Does anyone know of anything that would prevent me from giving away a gun on this mb?

[Charles L. Harper]

Toodle - WTF.................LOL. I will toodle there to pick one up and drop off my mother in law in exchange.

[Brian E. Kelly]

Send it to me in Pieces.

[Frank M. Carrio, CMI]

Here is a video of some ASHI guys "test firing" the NACHI gun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVOH7Ep_8w&feature=related

[tbloore]

Originally Posted by gromicko

I have some guns I'd like to give away as www.nachi.org/dailydoorprize.htm

Cash for guns and avoid all the legal BS.

[Joseph A. Ferry]

Originally Posted by fcarrio

Here is a video of some ASHI guys "test firing" the NACHI gun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVOH7Ep_8w&feature=related

That weapon has a serious design flaw. I'm told that the M1 had a severe recoil, too.

I thought that the M14 had a bad recoil. But at least it wasn't prone to jamming like the M16.

Glad to see so many fellow gun nuts among the INACHI membership.

[Steven C. Waskewicz]

Wow, and I thought my 30.06 had a kick...

[Frank M. Carrio, CMI]

Originally Posted by jferry1

That weapon has a serious design flaw. I'm told that the M1 had a severe recoil, too.
Joe,
my father owned many, many guns. He owned two M-1 Garand rifles and two and two M-1 carbine's.
Growing up in Texas my brothers and I learned how to shoot and hunt with these guns.

I thought that the M14 had a bad recoil. But at least it wasn't prone to jamming like the M16.
When the M-16 first came out it was indeed "prone to jamming". The reason? The ammunition! When the ammunition for this "new" rifle first came out the carbon build up was absolutely incredible.
After slogging through the rice paddies, rivers, and mud if time permitted and if it was "safe" to do so.... we would stop and field strip this weapon. In spite of this the weapon would still jam after being fired on full automatic for anything more than an hour.
The way that we "overcame this" was to take a cleaning rod to the outside of the barrel.
The "cleaning rod" was not to clean the weapon it was to knock out/clear the shell casings of the "double feed"!

Later on some bright mind came up with the idea of adding a "shell ejector" to the M-16 but more importantly they got "cleaner ammunition" from a different manufacturer.

As for the M-14, I really liked that weapon. It had a good solid kick to it and you knew that when you hit someone that they were going to stay down!
The M -14 was a popular "sniper rifle" and was used extensively throughout the war.
Glad to see so many fellow gun nuts among the INACHI membership.

Speaking of the M. 14 here's a picture of me holding three of them. This picture was taken sometime in June of 1966.

Now you know how big the rifle is don't you? Can you see how large it looks compared to me. The reason?

When I joined the Army I had just turned 17 years old and I was barely 5'3" tall and weighed 112 pounds!

I don't know if you remember but when we met at your seminar in Boston I am 5'7" tall and at sixty years of age I weigh a heck of a lot more than hundred 12 pounds!

[Joseph A. Ferry]

Originally Posted by fcarrio

Speaking of the M. 14 here's a picture of me holding three of them. This picture was taken sometime in June of 1966.

Now you know how big the rifle is don't you? Can you see how large it looks compared to me. The reason?

When I joined the Army I had just turned 17 years old and I was barely 5'3" tall and weighed 112 pounds!

I don't know if you remember but when we met at your seminar in Boston I am 5'7" tall and at sixty years of age I weigh a heck of a lot more than hundred 12 pounds!

Frank - Yes. I well remember meeting you in Boston. Looking back, it's hard to believe that you could have gotten into the service at that height and weight. Desperate times.

I remember the draft physical. The hearing test was: "Next!" If you got up, you passed the hearing test.

When I took the draft physical in Chicago, there was another guy I met who flunked. He had asthma. He was elated.

I thought "I'd rather be drafted than have asthma."

