¯ Gus was discussing "M1, perfect rifle?" with Wayne. ®
 WT> And that's why you always make sure to hang onto your empty
 WT> magazines, so you might NOT have to do a stripper clip reload
 WT> in battle...
GG¯ Loading a magazine out of a small cardboard box isn't exactly
GG¯ speedy either.
Nope!  That would be the "worst case" in combat.  but it's also
something that could quite possibly happen since military ammo comes
packed that way too, although it's most likely any ammo that a
soldier sees in action would be in "combat packs", packed in
stripper clips in bandoleers...
 WT> charge the rifle, and if you're still alive after going through
 WT> all of that, start returning fire.........
GG¯ By which time you may have to use the bayonet on it anyhow.
And I can't think of a rifle that is more poorly designed for
bayonet work than an M-16.  It's too short, too light, and too
flimsy.  And yet ANOTHER reason for choosing a "real" rifle over the
"Mighty Mattel"...
 WT> That's yet ANOTHER reason for picking an M-14 over an M-16,
 WT> isn't it???
GG¯ If you say so. I haven't had the pleausre of either yet, or
GG¯ an M-1 for that matter.
Well, if you'd just come to the States for a while, there are
several of us who could rectify that awful gap in your education!!!
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Buttermilk and Glock pistols:  Two things people either love or hate.
... Combat:  If the enemy can't get in, you can't get out.
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