Originally Posted by
oldred
You keep referring to these irrelevant reasons for failures, irrelevant because it was determined the LSN rifles also failed for other reasons -improper heat treating leading to weak and brittle metal. The LSN receivers are known to be sub-standard because of being brittle and weak due to improper heat treating and that has NOTHING to do with "normal" receivers failing because of bore obstructions, SEE, etc. In the case of the receivers in question they have been reported to fail when none of those other conditions exist so why keep pointing to that as if it is somehow proof that a brittle receiver is going to be safe to shoot? Certainly not all of the LSN receivers were bad (betting on which ones however might be costly indeed, the stakes are high!) but it was determined by the military inspectors that the metal had been over heated by as much as 300 deg F causing internal crystallization that could not be corrected by re-heat treating. Like I said it was only an eye lost in most cases so the owner can decide for himself.