ml>  ->> Ask any Vietnam veteran about the early M-16's, and you'll get an
 ml>  ->> earful.

 WC>>> Yeah they'd jam up in the damp and dust in Vietnam. The inside
 WC>>> of the stock being stamped "Made by Mattel" likely didn't
 WC>>> help either. not sure if this last isn't urban legend.

 ml>> it is not urban legend... when in the USAF in the early 80's, i
 ml>> trained and shot M16s... as i recall, it wasn't stamped on the
 ml>> inside, either... it was stamped on the stock, though...

 JM>> I served in Vietnam and can assure you that the M-16 there did
 JM>> not have "Made by Mattel" anywhere  on them.

 ml> interesting... i wonder what the difference was between those you used
 ml> and those i used in the early 80's?

TWo different subcontractors?

Colt made one, and Armalite made the other, I think, though it was originally
designed by Eugene stoner.. I think it was the Armalites that were subbed to
Mattel for the plastics.

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