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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    I've seen it lots but wouldn't do it as they have no purpose to us.
    See, the difference is they actually had grenades to use that thing for, whereas most of us on these forums neither have the grenades nor the ranges to shoot them .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Promo View Post
    whereas most of us on these forums neither have the grenades nor the ranges to shoot them .
    I used the grenade launcher on an M1icon at one point when I lived in the prairies to see how far an old launching cartridge would send it. Just a training grenade, went about two hundred yards launched high angle...but would never drill holes to ruin a stock in a collector piece.

    Of course the army didn't care...
    Regards, Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    I used the grenade launcher on an M1icon at one point when I lived in the prairies to see how far an old launching cartridge would send it. Just a training grenade, went about two hundred yards launched high angle...but would never drill holes to ruin a stock in a collector piece.

    Of course the army didn't care...
    I've still got a couple of post-war dummy M31 HEAT grenades kicking around.
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