M14 Forum

Jeremy2171 · December 21st, 2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunsup851212

I loved the golf myself too! Nothing better in the world!

One difference between the Golf and the Bravo is the number of settings inthe gas regulator. We got a couple Bravos in when we had to replace a couple Golfs and they only had one gas regulator setting. I don't know why they did that.

But recently I talked with someone who had a bravo with 3 settings, but I think the Bravo could be coming standard with only 1.

The 3-slot gas plug was deleted in favor of the 1 slot on the Bravo. Part of the reason was most of the time I found them on "3" running wide open and beating the crap out of the backplate. While on others the "1" hole was enlarged from wear that it was actually larger than the "3" hole. There was no inspection criteria for the wear of the gas plug holes so I made one and sent it up the chain and never heard back but I kept my procedure in place locally and never had issues other than the dumb grunt who kept flipping it over to "3" because "it ran faster"... A swift kick to the back of the kevlar let'em know I was watching'em...

Jeremy2171 · December 21st, 2010, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gus Fisher

How are the Model 240 G's working out? When I transferred from 1st Marine Division in 1994, we had not gotten them in yet.

They are great Gus...much better than any M60 can hope to be...we transitioned to the Bravos in 2007 and they are even better.

There was an issue with rivets coming loose and units were WIR'g them like crazy but they Albany came back and said as long as it wasn't more than 4 rivets in a row OR the plates moved then it was still safe to fire.

M240s don't break....they are like an energizer bunny......

Here are a few shots...had 2 M240s and only 3 barrels and they both shot all that ammo...something like 12k rounds IIRC without missing a beat. I was having to cool the one barrel gun with water but it kept on chuggin..

Police call..

My gun truck and about 8k rounds of 50cal....no issues until we got to the bottom of a can of SLAP that had gotten water into it. Brass seized up in the chamber and ripped the rim off...swapped barrels and kept going as well.. BTW the French made 50cal had dead primers...all 70-80s stuff. Most of the US stuff we were shooting was WW2 dated ball and AP and one can of incendiary and one of tracer..mucho fun....