Yeah, I don't miss the M-16. I am short (5'6") and always had a problem with holding the rifle comfortably. I still qualified expert all of the time, but the M-4 is great with the collapsible stock. When shooting without body armor, I put it in the middle position and it feel great. With body armor, collapse it all the way in and it still feels great. It is a bit louder than the M-16 though since it is a carbine. The shorter barrel and shorter stock makes it great for clearing rooms. And the shotty is great for breaching. We use the Mossberg 500 with a pistol grip. The sound of racking a round almost gives me a woody every time. And I am sure it scares the shit out of whoever is on the receiving end. I do wish the Army would get rid of the Barretta though. No one likes that POS. We need the .45 back. Of course, being in the infantry I will never be issued a pistol unless I become something like a 1sgt or CSM.
Bruce On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:58 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > a. rifle > In my personal collection, my favorite to fire is my Mosin-Nagant, > Russian Service rifle from 1912-ish... > > As far as just plain ol' shootin' goes, I'm partial to M-16s and > civilian variants. Qualified expert on M-16A2 so it holds a special > place in my heart, the ol'POS... :-) > > Don't care for the AK's, there's just too much play. And there's > something to be said for the reassuring clang of the recoil assembly > in an M-16 stock. > > > b. shotgun > I've a 16 guage pump action that I recently came into possession of. > My father owned it before me. Hard to find shells for it any more, but > damn what a gun! > > 5+1 in the spout. > > And the rack and clack of a slide is a chilling sound. > > > c. handgun > gotta say I do love my Colt M1917 Revolver, also my M1917 Smith & > Wesson. .45 ACP with the half moon clips. > > Big, burly trench busting fun. Single or double action, 6 > rounds-at-a-time. Think Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy shooting the > sword-wielding bad-guy. :-) > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
