Bent nail M16 front sight.

[Patrick Chadwick]

After all the disparaging remarks made over years on the forums about Bubba and his activities, about the Carcano carbine with fixed sights... and THIS was USA high-tech????

It just confirms my personal prejudice that the Garand was the end of real rifle development. It was followed by a flimsy non-improvement, then by black plastic machinery with so many add-ons that these days you can hardly see the barrel.

End of short grandpa rant. Will now put on tin hat and retire to cellar.

[browningautorifle]

and THIS was USA high-tech????

It was more like people not having the right tool for the job. Not taking time to procure them. There's always been correct tools for the rifle, just like there's no shortage of people on the firing line that know a better way...just as good...

[Patrick Chadwick]

It was more like people not having the right tool for the job. Not taking time to procure them.

Not quite sure what you mean here. That the procurement system had failed to provide the tools, or that the users couldn't be bothered to get them? - Or maybe both??

[browningautorifle]

I've served with lots of "Experts" that have a better way...usually it's a case of someone not thinking in advance or not bothering to ask for the correct tool, in this case a small one...before they need it. They're usually in the system somewhere, just not lying out in the open. They existed, just people didn't bother to ask...our system in that case was "Pull". That is you needed to ask. "Push" meant it would come by it's self.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Hmmm... Did they at least use MilSpec nails?

[browningautorifle]

MilSpec nails

I guess those would have a drawing number on them? The early ones at least?