M 16 question

If I had to guess I would lean towards some f the already mentioned, extra grip and or cleaning rod used to knock out spent casings
 
The guy in the second photo on the left of the picture... he has extra long proctologist fingers. His hand guard are clearly separated by a piece of wood and the and taped back together. He seems to have a fondness of tape by looking ay the rest of his gear.


Zipties were probably not common in that era.
 
I was talking to a vet about this a couple of months ago, and he said that most of his guys carried a spare dressing on their handguard.
 
If you want an M16 upper (no forward assist, 1:14 twist) you will have to look really hard...
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They were 1:12 twist.

The Colt SP1 is the closest non-automatic you can get to the Vietnam era M16s.

The originals has Prong flash hiders, but they changed that to the Bird Cage hiders because we were tearing up the prong flash hiders by cutting wire on C-rat cases.

Rifles were like helmets, people put all kind of crap on them, peace signs, girls/wifes names, DROS or short time calenders, Bible Verses, etc, etc.
 
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@Jimro:
ALL rifle bullets become "unstable" when they contact tissue, the heavier rear of the projectile normally swings around and takes the lead, giving the "tumbling" effect that so many people believe is an instant manstopper. It isn't, it is just how spitzer bullets travel through tissue.
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There is nothing unstable about this bullet. I know FMJ are a little different though.
 
Sweetshooter,

I don't want to turn this into a terminal ballistics thread. But there are a lot of bullets available to civilians that have massively different terminal performance than FMJ or BTHP. Still, the end state of tissue disruption is really what matters.

Jimro
 
I remember having to jump up and down, prior to going out on patrol, while the platoon sgt. would listen for any rattling gear. If you made excessive noise, you would tape up the offending bit of gear with hundred mile an our tape.
 
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