Calico Reliability Testing: Round #2
At The Range
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3m 19s
When I ran my Calico carbine through the PCC course of fire last month, I was rather surprised to see it run through 150 rounds without any malfunctions. I plan to continue shooting it without any cleaning or lubrication, to see how long it will go before it stops working. Today was the second range trip with it, and it ran another 100-round drum flawlessly.
That puts it at 250 rounds in a row now. To be continued...
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