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Posted: 12/5/2018 11:00:43 PM EDT
[#1]
203s came out during Vietnam
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Posted: 12/5/2018 11:08:15 PM EDT
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I had a XM16E1 in Korea in 1985. It had a 203 on it
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Posted: 12/5/2018 11:19:14 PM EDT
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Is it period correct to see an XM16E1 with a 203 on it? I have only seen pics of XM148's on these rifles but I am not sure if there was an overlap? At the 4 minutes and 26 seconds mark |
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Posted: 12/5/2018 11:31:41 PM EDT
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Cool thanks guys! I have an FN M16A4 with an M203 on it
 . How the times have changed
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Posted: 12/11/2018 12:57:02 AM EDT
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Just did a relook of this video and noticed this.
Check the mag out.  Attached FileHere it is later with a sleeve of some sort on it.  Attached FileNever saw anything like that when I carried a XM16E1. Could it be two 20 rounders somehow pieced together? |
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Posted: 12/11/2018 10:42:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I had a XM16E1 in Korea in 1985. It had a 203 on it "Period correct" is a silly term with military weapons. From the day they were made they evolved. |
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Posted: 12/16/2018 12:59:05 PM EDT
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Just did a relook of this video and noticed this. Check the mag out. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1631a_jpg-768359.JPG Here it is later with a sleeve of some sort on it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1627a_jpg-768362.JPG Never saw anything like that when I carried a XM16E1. Could it be two 20 rounders somehow pieced together? |
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Posted: 12/16/2018 1:41:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just did a relook of this video and noticed this.
Check the mag out. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1631a_jpg-768359.JPG Here it is later with a sleeve of some sort on it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1627a_jpg-768362.JPG Never saw anything like that when I carried a XM16E1. Could it be two 20 rounders somehow pieced together? |
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Posted: 12/18/2018 3:17:44 AM EDT
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When I first got to my first dive team in 85' I was issued a XM16E1 w/M203. Don't think I have any pictures however. Turned it in two years later for a M16A2. Unit was 1/5th SFGA.
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Posted: 12/27/2018 9:54:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Just did a relook of this video and noticed this. Check the mag out. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1631a_jpg-768359.JPG Here it is later with a sleeve of some sort on it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/11759/IMG_1627a_jpg-768362.JPG Never saw anything like that when I carried a XM16E1. Could it be two 20 rounders somehow pieced together? Cut the tube into about 4" to 5" long pieces and just slipped them over the mags. It did around 8 or 10 of them. It was not pretty, but it worked. We only used them for a short period, because of the long length got in the way. I had forgotten about it until I saw this picture. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but I guess I didn't. RON I remember now why they didn't work for us, they collected dust or mud and you had to take them apart to clean, then reinstall the tube and it was not worth the effort. |
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Posted: 12/27/2018 11:00:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Summer of 1968, Vietnam, we had a Honda 50 that got messed up ( run over by a 2-1/2) and used the front inner tube to mate two 20 round mags together.
Cut the tube into about 4" to 5" long pieces and just slipped them over the mags. It did around 8 or 10 of them. It was not pretty, but it worked. We only used them for a short period, because of the long length got in the way. I had forgotten about it until I saw this picture. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but I guess I didn't. RON I remember now why they didn't work for us, they collected dust or mud and you had to take them apart to clean, then reinstall the tube and it was not worth the effort. Or did you build an ersatz 40 round mag out of two 20 round mags? |
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Posted: 12/27/2018 11:25:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:…. used the front inner tube to mate two 20 round mags together.
Cut the tube into about 4" to 5" long pieces and just slipped them over the mags....  Attached FileThe "bumps" under the rubber look to line up with the holes in the other picture showing the holes. |
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Posted: 12/27/2018 12:11:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be clear, you were wrapping the inner tube around the bottom of two mags you put baseplate to baseplate together, w/ the bottom mag's feedlips hanging down towards the ground? Or did you build an ersatz 40 round mag out of two 20 round mags? to be clear, you were wrapping the inner tube around the bottom of two mags you put baseplate to baseplate together, w/ the bottom mag's feedlips hanging down towards the ground? YES> It was two 20 round mags just butted up together to give you 40 rounds. When you used the first 20 rounds, you pulled it out and reversed it. It didn't work out for us. Bad idea. It was one of those ideas that looked good talking about it, but in practice not so good. Ron |
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Posted: 12/27/2018 12:25:37 PM EDT
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I did time as an unit armorer, mid 80's.
it was all M16A1's at the time. a good sprinkling of mix/match lower mfgs and model stamping/mods M203 fits on the upper, not the lower (~ spring steel trigger guard), so you could put one on an ar-15 if you like. but I think you want to be period correct (?), so it works, based on my experience noted above. |
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