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Originally Posted By: billt460
While these type of tests are all fun to watch, they really don't have much in the way of real world results. Every military in the world does rigorous testing of any and all rifles and pistols they adapt. I highly doubt you could find 2 weapons in the last half century, more tested and battle proven than the AK-47, and the M-16 / AR-15 platform of rifles.
No one in the military, let alone civilian life, would ever expose their firearms to this type of treatment. Intentional or otherwise. This is akin to the Saturday morning Infomercials, that put sand and water into an automobile engine's crankcase, then run it in some half baked attempt to showcase their product. Again, fun to watch while having your morning coffee, but has zero practical use. This is bit like taking the Big 3 full size pickup trucks, and judge their ruggedness by pitting them against one another in a demolition derby. Again, fun to watch, but totally pointless.
I own and shoot several AR's, (both piston & D.I.), AK's, as well as Mini 14's. All do what they're designed to do with a minimum of care, lubrication, and maintenance. I would not gauge their dependability on something like this. With that said, you did a good job in producing this video, and it was entertaining to view.
I totally agree that the testing I did wasn't scientific. I didn't have a hypothesis and my sample size was way too small.
Less severe testing, like only shooting 10 rounds dirty would not have separated the SCAR, AR, and ARX, from each other. I agree that the amount of dust used were excessive, but I was going for overkill to try and get the rifles to fail early. And even with that level of dusting both the AR and ARX made it through a complete magazine.
BSW