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Mauser is my weapon of choice also. have 6 different calibers from 6.5 through 8 mm. My rifle of choice is a 7.65mm Argentine Mauser. Can part a gnats ass hairs with that one!!
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I've got two Russian Captured K-98s in 8mm, have'nt fired either one yet.
When I was in Vietnam I was very careful to keep my M-16 clean, most of the the Grunts kept a towel wrapped around the breech when we'd air assualt to set up a fire base so I did the same. Choppers threw up a lot of dust and sand on landing and taking off. |
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From what I have heard, one of the problems was that when DOD procured the M16, they started using ball ammo, which was left more carbon deposit in chamber than original 5.56 ammo than the original powder Armalite used in its AR15. One of the fixes was to chrome the chambers before the later model M16s were sent over to Nam (the new ones had a smooth-ended flash suppressor, instead of the old slot-ended ones that could be used to break the band on a case of C rations). I believe that the cyclic rate of fire was also slowed down somewhat in the later models. I carried a CAR-15 for a year and it worked fine (always kept it as clean as possible, and kept a piece of tape covering the muzzle to keep mud and twigs out, which would just get shot away with first round). Also always still carried a cleaning rod tape under the foregrip just in case I got a jam. Still quite a contrast to the AK47, AKM or SKS, which could be picked out of the mud and fired reliably without having to even clean it first.
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Marines at Khe Sanh kept the M-14. The Col. would not allow them to turn them in for M-16. That small unit was a recon unit that dropped off. As the platoon encountered the VC, NVA, the commies made a run for it, but the recon squad was right in their path.
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