What you did was ask a question that was Not well posed; more over what was the purpose of the question? Where you asking if it was reliable enough to protect my family? Where you asking if it was reliable enough to shoot at paper targets? The real question is what were you trying to accomplish? What was the end goal of the question? I give you the benefit of the doubt your asking real questions because you want a real answer; if you are asking questions just to be "tricky", that is a different matter.
A weapons mechanical reliability is measured by how well it manages to go "bang", under a variety of circumstances. There are no other conditions. Was the gist of my question so hard for you to grasp, that you have to add your own conditions to judge wether or not my question is valid? What makes you so entitled?
I asked a simple question in regards to a weapons mechanical reliability. If you need to read something different into it, be my guest.
Unneeded motion, and unneeded openings do cause excess wear and do provide an entry point for debris to jam the mechanism; It is hard to believe that someone would argue that they don't do those things.
I believe we have provided valid information disproving your theory. You are making blanket statements that this happens, "just because you say so". What real world experience do you have to corroborate your position? You have not provided a single piece of evidence, not even an anecdote, describing malfunctions caused by bolt bounce. I cannot find a single problem mentioned at all, except people who experience failure to fire due to the hammer riding the bolt home when firing on fully automatic.
I have shot my weapon covered in dust, snow and in a variety of other austere conditions, no failures to date because of debris in the action at all.
And dude, they
are called malfunctions. Jam is something you put on toast.
Moreover, what was said about the disconnector had a big [IF] in front of it.
Well, the post you made pointed to an obvious lack of knowledge of the weapon system, and making assumptions based on that flawed knowledge. If you were familiar with the weapon system at all, you would understand that neither the disconnector (in semi auto) or the sear (in full auto) can engage the trigger in any way because of bolt bounce. A simple test by manually cycling the weapon would have shown it. It is not possible. Also, that you use the incorrect terms does not add credibility to your arguments.
For some of us our weapons are tools to protect our love ones. God forbid we have to use our weapons, but if we do have use our weapons we want them to function with the highest probability of success. People who shoot at paper and don't desire or have the ability to protect loved ones may feel different. As for me, I pay extra for HK because I don't want to compromise my loved ones.
I try to be polite and professional in my replies, but do not ever again patronize me by insinuating that I only shoot paper and thus have no interest making sure my weapon functions reliably. I have carried a weapon as part of my job for 10 years, serving my country. This includes deployment to combat zones. I would say that I am pretty qualified to comment on weapon reliability, based on real world experience in a vast variety of environments. When my life, or the lives of my colleagues/friends, rely on me having a functional weapon, I can assure you that I take care of it. Even if it is an HK.
How much time do you have on the AR platform?
