WT> something that could quite possibly happen since military ammo comes 
 WT> packed that way too,  
  
Yes, that's what I was referring to.  
 
 WT> soldier sees in action would be in "combat packs", packed in 
 WT> stripper clips in bandoleers... 
  
I never got to find out. They just passed us the boxes on the ranges and  
we loaded up the magazines from there. 
 
 WT> And I can't think of a rifle that is more poorly designed for 
 WT> bayonet work than an M-16.  It's too short, too light, and too 
 WT> flimsy.  And yet ANOTHER reason for choosing a "real" rifle over the 
 WT> "Mighty Mattel"... 
  
The one drawback of them, yep. Some people don't lik ethem for other reasons, 
ammo type being the other major one, and the reputation it got for jamming 
when it first was issued. 
 
 WT> GG> If you say so. I haven't had the pleausre of either yet, or 
 WT> GG> an M-1 for that matter. 
 WT> Well, if you'd just come to the States for a while, there are 
 WT> several of us who could rectify that awful gap in your education!!! 
 
Gee, yet another invite to go shooting :-) 
I'd need another month just to visit all these ranges. 
 
- GWG 
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