[JoeSixPack1]

My knowledge of m-16's dates back to 1973. I hated them, my 14 was much more reliable. Not much has changed my mind over the years, although I was informed here on FR a year or 2 ago that the jamming problem has been eradicated.

Once bit, twice shy.

I hope the current crop of gyrenes put it to good use.

Semper Fi

[Ex-Dem]

Well, the jamming problem apparently hasn't been eliminated. As I recall, what led to the soldiers from the 507th Maintenance getting captured was the fact that several of their M-16s jammed during the ambush. Granted, these weren't frontline troops and there was probably quite a bit of sand floating around.

[Macknight]

I loved my M14E2 heavy barrel and hated the Mattel M-16 girlie gun.

[bethelgrad]

My experience with the M-16 dates from 92-96. I thought it was a fine rifle. I did not have any shooting experience. With the proper training, I easily qualified expert 2 out of 4 times. I credit the weapon and my instructers mostly. My 16 hardly ever jammed, but the SAW I was issued jammed all the time.