I guess we now know for a fact that you are willing to sell your beloved FAL down the river for a price.
Now now. I
asked the Company if it was okay if my mom shipped me my FAL. They said Qatari customs probably wouldn't go for it.
I tried.
Now, don't go spreading this around or anything, but...
The M16A1 was the first centerfire rifle I ever shot. I was 17, on 360-day delayed entry to the National Guard. It was like my second drill, during my junior year in High School. Using the blue-tipped plastic rounds and the special bolt, on a 25-meter indoor range.
I scored
expert.
I learned how to field-strip the weapon when I was fourteen, as a freshman in High school. Our Junior ROTC program had a great relationship with the local National Guard unit, and used to do stuff at the Armory, which was next to the school. Had a 1st Sergeant, Vietnam Vet teach me and a bunch of other froshies how to rip apart an M16.
Hell, they used to let us run around the woods with blanks, doing OPFOR for National Guard exercises! And this was 1998! Can you imagine that happening today, in most places?
As for the above picture...
I'm a rent-a-cop and so are you,
my helmet's green and my vest is blue!