Were you ever in the Armed Forces

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My brother dropped his underware at the feet of his DI during a midnight foot locker inspection. Scooping up the underware and standing at attention in front of the DI, the DI calmly asked him to jump into the air right where he was standing. When he did, the DI started screeming, "WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU TO COME DOWN!" He then made my brother jog around the barricks for the rest of the night with an underware on his head reciting to himself "I AM AN ASS - HOLE, I AM AN ASS - HOLE, I AM AN ASS - HOLE......"
 
Didn't that get drilled into our heads?! I fired my weapon on full auto only one time. That was at the range so I could see what it was like. Proved to me that it was wasting lead. Our small arms instructor had us do it so we could see what it was like and to see that full auto is really only good for hollywood movies.
 
The MP-5 is great to fire. The C8 carbine we use is basically an M4. I've fired that too on full auto, but not with the fore-grip. I'd imagine it would be a lot better for control.
 
Dunno about how they do things in the States, but erm, that's the general idea here.

Thing is though, after 20 seconds of 'A gun! Great! Ain't I the big badass!' a couple of things start to become apparant once the intial novelty has worn off.

They become heavy, they chafe your shoulder, they have to be cleaned, you call it a 'gun' at your peril. (It's a rifle!)

After a couple of weekend exercises I just saw them as any other tool - a 5kg lump of plastic and metal.

Antique firearms and their history are far more interesting.
 
Im going to take that you dont like the present day guns . I kinda like the m-16 because it sure did outclass the m-14! Nothing wrong with the M-14 because it was a beautiful gun but had a kickback like a mule!
 
The SLR is a beautiful assault rifle. My dad was on the last guard to use the SLR in RAF Finningley. A beautiful piece of kit; he was out before he had to be introduced to the SA-80.
 
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