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Originally Posted by RyanChappel
16.5 inch barrel, flat top, 7:1 twist, hammer forged barrel, bullpup configuration, plan to work the trigger down to 4.5lbs weight..
Is your dad's old VN weapon an SKS or varient, shooting 7.62x39?
They weren't that easy to take home, as I remember.
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It's a .30 Carbine RC. Green Beret in early VN days were issued M2's, and M2A1's (paratrooper stock) - the select-fire version of WWII M1 Carbine. Lightweight and select fire made them favored over M14 MG and Thompson SMG.
Dad was career GB officer /
unit commander,
unit commander ,
unit XO ,(same thing John Wayne did in the movie) ; didn't have to declare 'Combat Loss', of issued weapon.
He's far left in this snappic, with the Carbine. This was an hour before he was hit in the foot. Color photo in hardback shows clearly. As a youngster, I always asked him if he got any bad guys. He once said he thought he'd gotten 4 (VC) once...
