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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightvisionary View Post
    I don't know that upper isn't substandard, I know anything about the upper but that wasn't my point. My question was why should a trooper be hung from a yardarm for putting another upper atop his rifle provided it did not degrade from unit effectiveness.

    Let's say the upper was from a Colt monolithic 6940. What difference would it make?
    What happens when it breaks? Who brought the spare parts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightvisionary View Post
    I don't know that upper isn't substandard, I know anything about the upper but that wasn't my point. My question was why should a trooper be hung from a yardarm for putting another upper atop his rifle provided it did not degrade from unit effectiveness.

    Let's say the upper was from a Colt monolithic 6940. What difference would it make?
    if his untested rifle takes a shit on him and he happens to be in a situation where he needs it, he not only puts himself at risk, he also puts the mission and the lives of the rest of his platoon at risk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guns-up.50 View Post
    yep yep
    had a guy deploy without an issue side arm but for some reason brought a glock 21???
    didn't go well
    man I love marines but sometimes????
    When I was enlisted, my gunner didn't get issued a pistol like he was supposed to (Beretta), so he went and bought one off another Marine and took it on deployment. No one noticed, or ever found out about it. Carried it the whole time we were there lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaxman7 View Post
    ....and the booger finger isnt exactly inline with Firearm Safety Rule #3.

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    Yes it is. The tip of his finger is resting just underneath the magazine release.

    Quote Originally Posted by VIP3R 237 View Post
    Maybe he's a PMC? I cant see any unit marking and his gear seems to be non standard.
    No. His gear is standard.

    Quote Originally Posted by badness View Post
    if his untested rifle takes a shit on him and he happens to be in a situation where he needs it, he not only puts himself at risk, he also puts the mission and the lives of the rest of his platoon at risk.
    Exactly right, as is F2S's explanation.
    Last edited by a0cake; 06-22-12 at 19:55.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WARPIG [USMC] View Post
    When I was enlisted, my gunner didn't get issued a pistol like he was supposed to (Beretta), so he went and bought one off another Marine and took it on deployment. No one noticed, or ever found out about it. Carried it the whole time we were there lol
    I could care less about 1 pistol honestly. But as someone who was in charge of an entire company's EDL in Afghanistan including weapons, comm, vics, and everything else that can possibly get miscounted on multiple Positions I would have absolutely hated that guy. I know for a fact it would have thrown my counts off by 1 every single time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaxman7 View Post
    ....and the booger finger isnt exactly inline with Firearm Safety Rule #3.

    -Jax
    Beat me to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KrampusArms View Post
    Beat me to it.
    What are you guys talking about? How long do you think his finger is? The tip of his finger is resting on the lower receiver, outside of the trigger well, directly underneath the magazine release.

    Do you realize how long his finger would have to be if it was curved around the trigger? Do you realize how far back the trigger sits from the center-line of the magazine release?

    I can see why you think there's something wrong, but it's an optical illusion.
    Last edited by a0cake; 06-22-12 at 22:42.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a0cake View Post
    What are you guys talking about? How long do you think his finger is? The tip of his finger is resting on the lower receiver, outside of the trigger well, directly underneath the magazine release.

    Do you realize how long his finger would have to be if it was curved around the trigger? Do you realize how far back the trigger sits from the center-line of the magazine release?

    I can see why you think there's something wrong, but it's an optical illusion.
    I stand corrected. The gloves threw me off. I thought the end of the finger was the first knuckle. You are correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clem View Post
    The number written in white on his mag is the same in both pics.
    N9889. Don't know if that means anything.
    This is a matter of semantics, but same gun, different guy. Oh and the N9889 or whatever number is the first letter of his last name and the last four of his social. In the .mil that is your personal identifier. Mine was M5347. You pretty much put that on everything you own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightvisionary View Post
    I don't know that upper isn't substandard, I know anything about the upper but that wasn't my point. My question was why should a trooper be hung from a yardarm for putting another upper atop his rifle provided it did not degrade from unit effectiveness.

    Let's say the upper was from a Colt monolithic 6940. What difference would it make?
    Regardless if the upper is sub-standard or as good as or exceeds standard, it is not standard issue. If something goes wrong during a mission, investigators finding out an unauthorized upper was used could result in a severe shitstorm affecting not just the career of Pvt. Snafu for having it, but also the careers of his leaders and squadmates as well
    Last edited by MistWolf; 06-22-12 at 23:40.
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