FN’s M249S is a lot of gun for a lot of money. Read Nick’s review of the big rifle here. FN’s just issued a mandatory recall notice on some M249S’s due to a “design issue within the hammer group of the rifle may adversely affect the rifle’s reliability.” While FN’s email blast says that all M249S’s are being recalled, they’re actually recalling all models. However not all serial numbers are included. Here’s their announcement:
FN ISSUES MANDATORY SAFETY RECALL OF ALL FN M249S® RIFLES
(McLean, VA – October 20, 2017) FN America, LLC, announces today the mandatory recall of certain FN M249S® semi-automatic, belt-fed rifles in both standard and PARA configurations. A recently identified design issue within the hammer group of the rifle may adversely affect the rifle’s reliability. Under certain circumstances, a reset failure within the hammer group may cause the M249S to cease to function, causing an unsafe firing event. To correct this condition and restore consistent, proper and safe operation of the firearm, it is necessary to replace the hammer group.
FN is instructing customers to discontinue use of these rifles immediately and return affected products to FN directly for installation of a new hammer group, at no cost.
October 2017 FN M249S SAFETY RECALL Product Name:
FN M249SModel Name(s):
FN M249S standard,
FN M249S PARAProduct Numbers:
56460, 56501, 56509,
56502, 56435 (Limited Edition)Color(s):
Black, Flat Dark Earth (FDE)
Not all FN M249S serial numbers are affected by this recall. Therefore, FN M249S owners are asked to please visit the FN M249S Safety Recall webpage and input their serial number. If the firearm is affected, further instruction on returning the FN M249S for service will be provided.
Note: Please do not ship any affected product to FN until a FedEx label has been generated and sent. If the firearm is not affected, a message stating such will be displayed. In the interim, FN asks that customers not operate their FN M249S standard or PARA until the hammer group has been replaced.
FN is deeply committed to providing customers with the safest, most reliable firearms possible. As such, it is imperative that all recalled product is received back as soon as possible. Patience and cooperation is appreciated as we receive, inspect and service these firearms. We will make every effort to return the product back to customers within 30 days of receipt.
For questions about the recall or assistance in returning a firearm, contact the FN M249S Recall Support team at 1-800-635-1321, extension 145, or by email at [email protected]. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Ellen themed slot machines? Just when I thought gambling and gamblers couldn’t be any sadder.
That hotel gets sued, I don’t think it’s going to help gun owners.one bit..
“you practically need a law degree to understand the intricacies in which local, state, and federal laws interface with the administrative bodies”
Nuts to that. I have a law degree, and 40 years of experience, and a special interest in firearms, and I can’t keep track of the bullshit surrounding guns.
This Byzantine intricacy is by design, and one of the reasons why I fear the Imperial State.
“If people buy a lot of ammunition in a short period of time, this should trigger a red flag with law enforcement,” said Hewitt on the NBC “Meet the Press” show on Oct. 8.
This one statement tells all you need to know. Hewitt believes it is the proper function of our government to know and react to anyone in the public who may present a threat to the government, federal or local. This is a declaration that “government of the people” is the only proper political arrangement.
Coming from a clay-shooting background, I believe shooing moving targets with clays is a better start for new shooters than shooting paper. It’s much easier to learn to point a shotgun THEN subsequently learn to aim a rifle as opposed to the other way around. From my experience instructing clay shooters, un-learning rifle techniques was a bit more of a challenge than working with a new shooter, or one that only worked with clays.
Discuss.
At some point, you internalize the leading issue. For the first several years I shot clays (sporting, trap, skeet, whatever), I’d see the target, mount the gun, lead the target, then mash down on the trigger.
At some point, I internalized the whole thing. Now I see the target, mount the gun/mash the trigger in one motion, and the clay turns to dust. As an observer, you won’t see my swing. The swing is happening as I’m mounting the gun – as soon as my cheek mounts onto the comb, I’m mashing down on the trigger and it’s over. The old hands on the trap range call this “point shooting” – you point, then shoot.
I think that most people can get to this level. If I can do this, anyone can do this, because God knows, I’m hardly a gift to any sort of athletic activity that requires coordination.
Make a National carry day? National bring your gun to work day? National self defense pride day. As if government or “official pc culture” actually approved of supporting such.
You could have shops giving out freebies to people carrying! Discounts, make it a respectable thing! As it is, places like Krispy Kreme and comicon are afraid of people or kids having costume fake weapons…
Thus the guns stay concealed, and no one knows. I bet many friends/family/acquaintances would be surprised to even know I have a gun let alone have carried it around them.
“Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health compared homicide rates from 1991 to 2015 in states where law enforcement has wide discretion to reject concealed carry permits, which they call “may-issue” states, with those of states in which permits must be issued if an individual meets the necessary criteria, referred to as “shall-issue” or “right-to-carry” states.”
Are these the same savants who failed to sound the opioid epidemic warning bells? Not enough money in it?
“But proponents argue that permits should be treated like driver’s licenses. If you have one in one state, it should be recognized everywhere else.”
H’mmm.
How about this exchange for a ‘compromise’ with the Leftists for national carry –
Standardized training requirements and no wife-beaters.
That should kick the chair out from under their complaints and make us look like the reasonable ones willing to compromise.
EDIT – Can any TTAGers in California downwind from the fires verify feeling a bit light-headed and with an odd ‘Jones’ for pizza?
Saw in the news over 30 marijuana ‘farms’ went all ‘Cheech & Chong ‘Up in Smoke’ from the wildfires :
“Deadly wildfires in Northern California are burning up marijuana farms in the so-called Emerald Triangle.”
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/smallbusiness/california-cannabis-fires/index.html?iid=EL
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Not sure about “attacking” dogs. I’ve tried to copy what small clueless children sometimes do, they say “puppy” loudly and in a friendly welcoming tone and gestures, and it really throws an aggressing dog off for a second and a blunted attack is always better receiving than a full on one IMHO.