Wives Tales and Lies about the M16 / AR15 - Setting the record straight
The M16 has been maligned and defamed for decades, most of the charges against it are false. We talk about old wives tales and outright untruths told about America's rifle the M16 / AR15.
The dinks called the M-16 Black Death. There was a reason for that. My rifle kept be alive. I loved the damn thing. I cleaned it before I cleaned myself or ate. A terrific weapon. However, the plastic stock of my M-16 in 1968 said Mattel. The metal Colt. I remember saying to a friend Jesus Christ this is made by toys my kid sister plays with. I say stock but it may have been on the forearm.
This is buggin me. I know what I saw and read. I've read the hand grip was made by Mattel for a brief period. Most articles say no way was any hardware made by Mattel. The only thing I can figure is a military Armor stamped it on my weapon as a joke because absolutly I read Mattel somewhere on my piece.
Taildragger, thank you so. Thought I was going nuts. I know what I read and remember it like yesterday. I first held and fired a M 16 at Camp Pendelton. Learned how to take it apart and clean it. I may have had it for a day or two. Next time I saw one it was handed to me in Nam. On PI was trained with the M 14.
Sigh. Keep it clean and lubed with a lot of LSA. It will work just fine. I had not problems with mine, both when I was in the Big Green Machine (11B20) and afterwards.
My taste in rifles goes to black barrels and walnut stocks (in the lever action variety). After the incessant bitching and lying from Socialist gun grabbers, I now have one in the mud room.
It is a historical fact that the US military has never, ever issued a rifle that did not have teething problems, even the holy-holy M14. Based on my experience in Viet Nam and a year playing army in Alaska after that, a fairly wide range of climates and temperatures by anyone's standards, I would not throw down a working M16 to pick up any other rifle on the planet.
I like them a lot, although going to a 14.5 inch barrel was a bad idea. Dropping 500fps in velocity with a 22 caliber bullet makes it less effective IMHO. 1sgEod Ret
I have used IMI 77 grain match BTHP 5.56 in a Bushmaster (XM-15?) and similarly configured .223 in Ruger mini-14's. Primarily, these have been used on coyote sized varmints going after my hens. The exit wound on these animals is about the size of my closed fist and the meat in the wound channel is shredded. The animals almost always drop on the first round, unless the shot is is an area of the varmint that is largely muscle mass.
And before anyone accuses me of making bullet configs up (again), I actually looked at the ammo boxes immediately before I posted this missive. Sorry about the graphic details. However, I believe that such a round center mass in a larger animal would cause tremendous, and likely fatal, mechanical and hydraulic damage on any living organism that was targeted.
When I was doing BRT in basic training in 1990, the drill sergeant brought up nearly every one of these myths. I never had any issues with any of the M16A2s or M4s I carried. I will admit that I was glad when the old, clapped out M60s we had were replaced by the M240.
"Black Rifles" scare the $hit out of libtards and snowflakes...
ReplyDeleteThat’s why I call them EBRs (eeeevil black rifles, said with the correct sneer).
ReplyDeleteIt's like the old saying, "The M-16 isn't as prone to failure as the AK guys say it is, and the AK isn't as inaccurate as the M-16 guys say it is..."
ReplyDeleteThe dinks called the M-16 Black Death. There was a reason for that. My rifle kept be alive. I loved the damn thing. I cleaned it before I cleaned myself or ate. A terrific weapon. However, the plastic stock of my M-16 in 1968 said Mattel. The metal Colt. I remember saying to a friend Jesus Christ this is made by toys my kid sister plays with. I say stock but it may have been on the forearm.
ReplyDeleteYes, my forward hand guard had "Mattel" stamped into it but, the lower receiver was stamped as Colt.
DeleteThis is buggin me. I know what I saw and read. I've read the hand grip was made by Mattel for a brief period. Most articles say no way was any hardware made by Mattel. The only thing I can figure is a military Armor stamped it on my weapon as a joke because absolutly I read Mattel somewhere on my piece.
DeleteTaildragger, thank you so. Thought I was going nuts. I know what I read and remember it like yesterday. I first held and fired a M 16 at Camp Pendelton. Learned how to take it apart and clean it. I may have had it for a day or two. Next time I saw one it was handed to me in Nam. On PI was trained with the M 14.
Delete'Old wives tales'.
ReplyDeleteSince it comes from the left, what gender are those?
Sigh. Keep it clean and lubed with a lot of LSA. It will work just fine. I had not problems with mine, both when I was in the Big Green Machine (11B20) and afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI carried one on and off for none years.
ReplyDeleteMy taste in rifles goes to black barrels and walnut stocks (in the lever action variety).
After the incessant bitching and lying from Socialist gun grabbers, I now have one in the mud room.
It is a historical fact that the US military has never, ever issued a rifle that did not have teething problems, even the holy-holy M14. Based on my experience in Viet Nam and a year playing army in Alaska after that, a fairly wide range of climates and temperatures by anyone's standards, I would not throw down a working M16 to pick up any other rifle on the planet.
ReplyDeleteI like them a lot, although going to a 14.5 inch barrel was a bad idea. Dropping 500fps in velocity with a 22 caliber bullet makes it less effective IMHO. 1sgEod Ret
ReplyDeleteIt's a trade-off. The M4 serves a different role than the M16.
DeleteI have used IMI 77 grain match BTHP 5.56 in a Bushmaster (XM-15?) and similarly configured .223 in Ruger mini-14's. Primarily, these have been used on coyote sized varmints going after my hens. The exit wound on these animals is about the size of my closed fist and the meat in the wound channel is shredded. The animals almost always drop on the first round, unless the shot is is an area of the varmint that is largely muscle mass.
ReplyDeleteAnd before anyone accuses me of making bullet configs up (again), I actually looked at the ammo boxes immediately before I posted this missive. Sorry about the graphic details. However, I believe that such a round center mass in a larger animal would cause tremendous, and likely fatal, mechanical and hydraulic damage on any living organism that was targeted.
When I was doing BRT in basic training in 1990, the drill sergeant brought up nearly every one of these myths. I never had any issues with any of the M16A2s or M4s I carried. I will admit that I was glad when the old, clapped out M60s we had were replaced by the M240.
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