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4.4.4.1 (Cont)
Table II
Rej
Acc
Firing Casualties
Cartridge:
- - - - - - - - - ---- - - - -
1
0
Fire "out of battery, "M61 gun
-
- - - - - - - - - ----- - - - - -- - - -- - -- -- -- - -- - - ---
Misfire
1
0
Failure to chamber - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - ---- - -- -
1
0
Failure to extract ------- ------- ------- ------- ----
1
0
projectile remaining in bore ----------------------
Primer:
------
2
0
Missing primer or button missing from primer
40
15
Primer leak -------- -------- -------- ---------------
Case:
Longitudinal split
31
10
I or S ---------------------------------------
11
4
J -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ----
2
0
K --------------------------------------------
1
0
L or M ---------------------------------------
Circumferential rupture, partial
11
4
S, J or K ------------------------------------
1
0
L -------- -------- -- ------ --------------------
1
0
Circumferential rupture, complete -------------
1
0
--------- -- ------- --------- -----
Detached metal
Projectile:
Rotating band separation
Complete or partial separation having band
3
0
seat serration imprint ---------------------
Separation having length greater than 0.5 inch,
6
1
and without band seat serration imprint ----
Metal parts separation, except rotating band
1
0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
separation
A cartridge shall be classed defective if it fires, due to delayed
ignition after the bolt has been unlocked and extraction has been initiated
or completed.
Misfiring test cartridges, excepting those from the waterproofness test
(Table I), shall be retested in accordance with the method of 4.5.11. If
a cartridge fails to function in that test, examinations shall be conducted
for the following conditions:
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