[Levy78]

Learned something new today… didn’t know BCT quals were still done with M-14’s in ‘69. Figured it would’ve switched by ‘68 or so.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yup,our cycle at Fort Knox,we were told,was the last to qualify with the M-14 *and* the first to qualify with the M-16. I scored Expert (by a point) with the M-14 and Sharpshooter with the M-16.

I,a boy from the suburbs of Boston...who had never even held a firearm,let alone fired one,liked the M-14 a lot more.