M16A2 Combat Rifle

[Soft Cars]

I'm posting this video link for the sound content. Starting off at 02:55 the sound quality of the rifle is a fantastic.

 

[Soft Cars]

I posted the video just for the sound. I'm assuming the M16A1 has the same sound.

 

[Revving2Redline]

Ahh, the distinctive sound.

 

[jstert]

i qualified on the m14 and m16 in 1972. my choice to shoot: m14, to carry: m16.

 

[2005jettatdi]

I scored Expert with an M-16 in basic training in 1974 but those 300 and 350 meter targets were very hard to hit.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

I scored Expert with an M-16 in basic training in 1974 but those 300 and 350 meter targets were very hard to hit.

Yes that's when the DOD's ideas went from killing the enemy to wounding them. The 9mm reflects the same mentality!

 

[wpod]

I consider myself a poor shooter and in saying that,,, I have had the fortune over the years of being able to try at the rifle range Garands. M1as. HK 93, FN fal , Kalashnikovs and Ar15s. The ARs types are by far the easiest to shoot and shoot good. Put some decent sights on a Kalashnikov and that would change peoples opinions on that rifle. As Jeff called them,,, Poodle shooters

 

[2005jettatdi]

Yes that's when the DOD's ideas went from killing the enemy to wounding them. The 9mm reflects the same mentality!

I remember being taught that in Basic.

I stick by the training I always got. 1. Never point a firearm at another unless you intend to shoot them, 2. Never shoot someone unless you intend to kill them. I have never pointed a firearm at another person, so far.

 

[Inked]

I scored Expert with an M-16 in basic training in 1974 but those 300 and 350 meter targets were very hard to hit.

At 500 they were even harder.

 

[JHZR2]

I’d really like a good A2 variant (integrated handle).

 

[andrewg]

Loved the A2 standard rifle with iron sites. Nice basic weapon.

 

[I<3oil]

M4 > Musket

 

[ammolab]

I scored Expert with an M-16 in basic training in 1974 but those 300 and 350 meter targets were very hard to hit.

I Army trained with and later carried M-14 in RVN 1966. Our training and qualifying targets went out to 600 meters. If you could see them?…there was no problem hitting them.

 

[TheLastWord]

I Army trained with and later carried M-14 in RVN 1966. Our training and qualifying targets went out to 600 meters. If you could see them?…there was no problem hitting them.

Where specifically and when did you train and qualify at these ranges? I was range instructor at Ft Benning May 68 to Oct 68.

 

[oil pan 4]

The zeroth rules of gun safety.
i. Don't let rust or the government take them.
ii. Have one.

 

[ammolab]

Where specifically and when did you train and qualify at these ranges? I was range instructor at Ft Benning May 68 to Oct 68.

Were you shooting M193 M16s at Benning? No such weapon for us. I went to Benning post VN 67-68. Med Lab and Blood Bank at Martin Army Hospital. Lived on Sandy Hill. I liked Viet Nam Better!


March-April 1966 Ft Polk Louisiana. All targets were green pop up silhouettes that fell when hit to score, not electronically counted but scored by observer. They were only up for a fixed time that varied by distance. If you had a good sense of timing?…a shot at the right time would be scored a “hit” even if a miss as the target fell by it’s “time out” as your round went by.

Hard to see those green silhouettes come up in green Louisiana Springtime!

 

[weaponoffreedom]

Ahh, the distinctive sound.

he clearly would have shot several of those fellas.