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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Less than quality equipment...
Now that would just never happen on a good L1A1 SLR, but then I am just a tinsy bit biased.
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When I coached I used to say,
"Its not the dope on the weapon, its the dope ON the weapon."
Remember, alot of the equipment is used and abused, and then turned in and reissued. This of course is with the weapons, but also with cleaning gear, slings and magazines. I would often go through my mags and see what ones were damaged and these would be cleaned and left in a hefty bag in the locker and used for inspection and accountability purposes only unless I had a hookup in the armory to get me good ones. One time I had all of 3 servicible magazines, but they were reliable! Then I took two and made them semi servicible with some bending of the body and lips they worked good enough for blanks and field use.