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14 Responses to “Now You Know What That Carrying Handle Was For”
“We know. It was a joke for the youngsters who’ve never fired, let alone seen, an AR with a carrying handle.”
Now I has a sad…
Y’all just had to go and point that fact out, that there are people who’ve never been issued an M16 with a permanent carrying handle, and who wouldn’t recognize one if they were. Now I feel old. Thankyouohsoverymuch.
Yes, my first Surefire flashlight was marked as Laser Products, Surefire 6P. That was about 1993, think I first read about it in column by the late Al Pickles, one of the few low-key, but useful-info gun writers. Think I ordered it from Shomer-Tech. It was an amazing item back then!
That revolver tho…
https://www.instagram.com/p/8hM4jAjOkI/?taken-by=tacticalproshop
I thought it was left over from the original design when the charging handle was located on to of the upper receiver.
We know. It was a joke for the youngsters who’ve never fired, let alone seen, an AR with a carrying handle.
Sorry… trying too hard.
“We know. It was a joke for the youngsters who’ve never fired, let alone seen, an AR with a carrying handle.”
Now I has a sad…
Y’all just had to go and point that fact out, that there are people who’ve never been issued an M16 with a permanent carrying handle, and who wouldn’t recognize one if they were. Now I feel old. Thankyouohsoverymuch.
Bastard.
Colt 723 (A1 with the Brunton bump) is still my favorite upper on a basic carbine. A number of them came with feed ramps when they were still made.
Surefire before they were Surefire. Great old ad…
Yes, my first Surefire flashlight was marked as Laser Products, Surefire 6P. That was about 1993, think I first read about it in column by the late Al Pickles, one of the few low-key, but useful-info gun writers. Think I ordered it from Shomer-Tech. It was an amazing item back then!
That sounds about right, I picked my 6P around 91 or 92.
Hard to believe how high speed I felt with fewer than 200 lumens.
The AN/PAQ-4A with carry-handle mount was just a step better….
You know, our equivalents some years from now will look at those adverts & think: ‘I didn’t think they had laser cannon that early’
“45 long slide with laser sighting”
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Terminator,_The_(1984)
That was the first thing that came to mind.
You’ve come a long way, baby.