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ballardw · September 10, 2013, 11:27 PM

In basic training at Ft. Ord in 1977 my issue weapon was marked XM16-E1.

And would occasionally fire two rounds for one pull of the trigger when on semi. Made qualifying extra challenging when you only get to engage 32 of 40 targets in a stage...

September 10, 2013, 11:27 PM	#78
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,411	In basic training at Ft. Ord in 1977 my issue weapon was marked XM16-E1. And would occasionally fire two rounds for one pull of the trigger when on semi. Made qualifying extra challenging when you only get to engage 32 of 40 targets in a stage... __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.