ,y life to it if parts weren't so hard to get....ultimately i decided that a well maintained di m4with plenty of replacement parts was a better fit for me than a high speed gun that i couldn't maintain properly in regards to parts.