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We actually fire weapons to destruction here for testing. Although the standard handguard can catch fire under extream firing conditions such as intentionally firing to destruction, the MOE will do so at a lower temperature then the standard handguard will.

Although the weapon in the video does get hot, the reason its smoking is not because the weapon is smoking hot at that point. Rather, its smoking because the inside of the handguard has been heated to a point where its structural integrity is compromised and what you are actually seeing is smoke not from the weapon barrel but from the hand guard due to the heat of the barrel heating the hand guard to its combustion point.
 
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I'm kind of surprised no one has tried baking an AR into a cake, bringing it to the range like it's a birthday party, blowing out the candles, digging the AR out, inserting a mag and letting it rip....without a dust cover of course. :)
 
Foxtrot said:
We actually fire weapons to destruction here for testing. Although the standard handguard can catch fire under extream firing conditions such as intentionally firing to destruction, the MOE will do so at a lower temperature then the standard handguard will.

Although the weapon in the video does get hot, the reason its smoking is not because the weapon is smoking hot at that point. Rather, its smoking because the inside of the handguard has been heated to a point where its structural integrity is compromised and what you are actually seeing is smoke not from the weapon barrel but from the hand guard.
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I think we all got that...most of us have fired our rifles to where they are smoking hot....just not that much smoke!!!
 
In Veit Nam our M60's had 2 barrels.
When the barrel got hot you'd drop it off and swap in the spare.
There were storys of guys going to some (#1) extreams to cool off the spare so it coud be swapped back in sooner. But I'm not sure that wasn't just some "Hollywood" story.
I mean ..... in the heat of a fire fight that's obviously that itense not many of us had any "#1" left .......
 
oneyeopn said:
I think we all got that...most of us have fired our rifles to where they are smoking hot....just not that much smoke!!!
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Not everyone got it. The guy in the video didn't get it. Look at where he talks about the handguard afterwards. It has been adversly affected, its structural integrity has been compromised. It should not be trusted and if this guy had any common sense or actual knowledge about what he was doing he would have said so and not have tried to fire the weapon until the handguard was replaced. Potentially dangerous and complete disregard for the safety of himself and possibly others, as well as a complete lack of common sense. I would hate to think that someone made a decision not to replace the whole handguard based upon the guys comments in the video. Its not something to take lightly. Having a handguard collapse on you while the weapon is firing is not a pleasant experience and I gurantee you if that happens and the barrel is hot and you make contact with it you will not be concerned about keeping the weapon pointed down range and away from others.
 
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He never does tell us what the point of firing all those rounds was for. Maybe he was trying to see if the handguard would melt, it is hard to say. But he did leave his dust cover open when he threw it in the muddy water. He also didnt show us what the aim point was before so we dont know if the barrel warped or not and we dont know what distance he shot the pictured group at. Some people either have too much money or really great jobs....LOL
 
If you want to shoot your gun a ridiculous amount, throw it in a river, pick it up and fire again, get an AK.
You can get them half the price and not waste money destroying them.
 
Foxtrot said:
Although the weapon in the video does get hot, the reason its smoking is not because the weapon is smoking hot at that point. Rather, its smoking because the inside of the handguard has been heated to a point where its structural integrity is compromised and what you are actually seeing is smoke not from the weapon barrel but from the hand guard.
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OMG! THAT'S why the handguard burst into flames!!!!:D
 
Foxtrot said:
Not everyone got it. The guy in the video didn't get it. Look at where he talks about the handguard afterwards. It has been adversly affected, its structural integrity has been compromised. It should not be trusted and if this guy had any common sense or actual knowledge about what he was doing he would have said so and not have tried to fire the weapon until the handguard was replaced. Potentially dangerous and complete disregard for the safety of himself and possibly others, as well as a complete lack of common sense. I would hate to think that someone made a decision not to replace the whole handguard based upon the guys comments in the video. Its not something to take lightly. Having a handguard collapse on you while the weapon is firing is not a pleasant experience and I gurantee you if that happens and the barrel is hot and you make contact with it you will not be concerned about keeping the weapon pointed down range and away from others.
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That's just another good reason the came up with the Darwin Theory and life. Stupid is as stupid does. That simple.
 
flyer91 said:
In Veit Nam our M60's had 2 barrels.
When the barrel got hot you'd drop it off and swap in the spare.
There were storys of guys going to some (#1) extreams to cool off the spare so it coud be swapped back in sooner. But I'm not sure that wasn't just some "Hollywood" story.
I mean ..... in the heat of a fire fight that's obviously that itense not many of us had any "#1" left .......
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Never had a swap back (to #1). When it got dumped it was a toasted paper weight. Trying to go back and forth to "save" the barrels just didn't work too well in the heat of battle.
 
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