Quote Originally Posted by izzy View Post
Didn't the original M16s have mattel stamped onto the stock? One of my dads friends who was in Vietnam told me that a long time ago.
Quote Originally Posted by drew890 View Post
If it's on the internet it has to be true..... but not this.
My dad was in the Army in the early 60s during the transition from M14 to M16. He said they derisively called them the "Matty Mattel Shoot-n-Shell Rifle", which is likely where the urban legend about the stocks being stamped Mattel was born from. So this one pre-dates teh interwebs.