What rifle were you issued in basic training?

[Grunt]

MCRD San Diego in May of 1988. Issued a Colt M-16A2.

 

[Terrierman]

Platoon 2113, MCRD San Diego, August 1970. M-14 rifle, with a solid fiberglass stock. A very solid and very heavy rifle. The one I was issued at rifle range was discovered to have a slightly bent operating rod the day before qualifying. That sucker cost me several hours in the pit that were NOT due to me being unable to get it to group. I've never forgiven it. After Boot, we always got the M-16 A1, which I liked and was able to shoot pretty well with. Plus if you were carrying a PRC 25 or worse a PRC 75 and a mortar base plate or tube or bipod (which I nearly always did) along with all the rest of the stuff that you had to have, that relatively light weight was a blessing.

 

[Seraph]

At Ft. Benning, I was issued an FN-made M16A2. It had a slightly silvery look to it, as the finish was well worn all over, and there was a fair bit of play between the upper and lower (you could stick a credit card between the upper and lower). Nonetheless, I easily shot "Expert" with that weapon.

 

[DWARREN123]

EX16, no dash. The EX was for exprimental, no chrome on bolt or bore, no forward assist, been thru it. This weapon was so close to being a smooth bore it wasn't funny.
Got it changed out during BMR because no one including the Drills could hit anything with it.

 

[Lebben-B]

In June of 83 I was issued an M16 rebuilt to M16A1 standards at Ft Benning. Maker: Turbo-Hydramatic Division of General Motors.

Mike

 

[armabill]

M14 in 1963.

 

[deus_sol_invictus]

M-16

Back in 1987 at Ft. Jackson, SC. It had a serial number in the low fifty-thousands. I kept it clean and I never had a problem with it at all.

 

[gbran]

Ft Ord, Jan 1969

M14

 

[NMshooter]

Lackland AFB 1992.

M-16.

 

[The Boston Patriot]

M1 Garand

 

[EricTheBarbarian]

issued a m16a2 in basic training. when i got to my unit i was carrying around the 240 bravo

 

[Gewehr98]

It was a Colt.

Stamped "AR-15", with FA selector, and a .22 rimfire adaptor for qualification day. The one on the firing line to the left of me had an out-of-battery fire, and blinded the left-hander shooting it, ending his military career before it even started.

 

[Preacherman]

South African Defence Force, 1975 - original FN/FAL, not even the locally license-built R1 version. Sweet thang!

 

[rangerruck]

even though i joined in 84, i had a very old m16. it was with the triangle handguards, triangle chgng handle, and had the 3 prong flash suppressor. if i remember right, it had a 4 digit ser number! you could look at the push pins real hard, and they would pop out.

 

[Spieler]

Ft. McClellan, AL, July 1988
M16A1 with a split in the gas tube. The thing wouldn't work with blanks and I barely got through BRM qualification with live ammo due to having to cycle almost every other round manually.

 

[Rabbi]

Lackland AFB, TX July 1965: M-1 carbine made in 1953.

Lackland AFB, TX Sept 1965: Colt M-16 brand new P.O.S.

Shot expert (SAEMR) with both by G-d's grace.

 

[John G]

Ft. Benning, 1994. M16a2 named "Oprah."

 

[Thylacine]

Fort Lost in the Woods 1984, Bravo 3-3. Colt M16A1 marked AR-15. It was so loose I could change targets by moving the upper. Could hear me rattling from a mile away.

 

[sterling180]

An SA80 5.56mm assault-rifle,with iron-sights and later the SA80,with the SUSAT scope.Those rifles are quite shoody and unreliable at the best of times.Problems on the range with stoppages and sighting-problems,that myself and my fellow recruits had to endure,at live-firing drills.

The Heckler and Koch models are much better than the Enfield models,but I would have prefered it if the MOD JUST issued us with G36 assault rifles or M16s-to replace all SA80s in service.I have used the M16A2,and it is 100 times better than the SA80

The MOD police,don't use the SA80 that much,they prefer to use the H&K G36 assault-rifles-but still retained the Browning HI-Power pistol.

 

[Art Eatman]

January 1954. Juarez. Oops! No, Fort Bliss.

Garand.

Funny thing was that I'd already run several hundred rounds through a buddy's Garand before I went in the Army, and had learned a bit about tweaking the trigger. When the Field First, one day, asked me why the trigger on my rifle was so much better than anybody else's, I lied.

While on occupation duty in Frozen ChoSen, I had an M2 Carbine and a Quad-50 halftrack.

The reason a Marine retread doesn't have to go through Army basic is that they give him that eight weeks to learn his new serial number.

Art

 

[williegee]

MCRD San Diego, Jan. 1989 - Colt M16A2

 

[_N4Z_]

yep

m16a1 both basic and every unit there after. of course i always got saddled with the 203 too. fun to shoot, pain to lug around. also wasn't the greatest thing to have on the underside when qualifying with the rifle portion.

i too did basic at fabulous ft. swill (sill) 15D Jan. 1986. My first qualify ever was in an ice storm on the east range in Feb. ? oh what fun. had to keep knockin the ice out of the rear sight.

 

[308win]

Fort Lost in the Woods 1984, Bravo 3-3. Colt M16A1 marked AR-15. It was so loose I could change targets by moving the upper. Could hear me rattling from a mile away.

I'll bet that is the same one I described in my earlier post. Ft LW, 1970, Delta 5-2

 

[mod12]

june 11, 1954 ft. knox ky. garand m1a1. first centerfire rifle i ever fired.

 

[confed sailor]

2004

air powered mossberg 500 simulator, similar to the daisy pop gun i had as a child.

that and nukes dont get to play with guns.