Comments on: Norwegians finally getting used to their new HK 416 rifles

By: Supernaut

Supernaut — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:30:42 +0000

No problem, I am an avid reader of your blog so it’s the least I can do to help out.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:40:14 +0000

Supernaut, thanks for the translation, I appreciate it!

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:17:47 +0000

I’m more interested in how well it hold up in cold weather environment. Primary if the piston freeze/ice up.

By: Kyle Huff

Kyle Huff — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:30:36 +0000

It’s Norway. How hot could it be?

By: Vitor

Vitor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:59:39 +0000

Wait, the problem is clearly ammunition, not the weapon, and some folks dare to call it a “HK416 problem”?

It’s like putting a poisonous food on a plate and blaming the plate for making you sick.

By: Supernaut

Supernaut — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:24:38 +0000

I’m Swedish, but Norwegian is close enough, here is a slightly more accurate translation:

Gisle Mjatvedt is a member of the HV-16 (Norwegian home guard, district 16) task force “Claymore” and has shot up to 5000 rounds with the defense force rifle. He has never experienced that he or any of his colleagues in the home guard have become ill due to shooting with the lead free ammunition that has seen so much press coverage.
- No, we have been free from the health problems that has been created by the gunpowder residue, says Mjaatvedt.

The report that has analyzed the health problems surrounding the shooting says that: “Based on the reported symptoms and the composition of the gunpowder residue from the HK416 rifle it’s probable that the source of the health problems is the high concentrations of copper and zinc in the fumes.” The short story is that as long as shooting with the HK416 rifle and the related ammunition takes place outdoors, the fume concentrations are so low that it constitutes no health problem. Mjaatvedt and his colleagues has done this all the time.