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2004-08-13 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-08-13 16:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thank you GWB! Now it will soon be even easier to send those towel-headed camel jockeys to Hell.

Posted by BombIranNow 2004-08-13 7:13:23 PM|| 2004-08-13 7:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I checked this on Global Security. This part is an interesting idea: This improved reliability can be credited to differences in the XM8âs operating system from the one in the M16. For instance, a thin gas tube runs almost the entire length of the barrel in all of the M16 variants. When the weapon is fired, the gases travel back down the tube into the chamber and push the bolt back to eject the shell casing and chamber a new round. The XM8âs gas system instead is connected to a mechanical operating rod, which pushes back the bolt to eject the casing and chamber the new round each time the weapon is fired. So thereâs no carbon residue constantly being blown back into the chamber, reducing the need to clean the weapon as often. You donât get gases blowing back into the chamber that have contaminates in them. The XM8 also has a much tighter seal between the bolt and the ejection port, which should cut down on the amount of debris that can blow into the weapon when the ejection portâs dust cover is open.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-13 11:00:05 PM|| 2004-08-13 11:00:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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