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To: Sans-Culotte

Mid 60s our JROTC drilled with M1s lacking only the firing pins.


27 posted on 03/16/2018 10:26:30 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor; real saxophonist

I wish we’d had M1s. Our Springfields had no firing pins, and the barrels were plugged.


30 posted on 03/16/2018 10:29:59 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Covenantor; Sans-Culotte

Early ‘80s, ours had metal poured down the barrel and the bolts welded shut.


35 posted on 03/16/2018 10:37:15 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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