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From: Michael_Edelman%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu
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Subject: M-16 Failures & powder
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Date: 23 Oct 89 23:08:56 GMT
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From: Michael_Edelman%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu
While the substitution of powder caused the original M-16 failures, the
fix was not changing powder but rather changing the buffer that regulated 
cyclic rate of the gun. This lowered the rate back to something like 
600 RPM (rough guess). As for powder fouling problems, I think the gas port
timing may have been changed, but I'm only guessing here.