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

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

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

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