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02-19-2010, 05:07 AM
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I'm not saying they can't have a catastrophic failure, they just don't blow apart like that. All the guns I've seen that have failed like that have, at the most, a split barrel /chamber and some bulges in a few areas. The problem the Army was having that led to the "exploding Beretta" myth were with American license and French built slides which didn't have the same grade metal as the original Italian models, and so a few during testing snapped at the locking lugs. The entirety of the slide didn't fly off and come apart from the barrel assembly like in S&Ws fictional KB, but, from the locking lugs back, the slide just broke off. If you really think about it, the entire slide couldn't come back and off the gun (especially while letting the barrel escape and fall forward or in any other direction) because the slide is still attached to the barrel which is still linked into the frame by the takedown lever. Short of a simultaneous rail and takedown lever failure, the slide won't come off like that, and even if it does, the barrel will still be in the slide.
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02-19-2010, 10:08 PM
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The HK testing was bullshit, especially that over the beach test. I love how he shoots the 416 with just eye protection and then puts on a blast shield and the m4 just happens to blow up, as we all know m4s blow up when wet but hk makes indestructible uber guns.....
Has the 416 done any independent testing? HK is not the most trustworthy company and will just hype their product. I also heard these guns are luck to shoot 3moa.
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02-20-2010, 06:00 AM
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Well that's because the HK tester KNEW FULL WELL that the M4 will blow up in his face. He was going in prepared as hell for it to destroy itself during the test. When the guy wore nothing during testing the 416, he was fully confident that the 416 would NOT blow up in his face. That's why he wore no protection, because he had faith in the 416, NOT the M4.
There had been some independent testings, and some say that the 416 might have overheating issues.
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02-20-2010, 02:04 PM
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Norway (I think it is) adopted the HK416 and from what I've heard/read/etc., they've been having nothing but trouble with them. Though I don't recall any details ATM.
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02-20-2010, 05:30 PM
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US Delta and Marines had tested the 416 out into the field, but I believe a while ago, I think they told the Marines to give the 416 back and use their M4s again, which they didn't like after they got used to the 416
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02-20-2010, 11:33 PM
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yeah...that's real neat and all but uh...
on topic? this is a ''pimp my gun'' thread, not a ''bitch about H&K and M4's'' thread. so. lets stay on topic
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02-20-2010, 11:46 PM
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Haven't really thought of what to do. I don't like the new format.
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