[Tailback]

I'm guessing he just didn't spend much time with the M-2. People that do tend to get absolutely amazed at how much it's capable of. It was adopted in the 1920's by the Military and nobody has been able to come up with a better design yet. If you can't tell, I absolutely love the M-2. I was sent to armorers school in the regular army and learned a lot about the absolute genius involved in the design. If there was one guy I could bring back from the dead it would be John Browning. He also designed the M1911A1, the BAR, and the Browning Hi-Power to name a few.

[GarySpFc]

The M-2 receiver, barrel, and M-3 is the version I lugged and fired. I did read where it was used as by snipers, and I do remember setting range cards, but I cannot believe it would be more accurate than the Barrets.

"The M2 machine gun on the M3 tripod provided a very stable firing platform. Together with its slow rate of fire and its traversing and elevating mechanism, the M2 was used to a very limited extent as a sniper weapon during the Vietnam war at fixed installations such as firebases. Snipers prefired the weapons at identifiable targets and worked the data into range cards insuring increased first-round accuracy. The 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division constructed 20-30 foot high shooting platforms, adding steel base plates and posts to further stabilize the M2 on the M3 tripod. Together with the use of Starlight night vision scopes, the M2 severely limited enemy movement within 900 yards (1,000m) of the perimeter of a firebase."