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Save the M-14 surplus ^
Posted on 04/03/2003 9:28:14 PM PST by newyorkronin
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To: Redleg Duke
With appologies I should have referenced post 58, not 48. Thanks.
To: Redleg Duke
"I have wanted one since I carried one through Basic and AIT in 1965!"
Basic and AIT in !!!! Snikey's
Mr. Redleg Duke Sir
do you fart dust?
<_/GRIN_>
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:31:56 AM PST
by
SERE_DOC
(Murphy's rules for combat #14 The equipment you are using was made by the lowest bidder!)
To: DoughtyOne
![](http://www.fulton-armory.com/M1A-2-600_50.jpg)
M-14. Sort of. It's acutally a Fulton Armory M1-A. That is, a rifle made with a new, civilian production, semi-auto only receiver, but otherwise on the same pattern (and with some actual GI parts) as the military M-14.
To: DoughtyOne
Yep, those are Thompsons. They were the later models that took the stick magazines. The original ones took a 50-round drum with a coil spring you wound to feed the cartridges.
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:35:28 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: SERE_DOC
I'll have you know sir that today happens to be my 56th Birthday...and my 10-year old son seems to think I am pretty young for my age.
Actually, had I known I was gonna live this long, I'da taken better care of myself! :-)
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:37:09 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: Redleg Duke
Follow the link in #63. Try to refrain from drooling on your keyboard. It shorts out the contacts.
To: ArrogantBustard
Well, there goes the mouse too!
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:39:12 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: SERE_DOC
By the by...when I fart, I devoutly hope it is dust...and not me!
68
posted on
04/04/2003 9:39:50 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: Rasputin_TheMadMonk
As I read the petition, they were planning to render the rifles semi-automatic before sale. That would cut zero ice with the ATF, who have a long-standing policy of "Once a machine gun, always a machine gun." They'd still be considered Class III in the civilian market.
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:42:23 AM PST
by
Oberon
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To: SERE_DOC
I went through basic & jump school in '55, and can still out fart the best of you young whippersnappers.
It's all in the cabbage.
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:44:18 AM PST
by
tpaine
To: DoughtyOne
As I believe you already found out, The sergeant in "Combat" carried a Thompson. The rest of the squad carried M-1 Garands and "Little John" carried a BAR[Browning Automatic Rifle].
No M-14's were used in the program. The major differences between the two rifles is the designers moved the gas system from the end of the barrel and added a box magazine to the M-14 which were major improvements.
Just to throw out a little confusion, the designation of M is just the first Military plan that was approved. The helmets, canteens and hate to tell you this, but the Thompson machine gun also was titled an M-1. Later there was an M1A1 Thompson.
Paratroopers, drivers, officers and support troops carried the M-1 Carbine. I found we produced more M-1 Carbines than any other weapon in history. My book that reports that is a little old and I'm sure by now, the M-16 had surpassed that.
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:47:04 AM PST
by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
To: chuckles
I guess if I had been forced marched 10 miles with full gear and a 14, maybe I would feel different 6 miles was enough to make me never want to see a 14 again. Knowing I wouldn't have to try that agin, I would like to own one now.
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:51:01 AM PST
by
c-b 1
To: Redleg Duke; ArrogantBustard
Thanks guys. I appreciate it, but my boyhood dreams are now shattered. LOL Take care.
The Thompson 45 has always been a very good looking weapon to me. I appreciate knowing it's proper identity.
I'm not sure where I picked up the wrong name. It could have been an early media misidenfication circa the erra of that show.
To: tpaine
WOW 55 did they have parachutes way back then and did the Army have their own silk worms? and what was it like actually firing a catapult?
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:52:43 AM PST
by
SERE_DOC
(Murphy's rules for combat #14 The equipment you are using was made by the lowest bidder!)
To: Shooter 2.5
I was aware Little John's weapon was a BAR. That looked pretty wicked. I was unaware of the other information. Thanks for the comments. This is what I like about the forum, there's always someone around who knows the answers to participant's questions.
To: Redleg Duke
Happy birthday "Great warrior" I salute your service and your keeping the promise to America. I pray that your son turns out like you.
Semper Fi
Sere Doc
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posted on
04/04/2003 9:58:26 AM PST
by
SERE_DOC
(Murphy's rules for combat #14 The equipment you are using was made by the lowest bidder!)
To: DoughtyOne
This is what I like about the forum, there's always someone around who knows the answers to participant's questions.
-DO-
Or ~claims~ to know...
Ordinary grunt 'paratroopers', -- regular airborne infantry line company troops, carried the Garand until the M14 was issued.
Officers, support personel, etc, could carry the M1 Carbine.
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posted on
04/04/2003 10:07:27 AM PST
by
tpaine
Comment #78 Removed by Moderator
To: N. Theknow
Thanks. Check down farther in the thread to see a discussion on this topic. You seem to be correct, in that it was a Thompson 45, according to other posters. Take care.
To: DoughtyOne
Of course it sounds like it was the M-1 you picked up since it weighed 9.1 pounds.
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