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I recall an old American Rifleman in my dad's collection I read (ca. 1968?), where a Korean vet sent in photos of the CHARRED handguard and front end of stock on an M1 or M2 carbine he had fired for a LONG time without any cool down periods possible during a very bad night of Chinese attacks on the wire in front of his position in Korea.

The article ended with his statement that he crumbled the CHARRED handguard off of the carbine when it had cooled down, took the picture, gave it a well done!, then "dropped it in the ditch for the bulldozers to bury along with all those rapid fire targets".

He didn't mention any failures to function (and the engagement distance apparently was quite short).

[QUOTE="Bert2368, post: 8677815, member: 89602"] I recall an old American Rifleman in my dad's collection I read (ca. 1968?), where a Korean vet sent in photos of the CHARRED handguard and front end of stock on an M1 or M2 carbine he had fired for a LONG time without any cool down periods possible during a very bad night of Chinese attacks on the wire in front of his position in Korea. The article ended with his statement that he crumbled the CHARRED handguard off of the carbine when it had cooled down, took the picture, gave it a well done!, then "dropped it in the ditch for the bulldozers to bury along with all those rapid fire targets". He didn't mention any failures to function (and the engagement distance apparently was quite short). [/QUOTE]

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