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Old 09-21-2012, 12:30 PM
mwtdvm mwtdvm is offline
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Default I think there is more to the story

IIRC Stoner designed his weapon system with a certain brand of DuPont powder and a certain cyclic rate of fire. McNamara and his clan that he brought with him from GM to the DOD decided that some of the production steps Steiner specified were not needed and changed the rate of fire. Then DuPont quit making the powder and the replacement Winchester-Olin ball powder was responsible for the jamming rather than the gun's construction.

I find it ironic that a problem caused by the GM whiz kids changing the specs had to be fixed by a GM plant. Now the big question, how much did these "cost savings" actually cost in troops KIA and the $$ cost to the American taxpayer?

Last edited by mwtdvm; 09-21-2012 at 07:25 PM. Reason: Spelling correction THX Wheelgun!
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