One of my favorite military weapons, I was issued an M3A1 in 1976 when I took over my tank platoon at Fort Knox. I qualified with it as a personal weapon. Crude, unbelievably simple, it matched my personality completely. It was also a blast to shoot..
Produced by GMs Guide Lamp division, for ~$20, it gave a lot of bang for the buck. I wish I had one in my personal collection.
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Stamped, cheap, ugly as hell, but worked and worked well for many years!
I remember when we were introduced to the M3A1 (also at Fort Knox, small world!) and the instructor told us how to cock it.
We were just far enough along in our training that we were becoming aware that some of our instructors would play jokes on us and we took a LOT of convincing that "just stick your finger in this hole" was actually the correct way to do it and not some sort of trick.
I wonder why some manufacturer can't make a braced stock for that and sell it legally. It doesn't appear any shorter than an ARE-15 braced pistol.
AR-15 pistol - sorry !
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