"AR15" X'd out replaced with "M16A1"?

[Heavy Metal]

Yes, it was FA. I also remember that in the National Guard, once the A2 was adopted in the RA, we still had A1's--but an aluminum plate with an aluminum arm was installed between the pistol grip and the receiver; the arm blocked the selector from being placed on auto. I thought that was interesting; not only was the Army pro 3 rd burst, it was positively anti-FA. We used to routinely break those little arms off. It wasn't that we needed FA so much; we were just insulted by this modification.

I bet one of the missions of your Guard Unit was Riot Control. That is one of the uses of the limiting plates.

They tend to frown upon Group Therapy in those settings.

[halfmoonclip]

I bet one of the missions of your Guard Unit was Riot Control. That is one of the uses of the limiting plates.

They tend to frown upon Group Therapy in those settings.

I think you are entirely correct, and after Kent State they were even twitchy about giving us cartridges, never mind the BCG.
Moon

[Heavy Metal]

I used the Ozark Surplus tool this week to install a barrel and install the three-prong hider. Worked like a champ for both. I am going to post pics in an new thread later.

The tool seems well-made and properly hardened. The only thing it lacks is a 13 digit NSN.

[Bigun]

In Basic, Ft McClellan 1986. My lower receiver was a Colt marked XM15 it had a A1 upper but no fence around the mag release.

[walkin' trails]

I was in army basic in 81 (Ft Dix), and the Infantry School at Benning in 87, and various reserve elements mixed in and around. Everything I trained with was Colt M16A1, although I did see one marked GM Hydramatic at Dix. Even the DRMO rifles we had when I was in the Border Patrol were all well-worn A1s. I wonder that with the A2s coming into the inventory, military units started putting some of the older moth-balled stuff back into various inventories to wear them out before putting the new stuff into circulation.