Melty Barrel Goodness

[pewpewfever]

I’ve heard various things over the years, such as that an M16 barrel will melt if run on full auto, and AR15 barrels are designed to melt much more quickly to discourage full auto conversion. Any truth to that?

At this point I have some aging ammo I want to take to the range and dispose of while it is still safe to shoot it. I’m a member at a range that allows rapid fire. In a civilian AR15 or M4, how rapidly can the rifle be fired without damaging the barrel? Any difference in that respect between 5.56 and supersonic 300bk?

 

[MTRecon]

The gas tube is designed to fail before the barrel...YouTube has videos...

 

[Near miss]

I’ve heard various things over the years, such as that an M16 barrel will melt if run on full auto, and AR15 barrels are designed to melt much more quickly to discourage full auto conversion. Any truth to that?

At this point I have some aging ammo I want to take to the range and dispose of while it is still safe to shoot it. I’m a member at a range that allows rapid fire. In a civilian AR15 or M4, how rapidly can the rifle be fired without damaging the barrel? Any difference in that respect between 5.56 and supersonic 300bk?

Check melt videos made by iraqveteran:

 

[Black max]

Trolling perhaps? Can't be a serious question...

 

[308pirate]

I’ve heard various things over the years, such as that an M16 barrel will melt if run on full auto, and AR15 barrels are designed to melt much more quickly to discourage full auto conversion. Any truth to that?

At this point I have some aging ammo I want to take to the range and dispose of while it is still safe to shoot it. I’m a member at a range that allows rapid fire. In a civilian AR15 or M4, how rapidly can the rifle be fired without damaging the barrel? Any difference in that respect between 5.56 and supersonic 300bk?

You're not going to melt the barrel, but you will probably torch the throat.

 

[Near miss]

Full auto is fun for a while, I would shoot 3-4 mags and then start getting bored with it.

Sell the ammo and retire early?

 

[TonyTheTiger]

I have some aging ammo I want to take to the range and dispose of while it is still safe to shoot it.

 

[308pirate]

At this point I have some aging ammo I want to take to the range and dispose of while it is still safe to shoot it.

How old is this ammo?

Under what conditions (temp, humidity) has it been stored?

I have two full ammo cans of Korean M2 Ball from 1974. Shit works like a charm.

 

[Halfnutz]

Can we make a donation to be able to have access to the "Discourage" button?

 

[TonyTheTiger]

Can we make a donation to be able to have access to the "Discourage" button?

Facepalm reaction maybe?

 

[Near miss]

I tested some 9mm made in 1952 and 3/22 did not go off, 2 of them had to be shot again and went off.. maybe would work better with stronger firing pin spring.

Still buying the whole 9k of it, it will be ok for training (with malfuntions). I hope my barrel will not melt.

 

[JMGlasgow]

I have ammo from WW2 I still shoot. "Old" is relative. Up until about 10 years ago I shot WW1 303 British ammo that had cordite in it. I started to get really bad hang fires so I got rid of the rest.

 

[Ghosting]

Same. I also have "old" ammo that I use for my Garand. As long as you take care of it it will last a long time

 

[Downtown]

Years ago we bought a bunch of USGI WRA WW2 .45 Ball reimported from Russia. Lots of it. Supposedly stored in caves. Corrosive. Shot tens of thousands with a only a few duds and one or two hang fires. Would have been 55 years old or so.

 

[Downtown]

But, yes, the gas tube melts first. Plenty of video. On AKs, the hand guard burns off.

 

[bschneiderheinze]

Melt a barrel I’ve done some pretty fast multi round dumps on 30 round mags no problem. To compare I needed to straighten out a bus crossing arm today. I used a rose bud today torch at around 2500-3000. It was a solid steel rod the size of a barrel I was able to bend it easily. If you get your barrel even up to 1500 degrees I would think your doing something. I did see some guys next to me one day trying to sight in AR just dumping the rounds. They couldn’t understand why it would group under 5”. I just mentioned you might want let it cool down and shoot it. I then let them shoot my suppressed ARs so they could at least hit a target.

 

[Mwalex]

Should people have to take a test before being allowed to join SH?

 

[pewpewfever]

Some of y’all just hurtful.

 

[CrabsandFootball]

I have ammo from WW2 I still shoot. "Old" is relative. Up until about 10 years ago I shot WW1 303 British ammo that had cordite in it. I started to get really bad hang fires so I got rid of the rest.

Nothing better than that smell though right?