A Sniper with 20 Clips???????????

In message Matt Osborn
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 2204 -0400, "BooBoo"
>wrote:
>
>>The magazines don't carry the same amount of ammo.. Qualified with both
>>weapons many, many moons ago, M-14 mag was 10 round I think, and M-16 was
>>more than that. Not 100% sure of all this as I tend to forget where I live
>>nowadays..
>
>M14 and M16 each had 20 round magazines. Due to rumors of followers
>sticking, many loaded no more than 18 rounds.

Wasn't it considered a bad move to load the M16 with multiples of
three rounds - the M16 has a burst of three rounds when the trigger is
pulled, but not held, on full auto - due to likelihood that you would
not know your magazine was empty until your next shot (which might be
too late)?

In article <1WmdnTGzRc4klfCiXTWJiw@giganews.com>, BooBoo says...
>
>The magazines don't carry the same amount of ammo.. Qualified with both
>weapons many, many moons ago, M-14 mag was 10 round I think, and M-16 was
>more than that. Not 100% sure of all this as I tend to forget where I live
>nowadays..

That's alright if you don't know anything. No one else here does either...
You will also hear stories about how they were not allowed to put more than 17
rounds in a 20 round magazine (even though the magazine was specifically
designed for 20 rounds) and that they were not allowed to fire an automatic
weapon on automatic...

Is it any wonder we lost the war?

On 21 Sep 2003 0315 -0700, Alligator Al
wrote this crap:

>
>That's alright if you don't know anything. No one else here does either...
>You will also hear stories about how they were not allowed to put more than 17
>rounds in a 20 round magazine (even though the magazine was specifically
>designed for 20 rounds) and that they were not allowed to fire an automatic
>weapon on automatic...
>
>Is it any wonder we lost the war?

Who's this "we"? got a mouse in your pocket? Or did you mean, "oui"?


I put 30 rounds in my M16 magazines.


Hero@Horvath.net

Ave Imperator Bush!
Bush Was Right! Four More Years!

"Alligator Al" wrote in message news:bkjtnj0i3j@drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <1WmdnTGzRc4klfCiXTWJiw@giganews.com>, BooBoo says...
> >
> >The magazines don't carry the same amount of ammo.. Qualified with both
> >weapons many, many moons ago, M-14 mag was 10 round I think, and M-16 was
> >more than that. Not 100% sure of all this as I tend to forget where I live
> >nowadays..
>
> That's alright if you don't know anything. No one else here does either...
> You will also hear stories about how they were not allowed to put more than 17
> rounds in a 20 round magazine (even though the magazine was specifically
> designed for 20 rounds) and that they were not allowed to fire an automatic
> weapon on automatic...
>
> Is it any wonder we lost the war?

The US was long gone before the war was lost but I do wonder how we
managed to do so well what with the stories you tell about soldiers
killing all their NCO's and officers, leaving downed aircrews in the field to
fend for themselves and assorted atrocities in which you alternately claim to
have participated and then denied doing so. Why that must shock even a
defrocked Minister like yourself. Unless, of course, you thought you had to
lie to be accepted in AWV as you also claimed.
BTW, do you bring these incidents up when you claim that you attend
your unit reunions? Have you seen the Rev. Steer and his wife since you
lied to her on the phone as you said and she confirmed?

Carl Hatchell

On 20 Sep 2003 11:57:20 -0700, Alligator Al
wrote:

>In article , Patrick t. says...
>>
>>Gee,
>>Mr Macho man with his full auto, bipod, scoped weapon and 20 clips to
>>boot walking point? Something tells me ol dino/troopervet is full of
>>shit.
>>
>>In article <01be120b$08a7afa0$3225400c@default>, "Ken says...
>>>
>>>Hey guy's,
>>>
>>> I would just like to know how many clips you carries with you for your
>>>M-16's
>>>when you were on a patrol or "in the bush".
>>>Thanks for your time
>>>ken
>>
>>For me - around 20. More if I could handle the weight.
>>Unfortunately, when we got word that we were going back to be picked
>>up, many
>>would throw about half their ammo away to reduce their load. In one
>>instance
>>that I am aware of, this had disasterous results.
>>
>>troopervet@yahoo.com
>
>
>Do you know the difference between an M-14 and an M-16?
>
>I didn't think so...
>
>DIPSHIT!
Well you know how it is Sybull, some people can tell a story and some
people just burn shit. Why don't you tell your fellow vets again how
you had each claymore named for a different V.C., thats always a good
one for a slow weekend.

"Patrick t." wrote in message
news:q71pmvsa5jo84o6afe7gveegenon8a3kus@4ax.com...
> Gee,
> Mr Macho man with his full auto, bipod, scoped weapon and 20 clips

Clips? Was he toting an M1?


