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About 6 percent of the Army’s rifles and carbines are going bang when they shouldn’t, but the fix is easy. (Photo: Patrick A. Albright\/Army)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The U.S. Army recently tested a sample of 50,000 rifles and carbines and found that they have a problem. A small but significant percentage of these rifles fire, under the right condition, when put on “semi” or “auto” fire, without pulling the trigger.<\/p>\n

The problem happens if the safety is placed between the two modes of fire and the trigger is pulled. The rifles won’t discharge then, but they will when the safety is switched over.<\/p>\n

The Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, or TACOM, found the problem earlier this year when they reported that 3,000 of the 50,000 tested rifles failed in testing.<\/p>\n

“After receiving a significant number of reports from the field and an average failure rate of about 6 percent of the weapons inspected, we ended the inspections and have determined that the cause of the problem is a tolerance stack of the internal firing components,” said TACOM’s R. Slade Walters to Military.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The problem is fixed by modifying the selector to remove the tolerance issue and the fault,” said Walters. “TACOM is working on an Army-wide directive to repair weapons with the issue that will be released when it is approved at the appropriate levels.”<\/p>\n

“Each individual part conforms to the tolerance requirements, but when the multiple parts get stuck together in 6 to 9 percent of the weapons,” explained Walters, “those tolerances create that condition.”<\/p>\n

Fortunately the fix is pretty easy. The problem only happens with oversize fire control parts, so armorers can re-shape existing parts without having to replace them entirely.<\/p>\n

“When they do that, it fixes the problem,” he said. “When they have done it and repeated it, they have been able to correct the problem in weapons showing the issue.”<\/p>\n

While the carbines failed inspections at 6 percent on average, the M4A1 stood out as the most commonly affected. Interestingly, none of the M16A4s failed during testing.<\/p>\n

Specifically, converted Product Improvement Plan, or M4A1 PIP carbines suffered the most, with a 9 percent failure rate, or 2,070 failures out of 23,000 tested. Original M4A1 carbines failed at the average rate of 6 percent, while 1 percent of M16A2s showed problems in testing.<\/p>\n

See Also: Ruger Precision Rifle Recall \u2013 Uncommon but Crucial<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Marine Corps also issues M4 carbines and is aware of the potential problem, although the Marines have not published details about failure rates, only that they are addressing it.<\/p>\n

The Army will be conducting dry-fire drills<\/a> and have soldiers test their rifles to see if they exhibit failures. The drill is simple. First cock the rifle or carbine, put the bolt into battery, put the selector on safe and pull the trigger. If the hammer drops, it needs work.<\/p>\n

Repeat it with the selector in the halfway position between semi and auto or burst and pull the trigger. Then move the selector into either fire position and if the hammer drops, it needs work. Otherwise it passes the test.<\/p>\n

Given the potential risk associated with this type of problem, the Army is moving fast to address the issue.<\/p>\n

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