P-59A Posted April 28, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 28, 2019 This is a cast resin M-14 dummy training rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted April 28, 2019 numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beerdragon54 Posted April 28, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 28, 2019 Very nice!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted April 28, 2019 TASC is for Training Aids Service Center and FLW is for Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted April 28, 2019 Share #6 Posted April 28, 2019 Great Item! Never seen the M-14 dummy. Thanks for posting it. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted April 28, 2019 Share #7 Posted April 28, 2019 We've seen lots of the M-16 dummy rifles (and even the old US Navy dummy Springfields) on the forum but i can't recall a dummy M-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted April 29, 2019 My understanding is that Fort Leonard Woods was and is a training facility for the Engineer's. I was told they issued these to the troops when constructing bridges over water. Better to lose a dummy rifle than the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommatt3 Posted April 29, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 29, 2019 I note the dummy was cast from a Springfield Armory M14NM marked rifle. I have a dummy M1 that was cast from a H&H M1 and all of the logo can be read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsights66 Posted July 8, 2019 Share #10 Posted July 8, 2019 I'd just like to add that the rubber m16s that are used at FLW for bridge training are called rubber ducks, because they float. I imagine that the term could have been used back then as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted July 8, 2019 I'd just like to add that the rubber m16s that are used at FLW for bridge training are called rubber ducks, because they float. I imagine that the term could have been used back then as well. Maybe not. This is not a floater, It's a sinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 8, 2019 Share #12 Posted July 8, 2019 I'd just like to add that the rubber m16s that are used at FLW for bridge training are called rubber ducks, because they float. I imagine that the term could have been used back then as well. Okay now you got me - I have to see if my m-16 rubber duck floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsights66 Posted July 8, 2019 Share #13 Posted July 8, 2019 Okay now you got me - I have to see if my m-16 rubber duck floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsights66 Posted July 8, 2019 Share #14 Posted July 8, 2019 Please tell me if it works, I never got to try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 8, 2019 Share #15 Posted July 8, 2019 Please tell me if it works, I never got to try it My understanding is that they put a bunch of metal in the casting to make it the same weight as the real thing - my guess is that it will go aglub..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrbrad Posted July 9, 2019 Share #16 Posted July 9, 2019 We used to take "rubber ducks" on runs thru swamps in Louisiana. Had to spend quite a lot of time finding one or two as ours , at least, didn't float. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsights66 Posted July 9, 2019 Share #17 Posted July 9, 2019 If I had to hazard a guess, none of them really float, rather its a myth circulated through the PNN, I always had a hard time believing those heavy hunks of plastic and steel would float, I just figured there must be an air pocket in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigo Posted August 17, 2019 Share #18 Posted August 17, 2019 They do not float. None of them do. But they cost much less than an actual rifle, and more importantly do not require the same level of accountability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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