My M-16 was self cleaning.
I had to clean it my self...................
Mine too.
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Same here
When I qualified on the M-16 in the Air Force 20 years ago, I was handed what had to be one of the very first M-16s ever made. It malfunctioned so many times during qualification that I couldn’t remember which targets I had been shooting at and ended up missing marksman (although I shot perfect) because I had too many holes in one target and not enough in another.
My grandfather served in Vietnam and was there when they issued M-16s. He told me how the instructor bragged about not having to clean the new weapon, but the M-16 malfunctioned when he attempted to show off how well it fires in a muddy jungle environment.
They worked the bugs out, but it interests me that we have “leaders” that come up with bright ideas like weapons that magically don’t need to be cleaned, taking guns off fighter planes, or you can win a war without boots on the ground.
Yep.
5.56mm