Five years ago, I went back to OCS for a reunion. They rolled out the red carpet for us. Fire power demonstrations, the whole magillah. I couldn't believe the advances. They lay batteries by GPS now. Takes no time at all.

Too bad we don't fight conventional wars any more.

Joe

[Frank M. Carrio, CMI]

Originally Posted by jferry1

Frank - Yes. I well remember meeting you in Boston. Looking back, it's hard to believe that you could have gotten into the service at that height and weight. Desperate times.
Joe,
I was not "drafted" I was a "four time volunteer". That is to say;
1. I volunteered to join the Army .
2. I volunteered for Airborne Training.
3. I volunteered for Special Forces.
4. I volunteered for Vietnam.
Due to my being 5'3" tall {at the time} and weighing a whopping 112 pounds I always got a lot of guff from the high school and college football players who had also volunteered for Airborne and Special Forces.
I cannot begin to tell you how extremely satisfying it was for little 17 year old me to see these big strapping athletes drop out right and left while I just kept going and going just the "Energizer Bunny". Some of these guys looked like "poster boy" Green Berets that is to say they were 6'6" tall blonde hair, blue eyes and built like "the Terminator".
The dropouts/failure rate was somewhere between 90 to 95%.
Apparently their height, weight, and physical stature did not reflect what was in their heart.

I remember the draft physical. The hearing test was: "Next!" If you got up, you passed the hearing test.
The physical for airborne training was pretty tough. The "qualifying physical" For Special Forces was absolutely brutal!

When I took the draft physical in Chicago, there was another guy I met who flunked. He had asthma. He was elated.

I thought "I'd rather be drafted than have asthma."
It is funny that you would mention asthma because I have an older brother who set some city records for Junior high school track and field. But when it came time for his "Army physical" he was ruled to be F-4 because of asthma. I'm embarrassed to say that he was delighted.
Now 40 years later he is always complaining about the missed "chance" to serve in Vietnam!

Five years ago, I went back to OCS for a reunion. They rolled out the red carpet for us. Fire power demonstrations, the whole magillah. I couldn't believe the advances. They lay batteries by GPS now. Takes no time at all.
I used to call in artillery using an 803-4 Binocular Reticle. This was what was issued to us but 90% of the time I used to use my hand.

I would hold up;
One finger for 30 yards.
Two fingers was 70 yards. {Set together}.
Three fingers equaled 100 yards. {Set together}.
Four fingers equaled 125 yards. {Set together}.
A closed fist is equal to 180 yards. {Set together}.
An-open-hand with five fingers spread apart equaled 300 yards.
This method was taught to us in Special Forces training and this method was taught to all trainees in the Vietnam Recondo Ranger school.

Too bad we don't fight conventional wars any more.
I thought that the war in Iraq was considered a "conventional war".
Joe

A Prayer for Our Soldiers.
God I pray that you protect our American servicemen and women especially those who are overseas fighting in Iraq and in Afghanistan and those serving in other countries where people would seek to harm them.
I pray that you give them peace in their hearts, courage, faith, clarity of vision, clarity of mind, and quick physical reactions.
All these blessings we ask in your name, Amen.

[Joseph A. Ferry]

Originally Posted by fcarrio

Joe,
I was not "drafted" I was a "four time volunteer". That is to say;
1. I volunteered to join the Army .
2. I volunteered for Airborne Training.
3. I volunteered for Special Forces.
4. I volunteered for Vietnam.

Frank, That's one way of avoiding the draft - volunteer at 17.

Originally Posted by fcarrio

Due to my being 5'3" tall {at the time} and weighing a whopping 112 pounds I always got a lot of guff from the high school and college football players who had also volunteered for Airborne and Special Forces.

I cannot begin to tell you how extremely satisfying it was for little 17 year old me to see these big strapping athletes drop out right and left while I just kept going and going just the "Energizer Bunny". Some of these guys looked like "poster boy" Green Berets that is to say they were 6'6" tall blonde hair, blue eyes and built like "the Terminator".

