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>From top to bottom: M-16A1 - Triangular hand guards M-16A2 - Circular hand guards, adds a shell deflector just behind the ejection port, and moved to three round bust, and a bunch of other minor changes M-4 - Comes in a bunch of variants, can be burst or full auto. M-16A4 - Used by the Marines. On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:35 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was it semi/full auto (A1) or semi/three round burst (A2) > > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> Now you have me thinking if that was a A1 we had...this was 86-89...now I >> am >> not sure. I could swear it was an A2...but that was 25 years ago and I am >> lucky if I remember what happens 25 mins ago these days LOL >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:sor...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 9:38 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: In Reversal, Army Bans High-Performance Rifle Mags >> >> >> While I have never had the desire nor the need to purchase high >> performance >> mags such as the P-Mag, I really don't see what the big deal is about >> letting soldiers choose the magazine that they are more comfortable with. >> I >> am not a a geardo who has to have the latest and greatest gear out there. >> While I did buy a tac vest during my last Iraq deployment, this recent one >> had some good equipment out there, namely the plate carrier and the TAP >> (Tactical Assault Panel). After 16 years in the Army, I only had two issue >> magazines fail me during training and never had a single issue with a >> weapon >> failing me in combat - with the exception of my old M-16 A1 I had during >> Desert Storm - both as a POG and more recently an Infantryman. Let the men >> buy what they want. It's their money. The Army buys enough metal issue >> magazines in bulk that I don't really see the manufacturer losing any >> significant amount of money. Besides, the war in Iraq is over and >> Asscrackistan is almost over, so soldiers will not be buying high >> performance mags in the near future. At lest as not as many as they do >> now. >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
