M16 brass deflector

[RCS]

You do not see these around much , note the original green pistol gripAttachment 113547Attachment 113548Attachment 113549

[browningautorifle]

almost forgotten accessory

For limiting the selector to two position...

[old tanker]

Those were more prevalent in the support units, but seemed to go out of fashion sometime during the Eighties. In some ways it was reminiscent of the M14. Most of the ones I saw actually in the hands of troops in the early Sixties had had the selector removed and replaced with the shaft lock to restrict them to semi-auto only.

[BEAR]

We had these installed on our rifles when we did riot control training. I guess they didn't want us to go "rock and roll" on the long-haired hippy weirdo protestors. One of our officers told us that they were installed in case a protestor took a rifle, then HE couldn't go "rock and roll" on us short-haired weirdo army people.

[Daan Kemp]

Needs lot of practice to shoot well full auto with a major calibre rifle.

[Mk VII]

I remember that at Camp Edwards, MA we were shown a picture of one of the old-style steel pots where an accident of this left-hand type had resulted in the bullet going thru the front of the pot, round between the pot and the liner, and exiting at the back.

[Hondo52]

I am a lefty also. When I was at an AR15/M16 Armorer School for my police department, we had M16A1's with no brass deflectors on them (LESO Guns). I took one to the class and wore a bandana across my face to prevent blisters on my right cheek. One of the instructors (it may have been Patrick Sweeney or Jeff Chudwin) took me aside and pulled the bolt carrier assembly out of the rifle. After taking the bolt apart, he took the ejector spring out and stretched it. The amount of stretching is realistically not noticeable. Stretching the ejector spring changes the angle of ejection and no more brass burned my right cheek. Still being cautious, I kept the bandana on...just in case. Both Sweeney and Chudwin are on Guns and Ammo TV or At the Range TV. Either way, safety glasses are a MUST. Hope this may help. I would like to find one just to have it!

Hondo