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Tom68 · September 7, 2013, 08:46 AM

M16A2, Fort Benning, GA in 1990. We were issued the A2s for Basic Rifle Marksmanship, and then after we qualified, we turned them in for A1s for the remainder of OSUT.

Some of the A1s retained the triangular handguards, while most had been replaced with round ones. All of the A1s were pretty "experienced". Mine in particular was an H&R if I remember correctly.

By the time I returned to Benning for OBC in 1992, all of the A1s seem to have been retired, for I never saw anything but A2s.

September 7, 2013, 08:46 AM	#53
Tom68 Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 349	M16A2, Fort Benning, GA in 1990. We were issued the A2s for Basic Rifle Marksmanship, and then after we qualified, we turned them in for A1s for the remainder of OSUT. Some of the A1s retained the triangular handguards, while most had been replaced with round ones. All of the A1s were pretty "experienced". Mine in particular was an H&R if I remember correctly. By the time I returned to Benning for OBC in 1992, all of the A1s seem to have been retired, for I never saw anything but A2s.