Winchester WinLite and M4

[frolic1]

Has anyone used the Winchester WinLite shells in a M4? Will they cycle properly? For close range target shooting these make sense. I have a brand new M4, do I need to break it in first with regular loads?

[Unobtanium]

Has anyone used the Winchester WinLite shells in a M4? Will they cycle properly? For close range target shooting these make sense. I have a brand new M4, do I need to break it in first with regular loads?

 

Mine did fine with them, had to hold it tight though. NO room for limp-wristing it.

[frolic1]

Are you saying it did fail when limp-wristing it? My wife would like to fire it so I'd like to use low recoil shells and even then there could be some "limp-wristing".

[Unobtanium]

Are you saying it did fail when limp-wristing it? My wife would like to fire it so I'd like to use low recoil shells and even then there could be some "limp-wristing".

 

2.75" regular buckshot. She can handle it unless she has a medical condition.

[OhioM4]

Mine did fine with them, had to hold it tight though. NO room for limp-wristing it.

 

Mine did fine with the WinLites and I intentionally limp wristed it. I shot it from the hip holding it as loosely as I could (safe and controlled of course) letting it push back freely. It cycled every round that way. I honestly could not induce a failure.

 

I also tried some low recoil buckshot with the same results. No failures even on the intentional wimpy hold. I have put about 300 rounds of heavy upland bird loads through it first though.

 

Unobtanium, what was your failure mode? Does the round eject and fail to feed from the magazine?

Edited October 20, 2009 by OhioM4

[OhioM4]

Crappy phone photo but these are the WinLite slugs at 75' resting my elbows on the lane rail. First time out with slugs. I'm still learning and practicing. This is the main reason I am a Benelli fan, the gun feels like it shoots itself. I think I put about 300 rounds through my M4 so far.

 

These are obviously not the shots I took holding it loosely at the hip.

 

 

Edited October 20, 2009 by OhioM4

[Unobtanium]

Mine did fine with the WinLites and I intentionally limp wristed it. I shot it from the hip holding it as loosely as I could (safe and controlled of course) letting it push back freely. It cycled every round that way. I honestly could not induce a failure.

 

I also tried some low recoil buckshot with the same results. No failures even on the intentional wimpy hold. I have put about 300 rounds of heavy upland bird loads through it first though.

 

Unobtanium, what was your failure mode? Does the round eject and fail to feed from the magazine?

 

Firing holding loosely at the hip just enough grip not to drop it, lol. Failure to extract. It was extreme abuse of technique.