M-16 cut away, inside of America’s favorite rifle.
M-16 cut away, inside America’s favorite rifle
I have been exchanging emails with Mark from Arizona Response Systems, LLC about the cut away of the M-2 Browning Machine Gun I featured a few months ago. You can see that article by following this link. After a few emails back and forth he sent me some photos of a M-16 cut away he did and gave me permission to share them on rangehot.com. Thank you Mark.
The right side
butt stock and receiver
close up of the receiver and magazine
barrel
close up of the trigger group
left side of the receiver
right side of the reciever
stripped lower, right side
stripped lower, left side
close up left side
trigger, hammer, and sear left side
trigger, hammer, and sear right side
hammer, from the top
Mark did an excellent job on these cut aways, and I appreciate him letting me share them on my site. I know why they call him the “gun plumber”
Not sure what to say other than cool and that paint looks fresh.
I think he calls himself the “gun plumber”
You are exactly correct.
That is an M4 Carbine. We all know the difference between a M4 Carbine and a M16 Rifle don’t we?
http://www.diffen.com/difference/M16_Rifle_vs_M4_Carbine
I was quoting the man that did the cut away on that rifle in he article. Regardless of what you or I think, I take the word of the gunsmith that made it happen.
It is not an “M4”. If anything, it is closest to a Colt Commando. Which would be the carbine form of an M16A1. Like an XM177 without the compensator.
A long time ago, a customer with an Olympic MG was having all kinds of trouble with it. I suggested he replace the entire parts kit with a Bushmaster, as it would be cheaper than hours of diagnostic testing. He gave me the old parts kit. And I turned it into a cutaway on a post sample lower.
How much engagement is there between the auto sear and hammer notch? Should the entire thickness of the sear be on the notch ?