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beat me to it! |
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Damn, you need to stop posting these things, my harddrive is getting filed up.
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Back-up iron sights in case something happens to his ACOG. A LOT of guys over there are attaching their carry handle to the handguard for that purpose. Looks like he has wrapped 550 cord in the grooves on his handguard... |
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Surefire M73 handguard with the nifty little rail covers. |
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Where are all the evil bayonet's on those M-4's? Awesome pics!I love the new carry handle grip!Also that the TA01.. that isn't the TA01NSN...No sights on top?
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... you sure? Link? |
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Looks to me like a First Samco handguard with paracord wrapping.
Got me curious now. |
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too close for cannon! switching to guns!!
us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040819/capt.bag10408191218.iraq_bag104.jpg damn...3 pics won't load...i can't see the old degtyarev!!!! |
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Lumpy, Once again an outstanding job.
AKASL LIVE FREE OR DIE WHITE MOUNTAINS NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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TA-55 with the fiber optic. Much more pricey than the NSN. |
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PICS OF THE M73 HANDGUARD Note the front lock down screws. Also, its a TA31 ACOG, not the TA55. |
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These are our kids over there. Not saying they aren't men but damn they look so young. May they all come back in one piece and full health.
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Well, my question wasn't really about the manufacturer of the handguards... but about the form of rail protection he is using. Those are not normal ladder protectors... it looks to me like he has wrapped paracord through the grooves in his forearm. Very good field expedient protection, I think. |
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Id be seriously disinclined to believe that nylon paracord would not melt after a mag or two of burst fire.
Although, it does appear to have something around the rail notches. |
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These posts are quickly becoming one of my favorite daily rituals. When I signed on a few minutes ago this was the motivation. I knew Lumpy would have us some more goodies here. Keep up the good work man!
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I think it would take more than a few mags to melt that paracord... but you are right in that with enough sustained fire, the handguards would heat up enough to melt the paracord. He would be unable to hold the handguard shortly before the paracord started to melt... |
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Possibly for anti riot munitions? The M203 is limited in the length of grenades it can load & some of the newer improved CS (or baton??) rnds are too long for it. The M79 doesn't have that problem. Not to mention some people consider the M79 a much better grenade launcher than the m203. |
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it's official, lumpy. najaf has pulled your carerr out of the gutter. funny how things work sometimes...
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Yeah I was pretty surprised to see an M79 being used. Interesting.
Thanks for the pics! |
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Very cool - I'll have to talk to some 1st Cav guys and see if these were captured or pulled out of mothballs at Fort Hood. Our former 10th Mountain guy in my office said they don't have any of these left in the Infantry. I was amazed to see the ones that the DoD security guys had - they only used them about twice a year, and the things looked like museum pieces, they were in such good condition. What a great old weapon - I would definitely try to hang on to one if I found one up there (for the duration of the deployment, I mean...). Dave |
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