mundaire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:18 am
pran80 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:40 am
Article by Lt Gen. Retd HS Panag. This article also talks about INSAS splattering oil on firing so much so that Mr. Panag had to get eye patches for his troops.
I still don't understand the phenomenon of a rifle splattering oil.
Dear seniors is it even possible unless and until the rifle carries an oil can.
Article can be accessed here:
https://theprint.in/opinion/i-suffered- ... 0s/746433/
Regards,
Pranjal Tripathi
From what I understand, if the INSAS is over oiled (very common in unit armouries), the excess oil ends up getting splattered right into the eyes of the shooter.
When I was young, I worked on electromechanical switching systems for the telephone company. For everything in the telephone company, there were specifications, and this included how much lubricant to put on every lubricated part of a switch. For instance, in some places, one "drop" was specified, and there was a specification on how to dip the artist's brush in the lubricant and how much was to be wiped off on the edge of the bottle before applying. Nothing, not one thing, was left to one's discretion or to chance.
Then I worked for a bunch of hillbillies (it was the Mountain West, but they were stupid, like hillbillies) who slathered on the lubricant such that it would drip down the shaft and on to the switches below, getting into the wipers and contacts and causing all sorts of problems. They considered that "proper".
Nobody seemed to consider that, in all of that lubricant, the only amount that actually did any lubrication was the tiny bit between the two moving parts. The rest was a waste.
Then, more recently, during Bush's Second Iraq War, there was the case of the National Guard supply unit that took a wrong turn and wound up in a town where they were surrounded by Iraqi soldiers. Some were killed, and a young woman soldier was captured. Later on, a bunch of special forces had to attempt a harrowing mission to free her at great risk to their lives.
It turned out that, during their wrong turn battle, the rifles of the National Guard troops had jammed, and they were unable to fight back. Not long afterwards, I went back to college and in my labs was a young fellow who'd served a few of tours in Iraq by then. He told me that the reason their rifles jammed was because they hadn't maintained them properly.
Apparently, the proper lubricant wasn't always available.Whether this was the case here or not, I don't know, but my lab partner told me that many troops were using WD40 to clean and lubricate their weapons, and WD40 would, he said, attract every speck of dust in a very dusty environment for miles around, causing the weapon to jam very soon after it was cleaned with WD40.
Looking into this, I do understand that WD40 contains hexane, which works as a moisture displacement agent, and "fish oil" which apparently collects the dust. I use the stuff to clean tree sap off of my car, but not for very much else. Many other people, however, swear by the stuff for use on everything for any reason.
There are some people who just can't listen to facts and data -- there's not much help for the person who knows everything, because they can be taught nothing.
But the problem is compounded when troops, or we are issued inferior equipment. I had to chuckle to myself when I saw the picture of the "new" Webley: shiny and polished, it had the same "safety" as the IOF revolver. There must be some real innovators at the new Webley, as well, to "design" a weapon that was no more than a rehash of some ancient relic.
Well, oil the thing up! It probably won't hurt a thing. As they say, here's mud in your eye! (This last sentence is meant to be sarcasm, not advice!!!)