M16 Still in Service

[chadbag]

They aren't converted semi-autos, they're just old receivers. The original M16 and many M16A1s were marked "AR-15".

yep

It was the AR-15 BEFORE it was the M-16 IIRC. The DoD bought 1000 and sent them to Vietnam as part of a special project. Later they bought a metric buttload for the Army (XM16E1 with For Assist) and the Air Force (M16 -- just the AR-15 stamped M16).

[Stickman]

yep

It was the AR-15 BEFORE it was the M-16 IIRC. The DoD bought 1000 and sent them to Vietnam as part of a special project. Later they bought a metric buttload for the Army (XM16E1 with For Assist) and the Air Force (M16 -- just the AR-15 stamped M16).

[skyugo]

A good start would be to repeal the 68 Gun Control Act and the May 19, 1986 ban on transferable automatic weapons.

I don't think either is going to happen, at least anytime soon.

Do you see a pattern? Beware of years that have a 6 and 8 together in the last two digits, they are bad for gun owners and the 2nd amendment.

so you're saying we're good to for another 57 years?

[ryr8828]

so you're saying we're good to for another 57 years?

Also have the 34 to worry about.

[Dienekes]

I'm all for training, but the very phrase "DHS" makes me uneasy.

Full disclosure--I'm a retired federal LEO. Power corrupts, IMHO.

[TriumphRat675]

What is that rifle at 1:10?


AR-18?

LAPD did use AR-18's in that shootout.

[Spooky130]

Decodeddies I went to the Wick too. Did you ever get to see the Singer 1911! That gun made me salavate we even got to shoot it .

Guys check out this thread for some old warriors still in action.

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=58837



Here is the rollmark of the the gun we received last year. It now has a BCM 11.5" upper on it.

I was issued an M16 with the exact same roll mark last week during an Air Force exercise. Still being used and in pretty good shape too. A2 upper with an Auto lower receiver still present. I was about to tear it apart to look at the guts but Air Force people aren't supposed to get excited about guns...

Spooky

[ST911]

I was issued an M16 with the exact same roll mark last week during an Air Force exercise. Still being used and in pretty good shape too. A2 upper with an Auto lower receiver still present. I was about to tear it apart to look at the guts but Air Force people aren't supposed to get excited about guns... Spooky

The AF gets a lot out of its rifles. M16s become GAUs, become M4s, become...

The poor receivers, though. Last model # gets scratched out, new one gets stamped in. Some almost seem to run out of room, given enough travel or service life.

[yellowfin]

I was issued an M16 with the exact same roll mark last week during an Air Force exercise. Still being used and in pretty good shape too. A2 upper with an Auto lower receiver still present. I was about to tear it apart to look at the guts but Air Force people aren't supposed to get excited about guns...

Spooky

Wasn't it the Air Force that got us the M16 to begin with because Curtis LeMay liked the AR15 personally?

[trackstar55]

Yes they have a program for LE dept's to get older M16's. I think it is through DRMO. Actually putting them to use sounds a lot better than meeting a chopping block.

We have 20 of them at our department. All but one are issued to deputies are are serving the public everyday. The only change we made was to make them semi-auto only.

They work great still!!!