The dropouts/failure rate was somewhere between 90 to 95%.
Apparently their height, weight, and physical stature did not reflect what was in their heart.

There's no substitute for heart. There was a guy in my OCS class - he was actually 4 classes ahead of me but he got left back - who got ordered to Vietnam. He refused his commission because of it. Since he then had fewer than 12 months left [he was a draftee, like me] he stayed in the States. I often wonder if that guy wonders what might have been.

Originally Posted by fcarrio

The physical for airborne training was pretty tough. The "qualifying physical" For Special Forces was absolutely brutal!

When I was in Korea, I was CO of the Repo Depot. One day, I ventured down to our motor pool and what to my wondering eyes do I see but a Special Forces E8 [Special Forces units were heavy with rank] lusting after one of my vehicles. WTF!!!?? There were [officially] no Special Forces units in Korea. Unbeknownst to this thief, I had spent considerable TDY time with SF units and I was well aware of their penchant for thievery.

"Yo, Sarge, what are you doing in my motor pool?"

Homina, homina.

"Well, let me radio Captain Kampf, the Provost Marshall, and see if he can shed some light on it. . . . OR you can go back to your unit and have your commander call me. It's up to you."

Gratefully, he said "Sir, I'll have my commander call you."

Good answer!

Originally Posted by fcarrio

It is funny that you would mention asthma because I have an older brother who set some city records for Junior high school track and field. But when it came time for his "Army physical" he was ruled to be F-4 because of asthma. I'm embarrassed to say that he was delighted.
Now 40 years later he is always complaining about the missed "chance" to serve in Vietnam!

I think that there is a lot of that going around. It was the signal event of our generation.

Originally Posted by fcarrio

I used to call in artillery using an 803-4 Binocular Reticle. This was what was issued to us but 90% of the time I used to use my hand.

I was a lethal forward observer. I can't believe I wasn't ordered to Vietnam.

Originally Posted by fcarrio

I would hold up;
One finger for 30 yards.
Two fingers was 70 yards. {Set together}.
Three fingers equaled 100 yards. {Set together}.
Four fingers equaled 125 yards. {Set together}.
A closed fist is equal to 180 yards. {Set together}.
An-open-hand with five fingers spread apart equaled 300 yards.
This method was taught to us in Special Forces training and this method was taught to all trainees in the Vietnam Recondo Ranger school.

Well, one thing I could do was read a map. In OCS we would go on these "shoots". The TAC Officer would identify a target - generally a rusting tank several hundred meters out - and ask for volunteers.

On the first shoot, I volunteered. First round comes in - almost hits the tank. Add 400. Drop 400. Add 200. Add 100. Add 50. Fire for effect.

TAC Officer couldn't believe it. Who IS this guy??!!

Now, this TAC Officer - in the scheme of things - should not call on me for . . . oh . . . two weeks. Only . . . I know . . . before HE knows . . . that he's going to call on me again very shortly.

So, I'm faking not paying attention.

He calls on 2 or 3 other guys and then "Candidate Ferry."

Only I was paying attention. Nevertheless, I act surprised and call the coordinates in and the round lands almost precisely on top of the target.

"Add 400" I radio. But he stops me and calls on someone else!

So now I know two things: I'm never getting called on again AND I'm going to Vietnam.

Originally Posted by fcarrio

I thought that the war in Iraq was considered a "conventional war".

Originally, I guess it was. But once we crushed the military and the "insurgents" started up, I guess it became a guerilla war.

[Brian E. Kelly]

http://gunforall.com/shopcart/mcartf...?intProdID=220

Shown with optional Drum Magazine. Pricing for this model includes optional Wood Pistol Grip and optional side Scope Mount.

Nick, I found the "Pistol" I would like.

[Joseph A. Ferry]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

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Nick, I found the "Pistol" I would like.

That would be very handy around here.