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Hard Core

My buddy Meat's the one who showed me the true joy of handling the M203. I mean, yeah, the M16 was okay. You hear a lot of us Marines making a big hoo-ha about our M16s. 'This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine' and all that. But after rolling with Meat, I'd take my M203 over an M16 any day.

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