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Old 08-08-2017, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Muley Gil View Post
As a Marine midshipman in a Navy/Marine ROTC unit, I drilled with an '03A3. Our rifles had the front sights removed and the ends of the firing pins had been ground off. When we had field exercises, we borrowed M-14s from the Army ROTC.

About 10 years ago I bought a Springfield Amory SOCOM.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW REMOVING THE FRONT SIGHT OF A WEAPON, COULD POSSIBLY RENDER IT ANY MORE "SAFE"......

IMHO, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VALIDATION THAT THE TERM. "MILITARY INTELLIGENCE" IS INDEED AN OXYMORON ! ! !
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