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Thread: This forum would be boring if we all just bought Colts (and Magpul and Surefire)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krazykarl View Post
    How much sand would be found inside the receivers (upper and lower) after your tropical excursion? Can you post a pic of the innards? Just curious where fine debris might accumulate.
    The upper had a ton of sand in it. It was everywhere. This is very fine sugar sand and it just got in every nook and cranny, but the upper had more caked sand simply because there was more lube in the upper. Of course starting the day out with more lube played a vital role in keeping the gun up. That was part of the reason I even beat the gun up that way. People need to go shoot in those conditions with their lube-not-needed fancy boutique AR assemblies and get back to us.

    I did take a pic of the BCG, but I cannot find it on my phone. Because the ejection port was open the place sand ended up inside the bolt. I surmise it went through the vent holes in the carrier. Unlocking was really difficult and required mortaring the gun almost every time I needed to make the gun empty. However, shooting it had enough force to cycle the action so it still "worked".





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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodriver View Post
    The upper had a ton of sand in it. It was everywhere. This is very fine sugar sand and it just got in every nook and cranny, but the upper had more caked sand simply because there was more lube in the upper. Of course starting the day out with more lube played a vital role in keeping the gun up. That was part of the reason I even beat the gun up that way. People need to go shoot in those conditions with their lube-not-needed fancy boutique AR assemblies and get back to us.

    I did take a pic of the BCG, but I cannot find it on my phone. Because the ejection port was open the place sand ended up inside the bolt. I surmise it went through the vent holes in the carrier. Unlocking was really difficult and required mortaring the gun almost every time I needed to make the gun empty. However, shooting it had enough force to cycle the action so it still "worked".






    Thanks for the pictures and testing, I run all my ar's real wet as I agree it matters. I've been running my colt m4 a lot lately and it's pure fun as well!

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    I want to know where I can find that tree with ARs growing on it is at. I need one of those in my backyard, right next to a bush that grows 5.56.
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    Take it water skiing on the St. Johns to wash it off. No seriously...

    I like this thread. Keep it up. I want another KISS gun now.
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    I'm literally in love with your gun.

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    it is pretty funny seeing a tropical scene and to see an AR flying through the air.. glad to see a KISS Colt work well...

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    Video makes me homesick(not from there, but its where i belong). When I get to FL we should to go train together, maybe kill some hogs if youre into that. Good thread, reminds me I need to go warm up my own.

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    This is such an awesome thread.

    I forwarded it to the IWC CEO.

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    Euro,

    Earl, IWC's Managing Partner, thought the test was cool. He said he'll warranty the mount, just email him at earl@impactweaponscomponents.com and he'll send you a new one.

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    I love Colts, problem is my wallet doesn't!

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