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To: NorthMountain
guess what the big *secret feature*
15 round clip (vs the standard 10)?

Oh no, this is CANADIANS [er, les Canadiens!] we're talking about here.

The chemical composition of the vinyl was *tweaked* with charcoal-based carbon content and nitrates so that the little plastic stripper clips were also usable as wet-weather fire starters.

I don't know if this applies to the ones made in North Carolina and sold in the USA, but a few decades back when I took an Alaskan USAF winter survival course, this was demonstrated with a couple of the *plastic sticks*.

Also unknown: if the charger guides or magazines themselves were ever made of the same composition. But y'know, the magazine floorplates could indeed be a mechanism for igniting sparks...if they were made of carbon steel instead of aluminum.


18 posted on 02/08/2016 8:44:54 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: archy
The chemical composition of the vinyl was *tweaked* with charcoal-based carbon content and nitrates so that the little plastic stripper clips were also usable as wet-weather fire starters.

OK, that's really clever. Hats (toques?) off to les Canadiens. I want some.

20 posted on 02/08/2016 8:52:14 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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