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FWIW, lboos, I've taken apart many folding stocks. No big deal.... I've put pouches on a couple of them. Easy enough after you have taken 4/5 of them apart. My old man was a glider rider during WWII and said they often did that with their issue M1A1s. BTW, he was a BAR man.
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Originally Posted by
jimb16
BTW, he was a BAR man.
Fourth man, rear rank? Was he smaller stature than many?
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Average size...I think it was a little different in the airborne infantry. He got caught in an arty barage once and lost both of his ammo carriers, but never got a scratch himself. Fought in the Bulge too. Always said he was never so cold in his entire life as he was there.
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Originally Posted by
lboos
I was thinking about putting one ammo. pouch on my
M1A1
but don't know if it would be worth the trouble to take the wire stock apart
You can actually slide a pouch on an M1a1 stock over the butt plate without removing anything, I just tried it with 3 different pouches and with little effort they all went on and came off.
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Originally Posted by
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You can actually slide a pouch on an M1a1 stock over the butt plate without removing anything
Yes, I was wondering why people were talking about having to take things apart.
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I guess if it's possible to attach, then individuals will give it a go.
I can see why a paratrooper might find having extra magazines a good idea, if it didn't increase his drop weight by a meaningful amount.
Perhaps he had previously dropped on D day and found himself running low on ammo.
One of those lights bulb moments that gave him some comfort.
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