M16a1
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- raymond
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M16a1
This is my "new" M16a1 that you read about in another thread.
Just got it yesterday.
This post is pic heavy.
Box
Hand written ser# on end. I am told this is the way all M16s are labelled.
cleaning kit etc.
sling
2 20 round magazines
More of the box
muzzle cap
paper barrel liner impregnated with rust preventative
Receiver markings. First couple I highlighted with a flashlight.
upper receiver markings
Down the upper receiver
Here you can see the auto sear sticking up behind the hammer as well as the axis pin it rides on. Having a semi receiver with this axis pin hole drilled without the proper paperwork gets you a trip to Leavenworth Kansas.
bolt and latch
forward assist
rear sights and markings
front sight and "up" marking
Area around The M16A2 has more reinforcing here.
barrel markings
Pistol grip. Notice it still has the notch for affixing a D ring here for the sling.
Just got it yesterday.
This post is pic heavy.
Box
Hand written ser# on end. I am told this is the way all M16s are labelled.
cleaning kit etc.
sling
2 20 round magazines
More of the box
muzzle cap
paper barrel liner impregnated with rust preventative
Receiver markings. First couple I highlighted with a flashlight.
upper receiver markings
Down the upper receiver
Here you can see the auto sear sticking up behind the hammer as well as the axis pin it rides on. Having a semi receiver with this axis pin hole drilled without the proper paperwork gets you a trip to Leavenworth Kansas.
bolt and latch
forward assist
rear sights and markings
front sight and "up" marking
Area around The M16A2 has more reinforcing here.
barrel markings
Pistol grip. Notice it still has the notch for affixing a D ring here for the sling.
Raymond
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
- raymond
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Re: M16a1
Quick observation. It is remarkable how lightweight this is. Feels and handles lighter than a 16 inch M4 with flat top receiver and no carry handle or sight installed.
Raymond
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
Re: M16a1
I was just talking to my FFL guy about your 16 today and he was drooling. Now I am going to have to bring this page up for him. When you said new in the box I did not realize it was NOS with all of the original goodies with it! That is a once in a lifetime score there. Now learn how to take in focus pictures so you can fully document it clearly!!!!!!!
I will be picking up my Ruger 8500 next week sometime but mine doesn't have the magic switch on it. And in NJ I lose the bayonet lug, the flash hider and the adjustable stock.
I will be picking up my Ruger 8500 next week sometime but mine doesn't have the magic switch on it. And in NJ I lose the bayonet lug, the flash hider and the adjustable stock.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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Re: M16a1
Beautiful man, congrats! I have a RDIAS so I get to play too =)
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Re: M16a1
My daughter and I fired several hundred rounds of .22lr CCI AR Tactical today on full auto through a CMMG .22lr upper with auto sear trip and bounce weight. Have polished the rails and bolt where the rails ride. Polished the chamber and feed ramp. Also polished the area of bolt where it cocks the hammer and polished and sharpened the firing pin and firing pin channel. Installed a Taccom operating rod spring and pressure plug that installs in front of the buffer weight. Used a Redi Mag Smith and Wesson Better Mag adapter so I could use the highly reliable Smith and Wesson MP 15/22 magazines. Wish there was a way to slow it down. Sounds like a mosquito. Talk about fun
Raymond
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
"On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself." Albert Camus
Re: M16a1
Rate of fire like a minigun? 4500-6000 rounds per minute. Did some sighting in at 200 yards the other day with mine and got it down to 4 in 3/4 inch and one flyer out to one inch. Was going to put up a new target and finish up but I had been grading the road for 8 hours in 97 degree heat and I was done, I wasn't walking up and down that range anymore! Going down tomorrow to stone the road and will be taking the gun down but don't know if I will get time to shoot. I want to move it out to 300 yards. That is the limit of that range, and my old eyes! By the way, this is with open sights.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: M16a1
Stopped going to XTC matches some years back, way before 4x scopes came into being legal. For older eyes there were Bob Jones lenses to help keep front post in focus or the microsight was just hitting the market to help keep the front post AND the target in focus at the same time. Never used a micro but i found a small + Jones lense helped.
https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/816 updated link to sr model.
Edit.... and nice snag Ray.
https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/816 updated link to sr model.
Edit.... and nice snag Ray.
1960 M151 Run #1
"There is one nut on a M151 that is very difficult to remove....." - K8icu
"She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls, But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio" - Aaron Tippin
"There is one nut on a M151 that is very difficult to remove....." - K8icu
"She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls, But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio" - Aaron Tippin