It didn't look like a P. Laidlericon's style Malaysian paint job from his shop back in those days but a lathering like we did to the M14icon's butt stock area wood during the rain in the RVN with linseed oilicon. Get it all over the front half and the beast might burst into flame in the wet or dry. We had a young fellow light one up at night on the 3rd magazine, next morning the M-14 didn't look much better than the large dog outside the wire and smelled worse because you know how they put it out. LOL! First they dumped a canteen on it, bad news. Then they peed on it making it the big bad news. This would have beeen comic watching them slash open a sandbag to put out the fire on TV but not in September 1967 12 miles East of Kontum City to three very young men. It would be dark humor but that they dropped the said M-14 off on my door step a few days later. Proof nothing is soilder proof. I drift, sorry the paint was a well thought out move.

Happy Holidays.
...MJ...
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