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Originally Posted by Papa Zero Three
Barrel harmonics are not affected by placing the magazine on the ground. I know it's an old rule of thumb about mags on the ground but the facts are that placing the magazine on the ground doesn't induce malfunctions.. but that still doesn't keep some people from repeating that old wives tale.  This I know.  |
Maybe,, maybe not.. Some of that old wives tail has has do with lazy GI's not seating their mag completely and/or using poor aiming & mounting..
When my platoon was on the firebase (not to often
), We would have mad minutes. We would fire into the wood line using as many mags a possible.. Afterwards, I can remember partial mags laying around because they were "misfits" and "bent"..
Not really, the kids would half/a$$ insert the mag,, get a jam,, and move on to the next one.. They also would be shooting from inside bunkers,, using the window sills (usually a stack of rock hard sand bags) as a steady point,, being to lazy to use a proper shoulder mount.. They were counseled,, but kids??
AND this was with the old 20rd mags..
Had one kid, who would insist on using an AK-47, with 50rd mags. I wouldn't let him take outside the wire. He was always cursing and screaming, because the commie mags were bad,, it was his poor handling. I think he still has a SIZE problem?? I see his name in the paper every so often..
By the By,, outside the wire, without window frames,, no problemo..