I knew all the guys in the upper echelon so I ended up in the stores with the rifle. That guy was a particular friend and a shooter of some note...he was cannibalizing rifles regularly to keep them on the road and had a collection of every mark and model for a while. Eventually they had to be issued too. The newer FN slings weren't very good, the old brass bucked one was solid. They weren't meant to be quickly adjusted...they were long gone though.
Now, I didn't say the rangers were careless or a bunch of dicks... I just said their rifles were ratty.
