Leave trigger assembly alone.(M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine ...)(Brief Article)

PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly | October 1, 2005 | Copyright

Recently during training, a unit had an Ml6 rifle that wouldn't stop firing. A runaway M16 is bad in training, but in actual combat it could be a disaster since you've lost control of your rifle. How do you prevent your M 16 or M4/M4A 1 from running away on you?

First and most important, don't take the trigger assembly apart. You're not trained or authorized to do that. If the the trigger assembly is put together wrong and it's not easy to put it together right--you could have a runaway.

Second, do the function test that's listed in WP ...

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