Originally Posted by
Throatwarbler Mangrove
Funny you should mention that. When I was returning from one of my deployments to Iraq, I encountered some Seabees in the chow hall line. What I noticed first was one of their M16 A1's. As I was staring at his rifle, the Seabee said something like "Yeah, this is an A1; people keep making a big deal about it." He let me look at it for awhile. His was made by Harrington and Richardson. The finish was devoid of any high edge wear and was almost a purple color, leading me to believe that it had been refinished at some point. I thought it was pretty neat to see such an old rifle in this day and age. On my first deployment, I saw some Marines with an M60 machine gun mounted in the turret on their M1165. They, too were used to guys making a big deal of their "obsolete" weapons.
One of my friends was a Seabee and told me he was issued an A2 which he thought was retro since others were using A4s.
If I were you, I'd be very careful who you show that to. Because the person that wrote that is dangerous. And you never know when this button-down Oxford cloth psycho might come to work with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon stalking from office to office pumping round after round into co-workers. It could be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
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