M16 Burst Fire Mechanism

The idea of burst fire precludes most weapons that use it today.

M16 burst fire mechanism. In 1964 the m16 entered us military service and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the vietnam war. Hammer trigger disconnector safety selector auto sear with pin these parts are intend. In automatic firearms burst mode or burst fire is a firing mode enabling the shooter to fire a predetermined number of rounds usually two or three rounds on hand held weapons and 50 100 on anti aircraft weapons and autocannons with a single pull of the trigger this firing mode is commonly used in submachine guns and assault rifles other types of firearms such as machine pistols e g the. M16 fire control group full auto fire control group consists of.

Semiautomatic fire mode m16 m4 series. The m16a2 m16a4 and m4 carbine function in either the semiautomatic or three round burst mode. With 3 round burst you only send three rounds before you have to get back on target. The disconnector is a mechanism installed so the firer can fire single rounds.

Special thanks to catching fire for providing the. It took me a long time but i finally got it down. This video attempts to explain how this mechanism works. Even an avid shooter myself i was never allowed to do maintenance on my m 16 fire control group while i was in the corps.

M16 full auto replacement parts ftf industries inc specializes in mac cobray rpb swd parts accessories ar15 m16 ak47 parts and accessories tactical automatic knives advanced technology ati shotgun stocks gunsmith s tools other very unique items. The m16 rifle officially designated rifle caliber 5 56 mm m16 is a family of military rifles adapted from the armalite ar 15 rifle for the united states military the original m16 rifle was a 5 56mm automatic rifle with a 20 round magazine. Burst design how it works m16 stoner. Most military members take the arcane workings of their rifle for granted.

If you ve ever fired a machine gun that makes sense. The concept at least dates back to the first world war but in practice i don t believe it was used in any real capacity before the 1980s.