Double Automatic John Val Val A. Functioning Browning Browning November 12, 1954 Gun No. A=5/0 would not feed the first cartridge properly. I found the carrier was sluggish, being tight between the receiver wall and the trigger If filed a little from the trigger guard, and the gun then worked guard, well as far as feeding is concerned, I think it might not be too close a fitting job if some material were removed from all of the trigger guards The carrier spring urges the front of the carrier out against the receiver anyway so that even if one-half apne cabe< were removed from the trigger You might try this and objectionable. guard, I do not think it would be This same gun, however, failed find the fitting of the carrier much easier. I to remain open after last shot with heavy loads about once in 10 shots. increased the length of the carrier latch inertia piece spring about i/e of an inch which cured the trouble, but I found that material had been taken off the top of the carrier so that breechblock barely forced carrier down When carrier is latched, the breechblock far enough for latch to hold it. This is bad as I warned in New York, does not even touch the top of carrier. and I think you had better stop immediately removing any material from top If necessary for feeding, the material will have to be removed of carrier. from barrel extension, which will not weaken it too much at that point. Another gun out of the 10 samples had stock badly fit at tang and split. This gun also failed to stay open after last shot with heavy loads and was ured in same way as one mentioned i ge It also had too much material taken off from top of carrier and would barely latch when breechblock moved over The score for these 10 sample guns was, therefore, 2 out of the 10 carrier. insaleable or 20%, and in both cases any reasonable systematic inspection I wonder if could have spotted the trouble over there and cured it easily. we are economizing too much on inspection over there. You can save $100 a month or so for a good inspector over there and cost us multiple times that : amount over here. There were no failures to eject but 20 guns have been sent here with from Only there, six guns were field tested any St. loads Louis Love, Daddy either here or in St. Louis, on which trials are continuing.