Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Why this SCAR-H Rifle Uses Plastic Ammo Casings (Weapon Analysis)" video.

@evanmeeden2222 SOCOM had to get a new M4 barrel profile because they were blowing barrels from all the full auto shooting they did.
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The charging handle was requested that way by the military. Now that years have passed since that requirement, they've made a non-reciprocating handle.
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@Ed Bait No, it was different armor. They sold it to the USAF, not Army. When caught, their excuse was that they had a "verbal agreement" that the armor was about to get NIJ certification. The testing failures with Dragon Skin were another different matter.
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@Ed Bait It's not irrelevant. It completely tanks the credibility of the company behind Dragon Skin, as they essentially engaged in fraud.
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Riddiculous argument. The fact that people can shoot at each other with weapons left behind by the Soviet Union doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for performance.
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Bro the video literally explained that the case acts as INSULATOR which means more heat gets dumped out instead of conducted into the chamber.
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@Ed Bait Dragonskin was awful and the company that made it actually commited fraud by selling armor that was not NIJ rated to the military.
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@buttyug 7.62 NATO would be a huge loss in performance, might as well stick to 5.56 and enjoy the ammo carrying capacity.
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@buttyug That's only slightly better than 7.62x39 ballistics. That's a ton of flash and weight to carry for intermediate rifle performance. Better than AK is not a tough hurdle to clear. You want to be better not just in ballistics but also recoil, low flash, weight, etc. 6.8X51 at least justifies its weight and recoil by blowing 7.62x39 NATO out of the water. Even a 2600 fps 7.62 NATO is a compromise. I'd rather have 5.56, almost no recoil and nearly double the ammo. Either give me power and performance, or give me ease of shooting and ammo for days. Trying to sit on the fence just gets you the worst of both worlds and none of the advantages.
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@buttyug Ultimately, I do think 6mm ARC with EPR style steel core and the Sig steel case technology to up the pressures would have been better than going full power. But the machine gun is driving this boat. The point isn't just doing things 5.56 can't. It's that it's still a neutered 7.62 NATO. We have 16" barrel 7.62 NATO rifles and we don't want that, much less neutering it.
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