Cook off can not happen in a M-61
The M-61 is a rotary action mechanism. It does not rely on recoil or gas to load/eject the
rounds. The barrels are rotated by a hydraulic motor. The 6 breach block ride in tracks
and follow a cam track in the outer housing.
It’s all mechanical. As long as the barrel assy. is rotating. The breach blocks are working
in the load/ extract. mode. If there’s a round present or not.
The rounds feed from a large drum by a endless link belt. which bring unfired rounds to the gun and returns fired/unfired round to the drum.
So even if the gun did not have a clearing cycle. The spin down of the barrels would eject unfired rounds. And the feed belt stops feeding when the trigger is released.
So a lot needs to go wrong for a M-61 to go off by it’s self.
This guys going to get a bad mark.
Or
he’s a member of U.S.E. (United School Exterminators) It was an organization I dreamed up way back when I was in 2nd grade. And along with some of my classmates who hated school. And were always drawing pictures of our super jet fighters strafing & bombing schools.
The weenie school officials would have a heart attack if they saw them today!
I thought I disbanded that long ago. We turned into United Space Explores. Maybe he didn’t get the word ;-)
Interesting.
So you are saying that the gun's chambers only have rounds in them while firing and start and end empty?
I was thinking of maybe overheated barrels from previous firing or maybe an electrical short but if the above is the case you're right it couldn't happen.
Also I would think their would be some kind of safety switch or procedure that would have to be employed or bypassed first to make the trigger hot.