Laughing hysterically

TheWanderingMind · 05-02-2008, 10:05 AM

I read an article this morning from Science and Mechanics magazine March 1962 edition on the AR-15. You can read it at:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/index.php?s=AR-15

After all the controversy about the M4 carbine and its jamming propensities in the desert sands, I just about went to the floor in hysterical laughter when I read one of the closing paragraphs of the story:

"...Oh," Murphy grinned as he snapped the box shut, "didn't I tell you? The whole gun is non-corrosive, even under a salt water spray, and the lubricants are permanently fused into the metal. It'll never need oil, and dirt can't stick to any of the moving parts. Bury it in sand, dig it up, bang the butt on the ground once to clean it out, and it'll work like a hundred-dollar watch..."

I remember all the hype we were exposed to at Hurlburt Field, Florida, when the Air Commandos started getting in our M-16 rifles for training. And I was as vulnerable as the rest of them in terming this a "superweapon."

Good article, though, for those days...

oejeffrey · 05-02-2008, 12:50 PM

and with that reply all I have to say is anyone interested in buying my remaining Break free L.P. ??? I will sell it to ya cheap.

jtuck · 05-02-2008, 02:35 PM

That was a good read, reminded me of the old time sci-fi books. Especially the part about three magazines leaving a hole big enough for a man to crawl through...

338RemUltraMag · 05-02-2008, 02:52 PM

wow that is crazy I don't even know where th start laughing

05-02-2008, 10:05 AM	#1
TheWanderingMind Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Posts: 728 Images: 13 Blog Entries: 10	Laughing hysterically I read an article this morning from Science and Mechanics magazine March 1962 edition on the AR-15. You can read it at: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/index.php?s=AR-15 After all the controversy about the M4 carbine and its jamming propensities in the desert sands, I just about went to the floor in hysterical laughter when I read one of the closing paragraphs of the story: "...Oh," Murphy grinned as he snapped the box shut, "didn't I tell you? The whole gun is non-corrosive, even under a salt water spray, and the lubricants are permanently fused into the metal. It'll never need oil, and dirt can't stick to any of the moving parts. Bury it in sand, dig it up, bang the butt on the ground once to clean it out, and it'll work like a hundred-dollar watch..." I remember all the hype we were exposed to at Hurlburt Field, Florida, when the Air Commandos started getting in our M-16 rifles for training. And I was as vulnerable as the rest of them in terming this a "superweapon." Good article, though, for those days...

05-02-2008, 12:50 PM	#2
oejeffrey Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 60	and with that reply all I have to say is anyone interested in buying my remaining Break free L.P. ??? I will sell it to ya cheap. __________________ Jeffrey Lifetime N.R.A. member Criminals rely on the kindness and pity of society

05-02-2008, 02:35 PM	#3
jtuck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 309	That was a good read, reminded me of the old time sci-fi books. Especially the part about three magazines leaving a hole big enough for a man to crawl through... __________________ Loyalty to the country always, loyalty to the government when it deserves it. Mark Twain

05-02-2008, 02:52 PM	#4
338RemUltraMag Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cumberland, MD USA Posts: 199	wow that is crazy I don't even know where th start laughing