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Thread: Gun sluggish/problems chambering in "cold"

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Switch to this buffer!!!

    Oh no, not more of this shit.

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    I just saw this on a full retard site that rhymes with silencertalk.com.

    This... Plum crazy lowers.... Welding Silencers to short barrels.... My God there's a lot of ****ing retards in this world!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by orionz06 View Post
    Oh no, not more of this shit.
    I'll second that. No more buffer circle jerking, please.
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    I hadn't seen this douchebaggery....

    Sorry, guys!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smuckatelli View Post
    Paul,

    Before you start wearing the same underwear on the range....me thinks it could be the dope behind the weapon and not the dope on the weapon.

    The rifle runs fine once the round is chambered....IMO, it's gotta be you brother.

    The temperature drop has more of an effect on you than it does the weapon. Your reactions are probably slower, I think you might be inadvertently riding the charging handle & slowly finger banging the bolt catch. I saw this problem in 3/2 when we were doing the work up for Norway and again in 2/1 in smallboats, the Marines were cold, their reactions were slower...they had issues getting the rifles into condition 1.

    S/F

    Paul
    Well 3/2 is known for being pretty weak...

    I kid, I kid!!

    I know what you're saying, I once almost dropped my rifle in boot camp during Inspection Arms because my numb left hand (from standing at Parade Rest for 1 hour in the cold) barely caught the buttstock at the beginning. Then it took me two tries to lock the damn bolt to the rear and I damn near made my lips bleed trying not to laugh because I thought it was so funny that my hands were so numb and stiff I couldn't do the one thing we did a million times before. The inspecting officer didn't think it was too funny though... For some reason they take things SO serious in Marine Corps boot camp

    But in this case I can guarantee you it ain't me, bro. For one, it's not that cold. I was also wearing my Oakley gloves the last time. Besides, hitting the bolt release in any way if the bolt carrier is locked fully rearward should do the trick no matter what.

    I already proved my manhood and then some on and after April 12, 2003, so I'm all about admitting I'm wrong or acting like a woman. But this isn't one of those times... at least not yet proven, anyways
    S/F
    Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    I hadn't seen this douchebaggery....

    Sorry, guys!
    Jesus, guys are really taking that shit to the extreme now!
    S/F
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    Paul,

    Quick question, does it happen when you don't have the gloves on?

    I feel the need to clarify my cold weather dohickey. I'm not talking about bone numbing cold, just a drop in temperature. In April 03 when you were playing in the sandbox...the temps were mid 80's in the day and dropped down to mid fifties at night, not a big difference yet it seemed really cold at night.

    Common sense tells me that it shouldn't matter 'how' you engage the bolt catch....my girlie instinct tells me that if the catch doesn't have a fast clean break, just maybe it could slow the BCG down enough to have loading problems. I'll try to create this with some snap caps later on today or tomorrow.

    I'm stuck with what you reported; basically the weapon works fine as long as the only human intervention is pulling the trigger.

    BTW, when I was in three who....they were weak. I checked in 2 years after Rother died....they still had five formations each day before 07:30 when in garrison...it sucked goat turds!

    S/F

    Paul
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    Use a more oil like lube, instead of a more grease like one.

    Here up in Oregon I've had that problem. Once.

    Changed lube.

    Problem solved. Flawless results. Rain or shine, cold or dry.

    Jay has a good answer though. I lube my receiver extension every 3k rounds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Cunningham View Post
    While I don't claim to know precisely what is occurring when this happens, for me it's been when the weather is extremely humid (freezing rain) and the temperature transitions from the 40s into the 30s.
    These are the conditions I am referring to in my post.

    Heavy rain conditions ranging from 45 degrees to about 34.
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    Interesting that this comes up as I just had a similar issue yesterday. 16" ML, Vltor A5, ASYM 55 grain ammo, Lancer AWM. In ~60 rounds I had multiple failures to feed on each mag, from chambering the first round to feed issues while shooting. Had just put 168 trouble-free rounds through the gun the day before in the 70s vs 50s the day of the troubles. I would not expect the temp to be an issue but the only other thing different from one day to the next was that on day one it started with 0 rounds on it and on day two it started with 68 rounds on it.

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