My Dad's set-up in '72

[Baldanders]

Chatted him up about this a few nights ago....

Evidently he actually fired this rig "in desperation" at least a few times, sighting through the scope. And he was happy to have any glimpse of the guys attacking them on the perimeter. Sorta OK on moonless nights, so it didn't get washed out and result in the procedure I mentioned in my OP.

I need to get his shooting notes on the Minigun and Stoner LMG. 😎 (chopped down trees with the former, think he may have had a little range time with the latter, guy attached to his unit had one)

[okie john]

That pic is just full of the awesome in style, though. Green velvet jacket, ruffled shirt sleeve cuffs ...

Yes, but all of that fades in significance compared to the BAR that Chuck Heston is rocking in that pic


Okie John

[Suvorov]

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He was fond of the rifle, not so much the optic. He remembers loading the 20 rounders with 16.

I assume this pic is probably not a real M16A1, but close enough.

Ahhh. The good old A1! When I enlisted in the Guard in 93 my unit had A1s and my ROTC battalion would draw the M16s for field training from the same unit so even as late as the early 90s you had Army units using that rifle. I would jump at the chance to score an old SP1 If I didn’t live in a Commie State.

Others can correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the factory 30s not come out until after 71? (Although there were a lot of field made 40s out there).

[Duelist]

Ahhh. The good old A1! When I enlisted in the Guard in 93 my unit had A1s and my ROTC battalion would draw the M16s for field training from the same unit so even as late as the early 90s you had Army units using that rifle. I would jump at the chance to score an old SP1 If I didn’t live in a Commie State.

Others can correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the factory 30s not come out until after 71? (Although there were a lot of field made 40s out there).

My unit had a motley collection of various manufacturer produced A1s until 2000, when we got brand-new FN A2s.

In Afghanistan, I saw Air Force enlisted carrying an interesting variety of M16s, from a three-prong pristine museum piece, never been fired, M16 with like a five digit serial number on up through newish A2s. Army units had all A2s or M4s. Now A2s are the beat old junk, I guess.

[Baldanders]

Ahhh. The good old A1! When I enlisted in the Guard in 93 my unit had A1s and my ROTC battalion would draw the M16s for field training from the same unit so even as late as the early 90s you had Army units using that rifle. I would jump at the chance to score an old SP1 If I didn’t live in a Commie State.

Others can correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the factory 30s not come out until after 71? (Although there were a lot of field made 40s out there).

Dad tells stories of downloading 20 rounders to 16 or 18 rounds (memories of guys dying with jammed guns were stiil pretty fresh)

Whenever I get an AR, I want a M16A1 mimic.