Official US military M4 recoil pad?

[Andy54Hawken]

BTW- it's pronounce "muss-clay" or "muss-cul", depending on what region of France or Spain you're in.

Or....
"Moose - awl " if you are from the great white north....
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Or....
"Moose - awl " if you are from the great white north....
Andy

OUI! Is also pronounce "oh-wee" depending if you stubbed your toe or slammed your wiener in a door.

But…. I digress.

 

[The B]

yea dudes with recoil pads put em on there theyself.. never was issued one, and vaguely recall dudes putting rings of inner tubes on their stocks to "prevent slip" or some BS they read in Ranger Digest

 

[Ura-Ki]

We never had a recoil pad on any M4 Carbine ( or CAR15 for that matter) while I was in Army.
Andy

Same, never ever saw any, or even heard of any!
We ran a lot of "Old" M-16 A1 and early A2, CAR-15 and -16 Commando's, and the early M-4's
not a single one had anything but the hard plastic knurled butt, which if you had a new one, you butt stroked on the nearest chunk of cement a few times to take the roughness off of it!
My CAR -16 Commando had a hard Aluminum smooth butt, and it was by far my favorite to carry and use!

 

[3MTA3]

I asked my brother who is a Vietnam Vet. According to his DI the recoil pad is your crotch.

 

[Stomper]

I asked my brother who is a Vietnam Vet. According to his DI the recoil pad is your crotch.

And basic trainees' foreheads were the recoil pad for the DI's crotch….

 

[gntoter]

Amazon has one with an ordinance bomb and serial number. If thats true surplus, we know why no unit commander allowed it to be issued.