M2 .50 cal failure.....

[dondo]

Maybe I'll try to find a different link. Sorry, the vid is really the barrel of a 50 cal flying off.

[Patriot]

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[moulton]

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[PolishMike]

Is this the video your trying to post
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZrJesyAlg ?

[dondo]

Is this the video your trying to post
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZrJesyAlg ?

Not at all. Its a video of a vehicle mounted M2 and they are firing it and the barrel flys off. They are in the desert..Iraq maybe. The only site that links it is a kind of porn site. I don't want to piss of the mods more than I already do. Although the world needs more boobies and less anger. Anyway, I will try to find a more work and family friendly link.

[dondo]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xbRXWxWNkb8

[duenor]

i agree, the vid is good. seen it before on utube.
yes, site is not safe for work.
but you shouldnt be watching gun movies at work anyway! =P

[M. Sage]

Ok, WTH was up with that first video? It exploded well after the round went off.

[NeoWeird]

Ok, WTH was up with that first video? It exploded well after the round went off.

First round didn't seem to fire. Probably had a bullet wedged in the barrel, second round went off, give it enough time and it's essentially a pipe bomb. Round failure, not barrel or rifle failure.

The second video looks like they didn't secure the barrel properly. Not sure if the MB2 has a quick barrel change capability, but that might be the case. Gun fires and the barrel under recoil falls to the floor. Of course I would have imagined the barrel flying a bit more if it wasn't secure, but those .50 barrels may just be that massive.

[M. Sage]

I just asked someone who knows, and he tells me that can happen without proper headspace after changing a barrel. He told me that an M2 doesn't have quick-change capability, but they're "easily" changed.

[aileron]

....Although the world needs more boobies and less anger....

Hmmmmm. I wonder if this is the answer to world peace?

[rksimple]

I just asked someone who knows, and he tells me that can happen without proper headspace after changing a barrel. He told me that an M2 doesn't have quick-change capability, but they're "easily" changed.

Heard the same thing from a marine buddy of mine. Said that it took a while to change and get right, though.

[M. Sage]

Heard the same thing from a marine buddy of mine. Said that it took a while to change and get right, though.

You have to readjust the headspace whenever you take the barrel out (esp if you change it), apparently.

[ar15barrels]

Headspacing an M2 is a piece of cake.
Thread the barrel in against the gauge, back it off a pre-specified number of clicks.
Takes less than a minute.
You do it everytime you install a barrel, which is pretty much anytime you take the gun to the range and set it up.

[NeoWeird]

Headspacing an M2 is a piece of cake.
Thread the barrel in against the gauge, back it off a pre-specified number of clicks.
Takes less than a minute.
You do it everytime you install a barrel, which is pretty much anytime you take the gun to the range and set it up.

Sounds just like the 1919...which makes sense since they are essentially the same design.

Thank you Mr JMB!