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    Funny Harv......
    Of course, you have been hearing me do this through what- 4 classes over the years?
    And you have see the results on yours and other guns in class.
    Sigh......
    Consider that this test was completed a while back, but just recently released.
    Hmmm..

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    Thanks for the numbers HollyRoller...

    BoyScout4Life....

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    Pat, I agree with what you are saying on the gas ring thing(and the lube thing natch). You mentioned one time you removed all but one gas ring to prove the stagger the gap thing was way overblown.

    Is there any more background you can add to this for future reference?

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    Back when the Colt Armorer's course use to include live fire, the instructors did that to show that the gun was overgassed.
    Dean Caputo- a Colt armorer instructor and a good friend showed it to me and i did it on a number of ocassions to satisfy my own curiosity.

    One bolt ring (new or so) in a reasonably clean gun and lubed properly will fire with no problem.
    YMMV

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    Roger that Pat,

    Thanks for the info.

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    My pleasure!

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    Does this mean a "lubed" Bushmaster is better than a "dry" Colt?? Bill T.

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    BillT.....NO

    Back when I was in, I remember the -10 uses to read a light coat of CLP, in specific places. Mat informed me, that it changed to "generous" some time ago. So the info is out there, it just needs to filter down.

    Considering some of the things my NCO's told me when I was a cherry, that'll take forever.

    BTW: When I went thru the Machinegun Leadership Course, I was taught, that the differecne between a light coat and a heavy coat, was a heavy coat can be smeared with your finger.

    I try to spread the word at training and classes, and on some other sites, but banging your head against the wall starts to suck after awhile, no matter how good it feels when you stop.

    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by billt View Post
    Does this mean a "lubed" Bushmaster is better than a "dry" Colt?? Bill T.

    This is a technical forum designed to help educate people on what they don't know and to share technical information. Your posts are neither technical or helpful.

    You have one foot out the door so I would advise you to pick the threads you respond to with care.

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    My agency still adheres to the dry is better belief and teaches that the AR runs better dry. I've found that a liberal dose of lube in the right places is far more important than just liberally lubing the rifle. And I've found that my AR runs more efficiently on more lube than my agency is recommending. Seeing as how standard doctrine may in fact be finally changing, I expect that my FTU will begin advocating using more lube sometime before I retire - a couple of decades from now

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