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1 posted on 09/19/2023 9:22:10 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

I didn’t get to watch the whole thing, but...I liked where it was going...


2 posted on 09/19/2023 9:30:24 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: servo1969

When one uses firearms everyday things happen.

I seen plenty of rifles and shotguns get destroyed in vehicle crashes.

A few thousand pounds of steel coming together at speed tend to cause thing to bend


3 posted on 09/19/2023 9:31:38 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: servo1969

My thought would be to stick a bayonet on and say you were training too hard, or do they not do bayonet courses anymore?


4 posted on 09/19/2023 9:59:05 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: servo1969
Some of the commenters at the YouTube site insisted they had swapped out uppers for similar incidents while they were in the service, in order to avoid getting in trouble for the damage to their weapon.

I found those claims odd because the M16s have been serialized since the very beginning.

We inventoried M16s 10,000 at a time. It was a full production, requiring teams to arm up, open up the cases, sometimes clean them, and then place them individually on the table where two MSgts would confirm each serial number (viewed either directly or through the window in the vacuum sealed foil bags), and they'd sign the weapons card. No one was going to put their signature on a card for a suspicious weapon. The M16s were then often vacuum sealed in bags, if they weren't already, and then eventually shipped out.

5 posted on 09/19/2023 10:12:26 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: servo1969

Argument with a PCP fueled idiot. After that he got away...


6 posted on 09/19/2023 10:15:19 AM PDT by null and void ( Fall Is Here: Pumpkin Spice-Scented Children Presented To Joe Biden)
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To: servo1969

“It came like that from the factory.” Well, it’s worth a try.


7 posted on 09/19/2023 10:16:37 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: servo1969

can’t call it battle damage, love AC...


10 posted on 09/19/2023 10:49:01 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: servo1969

“adult language”

That’s a terrible euphemism.


11 posted on 09/19/2023 11:02:44 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: servo1969

Oh, how the Turret Monster loved to eat M-16s.


12 posted on 09/19/2023 11:55:11 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: servo1969

Lolz!! I once saw a soldier forget his rifle between 2 wheels of a Hemmit. He proceeds to drive off and bent his barrel. This was an A2 rifle with iron sights. He got a new barrel replaced on the upper from the armorers and did not get in trouble from higher up. This was during desert storm so maybe a bit of leeway.


13 posted on 09/20/2023 9:26:33 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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