I mean, really. Take a gander at the look on Buffy the Coyote Slayer's face...
So, let's see whatcha got. What izzis?
There ya go, Josh. Trying to meet your standards for ground warriors. Hadda do a little extemping, however. The Castle Budget, like DoD's, has limits.
So, let's see whatcha got. What izzis?
There ya go, Josh. Trying to meet your standards for ground warriors. Hadda do a little extemping, however. The Castle Budget, like DoD's, has limits.
And Buffy is a Pastore Abruzese. Great dogs.
I know what it is!!!!
It's a gun dude I know, hiding his face from certain persecution from the Clinton-Obama gun control freaks.. holding a new toy with a little grenade on the end!!!
Nice shades, my man.
Which is odd, when you consider I *did* post this one...
OK...I looked up how to spell most of that.
And I didn't say anything about rifle grenades, but that looks like an M-14, which I certainly hold in high esteem, even if the whole wooden gun thing is a bit archaic...
Although I must say the body armor is a bit...uh...how do I put this...scant?
While I do have the fiberglas stock for the M14, I prefer the wood.
The NVGs work, ex-Israeli, had 'em since the middle 90's. Got a Gen II starlight scope, too. I don't think it was ever issued.
Of course, if you've ever used one, you know why... unless the moon is out or you provide illumination, they aren't very useful, at least as a weapon sight. You can scan for movement.
Even cooler!
The chest plate is French, WWI, and they were some skinny folk, them poilus. Because I *know* you weren't suggesting I was fat.
Indeed. Rather, I was suggesting that in combat, you might desire to retain your legs. Or your right shoulder. Or at very least, your balls.
While I do have the fiberglas stock for the M14, I prefer the wood.
Do you prefer the look? Or is there something else about it? Myself, I've never really understood why people like to have wood for, well, much of anything. Except maybe baseball bats.
As for the lack of greaves, etc, well, everything you saw there was plucked from Castle stores. Clearly the Quartermaster has some gaps to fill.
As for wood stock - it is *much* easier to grasp than the fiberglas stock, especially in weather extemes. There is no doubt the fiberglas stock was more durable, but, as long as the bedding and stocking was done correctly, I will take a walnut or birch stock any day of the week.
Today's synthetics, especially with the rubber grip panels, etc, answer most of the criticisms leveled at the fiberglas stocks of the '60's.
But for my historic pieces, I'll take the historic stocks.
That's interesting, I didn't know that.
And I do know that with handguns, I do prefer the modern rubber grips to wood...but I've never tried fiberglass.
The troops seem to like the current stocking for the M21 (the M14's current styling) in the several available variants.
The new stocks derive the benefit of 50 years of progress.
With better weapons.
M14 great rifle!