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Have you checked the hilarious responses from your fellow veteran buddis about the M14?

To be honest I think you are asking this question to divert from your lack of service. I suspect most of us believe the nearest you ever came to a military base was when you drove by one with your cub scout uniform on.

Another reason the men questioned likely did not respond to you is because they never trained on the M-14, which was replaced by the M-16 in 1964. However, I used it for a short time. To answer your STUPID question the M-14 did NOT have an open sight.

My son was in Viet Nam and used the infamous M16... oh, gosh he hated that thing. Jammed on a few times and his buddy Jack had to save his hide once. THANK GOD! He said to me... "Dad I would give 10 grand for that old M1".

As I was telling another Freeper my best friend was West Point class of 1939. We met while I was in the Army together in the early 1950's... and we became close friends for life. He passed away a few years ago. He knew Patton from his youth since his own Army officer Father was an old friend of George Patton.

Anyway, he was a gun collector of some re-known when he retired in the late 1960s due to health concerns. He had a couple of M1 s in various states of repair and said they really were HIS favorite weapon... he and I BOTH agree they were RELIABLE and thanked God Almighty they were so.

My friend often quoted General Patton and we used to laugh because he didn't say... GREATEST DAMNED BATTLE IMPLEMENT EVER DEVISED.... when descring the M1. And, yes.. according to my friend George Patton could and would cuss a blue strak at the drop of a hat... even when he wasn't a General. But he was a gentleman and a scholar.... really was a Renaissance man and Warrior.