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Joe S.

> to
> boot walking point? Something tells me ol dino/troopervet is full of
> shit.
>
> In article <01be120b$08a7afa0$3225400c@default>, "Ken says...
> >
> >Hey guy's,
> >
> > I would just like to know how many clips you carries with you for your
> >M-16's
> >when you were on a patrol or "in the bush".
> >Thanks for your time
> >ken
>
> For me - around 20. More if I could handle the weight.
> Unfortunately, when we got word that we were going back to be picked
> up, many
> would throw about half their ammo away to reduce their load. In one
> instance
> that I am aware of, this had disasterous results.
>
> troopervet@yahoo.com
>
>
>

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:51:55 -0400, "Joe S."
wrote:

>"Patrick t." wrote in message
>news:q71pmvsa5jo84o6afe7gveegenon8a3kus@4ax.com...
>> Gee,
>> Mr Macho man with his full auto, bipod, scoped weapon and 20 clips
>
>Clips? Was he toting an M1?
You never know with him. I am waiting for the next round of his war
stories to tell us he was the first ever to use a laser in combat. He
has certainly broken new ground before as you and everyone else on
this newsgroup knows.

"Patrick t." wrote in message
news:r1hpmvs3lcvf66u8f5mor9s3mkkefmnt3a@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:51:55 -0400, "Joe S."
> wrote:
>
> >"Patrick t." wrote in message
> >news:q71pmvsa5jo84o6afe7gveegenon8a3kus@4ax.com...
> >> Gee,
> >> Mr Macho man with his full auto, bipod, scoped weapon and 20 clips
> >
> >Clips? Was he toting an M1?
> You never know with him. I am waiting for the next round of his war
> stories to tell us he was the first ever to use a laser in combat.


Well don't forget Patrick, he WAS a starship trooper....we already know
about those little rocket boosters on his boots which allowed him to
levitate over, instead of through, elephant grass. I think the root of all
his problems can be traced back to all the times he was beamed up and down
like an elevator to the starship....he didn't get all his particles back
from the transporter bay and the result is what you see today...he's
incomplete....he doesn't know who the hell he is - Latrine Boy, Sybil,
Troopervet, Alligator Al, Rusty, Dusty or Crusty and who the hell knows who
else. For all we know he could be a Dalek.


..

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:50:46 +0100, "Piranha Pete"
wrote:


>Well don't forget Patrick, he WAS a starship trooper....we already know
>about those little rocket boosters on his boots which allowed him to
>levitate over, instead of through, elephant grass. I think the root of all
>his problems can be traced back to all the times he was beamed up and down
>like an elevator to the starship....he didn't get all his particles back
>from the transporter bay and the result is what you see today...he's
>incomplete....he doesn't know who the hell he is - Latrine Boy, Sybil,
>Troopervet, Alligator Al, Rusty, Dusty or Crusty and who the hell knows who
>else. For all we know he could be a Dalek.


I sure know one thing. If I came on a newsgroup with over 200 vietnam
vets, assorted and sundry guests and casual observers over a period of
time and someone from one of my units called me a liar, charlatan,
shitburner and such I would be so embarrassed I would leave and never
come back. I wouldn't do so even if I could change my name every other
week.

Dave got it right, what do you suppose its like to be a sybull
shultis? We are not talking about a bad month or even a year with
him, but five years worth of it now. Geez!
>
>.
>

"Piranha Pete" wrote in message
news:bkii52$mha$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> "Patrick t." wrote in message
> news:r1hpmvs3lcvf66u8f5mor9s3mkkefmnt3a@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:51:55 -0400, "Joe S."
> > wrote:
> >
> > >"Patrick t." wrote in message
> > >news:q71pmvsa5jo84o6afe7gveegenon8a3kus@4ax.com...
> > >> Gee,
> > >> Mr Macho man with his full auto, bipod, scoped weapon and 20 clips
> > >
> > >Clips? Was he toting an M1?
> > You never know with him. I am waiting for the next round of his war
> > stories to tell us he was the first ever to use a laser in combat.
>
>
> Well don't forget Patrick, he WAS a starship trooper....we already know
> about those little rocket boosters on his boots which allowed him to
> levitate over, instead of through, elephant grass.

You mean you were not issued those rocket boosters when you arrived in
country? Shit, everyone in my unit had them.


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Joe S.


> I think the root of all
> his problems can be traced back to all the times he was beamed up and down
> like an elevator to the starship....he didn't get all his particles back
> from the transporter bay and the result is what you see today...he's
> incomplete....he doesn't know who the hell he is - Latrine Boy, Sybil,
> Troopervet, Alligator Al, Rusty, Dusty or Crusty and who the hell knows
who
> else. For all we know he could be a Dalek.
>
>
> .
>
>