Daniel Defense M4 V7 Meltdown (Catastrophic Failure)

Comparing this and showing the replay of one that beat it when there is snow on the ground, doesn’t seem like apples to apples.

I like the bible verses in the descriptions

I don’t think this should be seen as an indicator of a bad barrel. Daniel makes great quality stuff. I have thousands of rounds through their m4a1 and literally never a malfunction. 1-1.5 moa 10 round groups at 100 with the 77 grain black hills and a magnified eotech.

Small arms solutions has a good write up about barrels bursting and failure due to rapid firing. The military determined that at a high rate like this a government or m4 profile barrel will pretty consistently fail or rupture at 540 rounds or so. This is why the Socom barrel profile was developed to stretch out that failure point to around 900 rounds. The failure point is almost always the hottest part of the barrel kinda in between the chamber and gas block area. The colts that the army tested pretty reliably rupture near the 500 mark on full auto. I’m sure the geissele that did “better” on this test had a different profile barrel. Not a better barrel but different profile that’s thicker in this area about 4” in front of the chamber. The ticker the steel in this critical area the longer it takes to heat up to the failure point which is very consistent at around 1300 degrees. So, in reality both of the melted Daniel Defense rifles actually exceeded what the army saw from the military colt (per the article from small arms I think). If you can get it, pick up the Daniel defense Socom upper from brownells with Daniel’s heavy Socom profile barrel. I think it’s 799 now with the ris 2 rail. That should do what it’s designed for which is 900 ish rounds. I did plenty of contact drills in the USMC and I would’ve died if I had to carry 20 full mags on me. If I had fired these 20 mags in 3 minutes then I would’ve no longer been an asset to my team. Point is, I’m sure someone could hammer forge a barrel that’s 4 inches thick under the hand guard with an inconel gas tube etc and go thousands of rounds before failure (even the m249 is supposed to have a couple of barrel changes over 600 rounds and it’s heavy to carry). Everything is a trade off. All this said, I’m subscribing and I’d love to see you melt down different profiles. I just don’t think we should fault any manufacturer for their product doing almost literally exactly what it was designed to do. A centurion mid weight and a Socom or hbar profile would be interesting. Stay safe!

I don't buy the hype of most of these expensive AR platforms to run better.

Prob took optics planet a year to ship that upper.

awesome vid. sadly the DD did not hold up no better than budget rifles

stay away from daniel deficiency just get a psa or radical.

Don't worry, Daniel Defense. No one spending their own money is going to treat their own rifle like this. This video is entertaining, but not really a knock on DD.

Iwi Galil ace gen 2 556

Allmost 700 shots?

Love the scripture in the description!!

Every time a DD bites the dust, an Angel gets its wings...

What would you recommend? Ddm4v7 or bcm recce ? And thank you for the content bro

Shit man I just bought one from them 30 mins ago!!!!

I am still happy with my purchase!!!

Sometimes, I wish I was born in America

I just ordered a ddm4v7 exclusive 16" this does make me question my purchase lol

What ammo blew it up?

If I counted correctly that was 22 chips fired through that weapon that's very impressive

Would you send the rail from this burn down to the first subscriber who asked for? Asking for a friend

So much for expensive Gucci branded barrels. I'll stick with PSA, and not care a whit.

This hillbilly rules!!!!!! I just bought a DDR4 V7 Pro.

Surprised it gave out quite fast! The S&W even did better. Just ordered a DDM4 V7 as my 1st AR darn it :D

Its always ends up leaning to the right once you use it a bit 😂😂

Why is there this idea that more expensive brands just magically makes things better? It's an A2 profile barrel, basically a pencil barrel in the areas where it gets the hottest. A DD made barrel isn’t going to do magically better

So which ar has the highest round count before failure?

Damn man you’re a savage for this! Be careful out there and great video😂

What do Daniel Defense and Apple have in common? High price points.

Pure stupidity and waste of good equipment.

Lol.. "Best of the best" but fails before some half its price..

Why in the heck do manufacturers still think Govt. Profile barrels are still good enough when there are some many better choices available?

I thought it was designed that the gas tube goes before the barrel

BCM all day!!!

How does Americans Fix this Daniel M4 Gun?

How many of the “top manufacturers” have any explanation for their early failures?

Is there any company bit m&p15 yet? 😅. By the way, Was that DD LW? Or goverment?

I knew DD is goofy😂

u.s gay rifle

But,but... cold hammer-forged barrels!

Do a Sons of liberty Gun Works meltdown

What was the temperature outside

These tests are done in different temperatures. Do them all on the same day

this gun is not for zombies 🤣🤣🤣

Idk why they still use does barrels

Good video brother, what brand of ar 15 would you recommend ?

Well well well…battle rifle they said

Dang, the psa barrel has stood up to the test more than this DD. What the fuck are you guys smoking when buying this overpriced shit?

If any manufacturer has a weapon you would like seen reviewed or a tested in a meltdown, tag them in the comments or contact us!