In article , Dave Thompson says...
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>"Alligator Al" wrote in message
>news:bkmm7o031bu@drn.newsguy.com...
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>> Your "gen-u-wine" M16A1 is not the same rifle that I used. Neither is the
>ammo.
>> I was a rifleman and you are stepping into my territory. If you would
>have used
>> the early M-16s with issued ammo, you could not have fired less than 2
>rounds
>> with the selector on auto. Check out the following web sites. They
>explain it
>> in detail:
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>> http://www.mst2-vietnam.info/Stoner_...notes/M-16.htm
>> http://mwilson.hypermart.net/views/guns/m16.html
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>> Your rifle is only firing at at about 600 to 700 rounds per minute...
>probably
>> at the same rate as the M-60 machine gun...
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>> DIPSHIT!
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>Ahhh! The last word in Web Crawling. How long did it take you to dredge up
>your citations?
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>"Stepping into your territory" is a laughable bit of chest puffing. Are you
>now telling us that you were the only person in Viet Nam to expend vast
>amounts of ammunition during your tour? Even my cook on the boat probably
>shot more than you and I'll GUARANTEE he didn't dump any ammunition over the
>side.
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>You are right about one tiny little thing. My rifle is different than the
>one you used. It has a chrome bore, round front hand guard and bird cage
>flash suppressor. Woop-tee-fucking-doo. I carried an M16A1 on my first
>tour in 1967. That's where I learned to pull that stupid little stunt.
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>Since I bought the rifle in 1982, it has probably spent more time on the
>range than your entire tour.
>
>Thanks for the Stage Three message.
>
>--
>Dave
>(The Other)

Hey guy,
I admitted that I was wrong about artillery not being able to hit on the other
side of a mountain, so why the ego trip? I was right about the rifle that I had
and I don't hear people screaming at me because I said that it was impossible to
fire one round from an M-16 while it was switched to auto. All I hear is one
lonely voice from a guy with an M-16A1 with an improved buffer to slow down the
cyclic rate.
I dumped my M-16 for an M-14 during my first tour and carried only an M-14
during my second tour... The M-14s that I used never malfunctioned and I used
20 rounds per magazine. Heavier - yes. Better - I thought so... At least the
damn things worked... Did you get any mud on your boat?

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk...