Killermonkey21
Member
Hello All,
Just a quick question for ya'll. I'm currently in Afghanistan and the unit I'm with was lucky enough to get a couple more M14-EBR's in a couple days ago. The armorer knows I'm a gun nut so let me watch him take them out of the box they came in.
Included in the box was:
-Several mag pouches for the 20 round 7.62 mags
-Bipod
-5 x 20rd magazines
-Leupold scope
-cleaning kit
-instruction manual
What threw me for a loop was the magazines...one dated June 1962, another Jan 1962, another July 1969, all of em still in the brown wrappper with a shiny foil around the mag itself. I was dumbstruck. I was looking at a magazine that had been made 3 years after my father was born, and it was being ISSUED TO A LINE UNIT.
Now, please understand I have very limited experience with the M14/M1A family of firearms, but am well versed in the general area. Have there been any issues with the magazines as they were developed originally? Any defects or major problems found with them as they were issued in the 60's? Anything to tell the guys about care for the mags?
I appreciate any and all info. I'll post pictures when I can.
-SSG John V.
Just a quick question for ya'll. I'm currently in Afghanistan and the unit I'm with was lucky enough to get a couple more M14-EBR's in a couple days ago. The armorer knows I'm a gun nut so let me watch him take them out of the box they came in.
Included in the box was:
-Several mag pouches for the 20 round 7.62 mags
-Bipod
-5 x 20rd magazines
-Leupold scope
-cleaning kit
-instruction manual
What threw me for a loop was the magazines...one dated June 1962, another Jan 1962, another July 1969, all of em still in the brown wrappper with a shiny foil around the mag itself. I was dumbstruck. I was looking at a magazine that had been made 3 years after my father was born, and it was being ISSUED TO A LINE UNIT.
Now, please understand I have very limited experience with the M14/M1A family of firearms, but am well versed in the general area. Have there been any issues with the magazines as they were developed originally? Any defects or major problems found with them as they were issued in the 60's? Anything to tell the guys about care for the mags?
I appreciate any and all info. I'll post pictures when I can.
-SSG John V.