Lowprofile Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Um, this is probably me being stupid, but why does this bloke have an m16 is his hands? It's certainly not a SFW of any kind? And it isn't a posed pic with a US weapon either? Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Airsofter? Re-enactor? Poser? I have a hard time believing anyone specified a modern military weapon with a shiny chrome barrel. Unless you can specify the provenance of the photograph beyond 'it was put on a now-defunct social network in 2007', it's pointless guessing. Link to post Share on other sites
Lowprofile Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I can't tbh, only other picture of marines with m16's I have is this, but these look like US model m16's Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The reason those look like M16s is they are M16s - USMC M16A4s owned by the USMC Shooting Team, to be precise. The photo documents the military equivalent of a school exchange trip. I'm sticking by my initial assessment of the first photo, anyway. I don't think that gaudy thing is a military weapon. And if it's not a military weapon, it is highly unlikely that the person holding it is a genuine Marine. Link to post Share on other sites
BaBaBooey Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I have a hard time believing anyone specified a modern military weapon with a shiny chrome barrel. Just an FYI, certain SAM-R's used by the USMC did not have oxide finished barrels, but were left with the silver stainless steel finish. Link to post Share on other sites
Danke Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Bunch of shots from the L129A1 trials with the sliver barrel prominent. Link to post Share on other sites
abbadon101 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 But its not the L129 its an AR15. It could well be from the same set of trials though. Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 So I dunno if you checked this already but doing a reverse image search shows it being the profile pic of an airsofter from Nebraska: http://www.airsoftretreat.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=14690 So perhaps it's just him and his load-out in the picture. Looks like he's possibly on here and active, so ask him: http://arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/index.php?/user/33865-revenge-seeker/ It says he's from North Korea in there, but it also says he's 104 years old so, yeah I dunno. Troll of trolls right there! Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 IIRC it was taken at a range day. The rifle is his own. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 It is not from the Sharpshooter trial, I was on that trial. All two years of it. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
Danke Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 That facet was if there would be a shiny silver barrel out in public view; not if that was rare .308 with a curved mag. Silver barrels aplenty during the trial no? Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Second thoughts, I don't know what calibre weapon that is, but it has nothing to do with the sharpshooter trial. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
Lowprofile Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I'm pretty sure it's 5.56 to be honest, I might be wrong though Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 That facet was if there would be a shiny silver barrel out in public view; not if that was rare .308 with a curved mag. Silver barrels aplenty during the trial no? AFAIK the competitors in the sharpshooter trials were the LM308MWS (7.62), HK417 (7.62), SCAR-H (7.62), XR-10 (7.62) and unnamed entries from KAC (presumably an SR-25 variant, also in 7.62) and Oberland (presumably an OA-10 variant, again in 7.62). I think the pictured gun is definitely not chambered in 7.62x51mm; the magazine's all wrong for that. I suppose it could be chambered in one of the alternative calibres that can use STANAG magazines (.300BLK, for example) but the law of averages suggests it's almost certainly 5.56x45mm - which means it's unlikely to be one of the sharpshooter trials guns. That correlates with what darkchild130, who was actually there, is saying. I think I'm right in saying that while there might have been unfinished barrels at the trials, the production L129A1s have a dark surface finish. I didn't know about the SAM-Rs with their polished barrels, though. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 It certainly looks that way, but I can't be 100%, the angle is awkward, and they do make some weird mags in .308. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
QQexDERA Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I have a hard time believing anyone specified a modern military weapon with a shiny chrome barrel. Seal Recce Rifles built in-house used stainless steel Lilja barrels in just a plain sandblasted finish - bit pimp for the middle east I would have thought, personally. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The trial Sharpshooter rifles had Chrome barrels (back when they were just plain old LM7s, instead of L129A1s). Production models have a black finish. And that is me, in one of the many publicity photos of the damn thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Lowprofile Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 you seem to have an unnatural hatred of that rifle? Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 To be fair, the current iteration is pretty good, but it was never a match for the 417. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
Lowprofile Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I assume we ended up with this over the 417 because this was cheaper? Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Something like that. There was a lot of politics involved that I detailed back in 2010, but we got the lesser weapon and I was not pleased. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
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