I am a first time M1G owner. I have a 1944 rifle.
my question is about how hot should I expect the barrel to become during shooting.
I made an inspection of the internal parts, following a very usefull guide found online and all was ok as far as I could Understand.
Then I lubed it in accordance with an instruction I found.
I placed a vented gas port and shot 3 rounds until it cycled. I did not used mil spec M1G ammo but “some” low powered hunting ammo.
Then I shot about 24 rounds in 3 to 4 min.
After this the barrel was very hot and so was naturally the metal band close to first attachment point for the sling in the front.
With hot I mean not to touch hot! It was not smoking, but as I said it was very very hot.
So my rather silly question is, without being able to give you any more precise information then I just did, it this normal? Should the rifle become quite hot?
Please excuse me if I have omitted important information and let me know if I should include other pertinent facts.
Overall the rifle was very accurate with the ca 40 rounds I have put through it that first day.
Thank you,
Ric
my question is about how hot should I expect the barrel to become during shooting.
I made an inspection of the internal parts, following a very usefull guide found online and all was ok as far as I could Understand.
Then I lubed it in accordance with an instruction I found.
I placed a vented gas port and shot 3 rounds until it cycled. I did not used mil spec M1G ammo but “some” low powered hunting ammo.
Then I shot about 24 rounds in 3 to 4 min.
After this the barrel was very hot and so was naturally the metal band close to first attachment point for the sling in the front.
With hot I mean not to touch hot! It was not smoking, but as I said it was very very hot.
So my rather silly question is, without being able to give you any more precise information then I just did, it this normal? Should the rifle become quite hot?
Please excuse me if I have omitted important information and let me know if I should include other pertinent facts.
Overall the rifle was very accurate with the ca 40 rounds I have put through it that first day.
Thank you,
Ric
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