[Bikkuri]

How the heck did you get your hands on a BAR?

[Kip Russell]

How the heck did you get your hands on a BAR?

It was back in the '90s...a local gun shop had number of full auto weapons that you could rent, to shoot on their range. There are a growing number of businesses in Las Vegas that do that today.

Anyway, they had (among other things) an Uzi, an MP5, and a BAR available. Not a hard decision to make!

[doorgunner69]

We did familiarization fire with the BAR in Dec 1965 at Camp Pendleton during ITR. Great fun, but many of the magazines had worn out springs and would not feed worth a darn. Heavy sucker, got to have enormous respect for the guys that humped them and 20 round magazines full of .30-06.

At that ancient time, there were several WWII era weapons we got to play with, like the flame thrower and 3.5" Bazooka. Great stuff for teenagers too young to vote or drink...............