buckeyeLCPL

They issue me gear, I prefer to bring my own better quality equipment. I did it in 08 before the current administration was elected as well. I've spent a lot of money on my own gear that I don't necessarily need to have, but it increases my chances of survival.

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TJR

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Looking at the close up picture, it looks to me as if the grenade launcher has a backing plate which has pushed up the back end of the rail. Maybe he had to do that to mount the grenade launcher.

tjsjr

Oh i see..... you guys dont get issued some super duper top secret best stuff around? LOL. Im sorry you must spend your own money to keep you a little better off doing what others wont when there is supposed to be tax dollars for that. Thanks you for your continued service. :guns:

buckeyeLCPL

Are you talking about the metal sloping from the slip ring area down to the 203? I've mounted 203's before on M-4s and M-16's, and never had to do mount it like that, our issued quad rail goes over the 203. I think he probably didn't get the upper all the way in the slip ring, and the recoil from firing a grenade caused it to come out.

tjsjr, as far as spending my own cash for gear. Pretty much everything I carry as a grunt can be bought on the civilian market, with few exceptions, not too much super top secret stuff. It's my honor to serve. And no one values my life more highly than myself, so its a good investment in my eyes. Plus things like the Pmags just go home with me and I use them in my AR.

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Fortes Fortuna Juvat

We're mules lad. Mules that kill.

TJR