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To: Bringbackthedraft
"The M-16 is probably as reliable as the most reliable weapon out there. It also has better accuracy than most."

I agree. I was in Vietnam in 1967-68 and know that it had to be clean. The powder they used back then was very dirty. I think that caused a lot of the problems.

18 posted on 11/03/2009 5:26:02 AM PST by OldEagle
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To: OldEagle

Me too! I once ran 14 mags at full squirt b4 she jammed.

wouldn’t extract round from chamber.

After a good cleaning no more trouble.

My Bushmaster is great!!


48 posted on 11/03/2009 7:32:21 AM PST by devistate one four (Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
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