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Question - what kind of rifle?
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| 02/28/08
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Posted on 03/01/2008 8:44:48 AM PST by Fido969
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Military/Veterans
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A Democrat candidate for US Senate in Maine used this picture to show how concerned he was for US veterans.
Problem is, it doesn't look like a US soldier or sailor.
Can anyone identify the rifle in the picture?
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posted on
03/01/2008 8:44:50 AM PST
by
Fido969
To: DaveLoneRanger; Joe Brower
Ping the usual suspects. Expert analysis needed.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:09:34 AM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Hillary Clinton - It's OBAMAS Party and She'll Cry if She Wants to?)
To: Fido969
I think it’s a British SA-80, fielded by a UK navel cadet/midshipman, with a bad haircut.
Notice weapon is on side, on left shoulder, Brit style. It is also short enough to be a bullpup design.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:14:44 AM PST
by
MindBender26
(Ugliness can be cured by a light switch.)
To: Fido969
Very peculiar. That looks like a plug bayonet, stuck into the muzzle of a modern plastic bullpup rifle. I thought these had not been in use since the days of the French and Indian War, as it tends not to work so well when soldiers forget about it in the heat of battle and fire their weapons with the plug in place.
The gun looks a little like the Brazilian LAPA, but that has a standard socket mount under the muzzle.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:18:00 AM PST
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: Fido969
That pic doesn't look right.
Why would a bayonet be attached to the end of the barrel?
The Brits use the SA 80. I couldn't find a pic with a bayonet.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:21:18 AM PST
by
cowboyway
("No damn man kills me and lives." -- Nathan Bedford Forrest)
To: Fido969
I’m not an expert or even close, but it looks like a prop, maybe something used in drills? The soldier? has facial hair, you can see it on his right side.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:23:57 AM PST
by
DouglasKC
To: DouglasKC
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:28:45 AM PST
by
MindBender26
(Ugliness can be cured by a light switch.)
To: Fido969
Question - what kind of rifle? Is it a splurge gun?
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:35:17 AM PST
by
lowbridge
("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
To: cowboyway
His rifle is wearing a raincoat.
He’s got a fitted rain-cover on it - the bayonet fits just like the pig-sticker on an M16.
Kit
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:57:30 AM PST
by
KitJ
(The only thing to feel when shooting terrorists.............is recoil)
To: KitJ
Belay that! The bayonet doesn’t attach like the M16...that’s wierd.
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posted on
03/01/2008 9:58:48 AM PST
by
KitJ
(The only thing to feel when shooting terrorists.............is recoil)
To: KitJ
SA 80 bayonet:
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posted on
03/01/2008 10:04:50 AM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: KitJ
the bayonet fits just like the pig-sticker on an M16. Down the barrel?
M9 bayonet for M16, AR15, M4 that have bayonet lug:
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posted on
03/01/2008 10:06:36 AM PST
by
cowboyway
("No damn man kills me and lives." -- Nathan Bedford Forrest)
To: cowboyway
If my pic isn’t showing up, search “SA 80 bayonet” It looks like a match to me.
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posted on
03/01/2008 10:23:40 AM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: Fido969
It looks like a match to me. Yep. It matches.
But it took this picture for me to figure out how it attaches:
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posted on
03/01/2008 10:43:14 AM PST
by
cowboyway
("No damn man kills me and lives." -- Nathan Bedford Forrest)
To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ..
Weekend fun thread.
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posted on
03/01/2008 11:03:42 AM PST
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: Fido969
Avast! It’s a harpoon! AAARGH!
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posted on
03/01/2008 11:06:10 AM PST
by
dbwz
(kthxbai)
To: Fido969
Looks like a Brit Enfield bullpup.
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posted on
03/01/2008 11:38:46 AM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: MindBender26
So whether a person is lefty or righty, in America they all have their rifle on their right shoulder?
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posted on
03/01/2008 11:49:24 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
To: wastedyears
M16 Manual of Arms:
"Left Shoulder Arms"
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posted on
03/01/2008 12:01:37 PM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: Fido969
"Come on men someone shoot me in the ass so I can go home with another medal"
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posted on
03/01/2008 12:12:19 PM PST
by
Brainhose
(My nipples are exploding with delight!)
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