[M1903A1]

If the tests hadn’t been rigged against it, we could have fielded the world-proven FN-FAL instead.

[Tailback]

I really like my FAL, but the iron sights are vastly inferior to the Garand/M-14.

[Chainmail]

"If the tests hadn’t been rigged against it, we could have fielded the world-proven FN-FAL instead."

Says you! The FAL's dandy and reasonably accurate but it's longer and heavier than the M-14. I carried an L1A1 version of the FAL for one day when were working with Australian troops in I Corps. It wasn't as pointable as the M-14 and not any more controllable in full auto and the sights were lousy.

I was happy to have my M-14 back and the Aussie was sad to let it go.