Correct about the magazine, although it was the squad sergeant, not Cowboy, who shoots the VC running across the street.
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Also,watch how he holds the M-16 in different hands depending on whether the camera angle is from the front or from the rear. He also fires the rifle first from his right shoulder, then there is a quick cut to another angle and the rifle is now pressed to his left shoulder.