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Is it possible to add a dust cover to the M&P 15 sport??
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sgtsandman
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The Marlin was a little easier than the Winchester to find a good picture. Winchesters eject from the top of the receiver, so the typical picture angles are wrong.
I found a kind of decent one for the Garand. I think the Carbine is similar.
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sgtsandman
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This is the best I can dig up on the Carbine.
Hmm. So for the lever its manual pushing into the port. Kind of negates the necessity of dust cover as you would just shove harder . The garand is higher caliber and powder than ar15 right? Do you think that could be a factor? Could the ar15 probably "need" the dust cover because its gas blowback and "weaker" than the other guns?
Its been a while since ive seen a 240b or 249 saw but i dont think they have a dust cover. Its literally been years so i may be wrong. Those are also "stronger" than AR 15.
Im kind of straying from your original point as your point is valid. But I think its for more reasons than what was implied.
Its been a while since ive seen a 240b or 249 saw but i dont think they have a dust cover. Its literally been years so i may be wrong. Those are also "stronger" than AR 15.
Im kind of straying from your original point as your point is valid. But I think its for more reasons than what was implied.
cyphertext
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Not sure I am following here, since the dust cover would be open when the BCG is moving.
sgtsandman
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The lever is manually operated but could still jamb. I'm not sure if the force exerted by hand would be more than the return spring in an AR. While the Garand does use a higher powered cartridge, the carbine does not and both use a return spring like the AR does, just in a different configuration.
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spad124
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The Marlin was a little easier than the Winchester to find a good picture. Winchesters eject from the top of the receiver, so the typical picture angles are wrong.
I found a kind of decent one for the Garand. I think the Carbine is similar.
I've always considered that the Garand and the M1 Carbine did not have "dust covers" as the AR/M16 does, rather when closed the bolt fills up the action and keeps out mud, dust etc just like the closed bolt on a M1903, M1917, or any Mauser based action.
sgtsandman
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Not that I'm aware of. Of course, the fact that the bolt doesn't require lube is a great help with that. If they did, the design would not still be around. I'm not exactly sure when the Winchester came out but the Marlin came out in 1895. I'm pretty sure the Winchester is earlier than that. Both had earlier lever action designs but I don't know the dates. I think there was a lever action design as early as the Civil War but the design that I have in mind had a tubular magazine in the buttstock and didn't work that well.
