All,
I had the pleasure of spending some time this past weekend with a case study of all that is good when it comes to military service.
6 months ago, in went a troubled, insecure, disrespectful , drug using 17 year old and out comes a responsible, respectful man.
I dont know this kid well, what I do know is all the trouble he has put his dad through. Now he's going off to Afghanistan. He was telling me that the guns they trained with were old and unreliable. He said he was assured that when he got to Afghanistan he would be issued better stuff.
I want to give this kid as much of a chance as I can. We shot this weekend and he was pretty good. However, he didnt know squat about maintaining an M4. He said they were told the Armorers would take care of him.
Well, I'd rather not leave things to chance. I'd like to send him off with an M4 "reliability kit".
I'm not ex-anything. I'm just a gun nut who has been shooting ARs for 20 years. My thought is to give him a LMT or bravo company BCG and a half dozen Pmags as a going away gift.
What do you think? is this worth while? Is there anything else you recommend?
I'll probably include an extractor spring kit or 2.
One interesting thing when we were cleaning the guns after shooting was that he was never taught how to disassemble the bcg or the bolt. Again, this was the armorers job. Hopefully I'll get a chance to show him how to do this before he leaves.
Finally, will he be able to bring these items with him when he goes, or will I have to mail it to him after he arrives?
Thanks for all your help.
Don


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