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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    My first question would be why would one be resting the barrel of a super hot gun on a PMAG or anything else to begin with?

    Second I would be more concerned about the damage to the weapon by exceeding the max. sustained rate of fire.
    I am also wondering why anyone would rest a mag on a barrel.


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    Because if some knucklehead could do it...



    Someone will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    This is "what-iffing" to the extreme. Who really worries about this sort of thing?
    I do for two reasons:
    1. Threads and phone calls like this.
    2. Stupid military requirements. "Magazine must be able to withstand 602.3 inch drop while inserted in weapon while on fire in a -60 degree (F) chamber onto exposed concrete covered in Vaseline-mayonnaise mixture (40%/60% respectively)." Milspecs are stupid. You can offer a product that performs twice as well in 99.999% of all circumstances, cost half as much, but if it fails the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop test, they'll probably shit can it. That's why we need to know the limitations of the product, no matter how silly they are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NickB View Post
    I do for two reasons:
    1. Threads and phone calls like this.
    This is why I can never deal with the public.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

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    Next time I'm at the ranch in Wyoming, I'd like to swing by and see the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickB View Post
    2. Stupid military requirements. "Magazine must be able to withstand 602.3 inch drop while inserted in weapon while on fire in a -60 degree (F) chamber onto exposed concrete covered in Vaseline-mayonnaise mixture (40%/60% respectively)." Milspecs are stupid. You can offer a product that performs twice as well in 99.999% of all circumstances, cost half as much, but if it fails the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop test, they'll probably shit can it. That's why we need to know the limitations of the product, no matter how silly they are.


    We need pictures of that.
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    ...and will there be a youtube video of that one too???
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    In our initial testing of the PMAG at the joint readiness training center in Fort Polk, LA we fired about 300 rds in 6 to 9 rd bursts through an M249 SAW with the gunner changing out barrels after 210rds. The gunner was dumping the empty mags to his front and when he switched barrels he put the spare on top of a PMAG. Barrel was in contact with the mag for about a minute and it melted into the mag just barely. Bottom line, the mag remained functional and only had minor cosmetic damage. It is still in service today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    Next time I'm at the ranch in Wyoming, I'd like to swing by and see the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop
    There's a hint of gay in that sentence somehow.
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    I've heard of the flaming ass because of no vaseline test, but this other test you speak of is unknown.

    Quote Originally Posted by NickB View Post
    I do for two reasons:
    1. Threads and phone calls like this.
    2. Stupid military requirements. "Magazine must be able to withstand 602.3 inch drop while inserted in weapon while on fire in a -60 degree (F) chamber onto exposed concrete covered in Vaseline-mayonnaise mixture (40%/60% respectively)." Milspecs are stupid. You can offer a product that performs twice as well in 99.999% of all circumstances, cost half as much, but if it fails the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop test, they'll probably shit can it. That's why we need to know the limitations of the product, no matter how silly they are.

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