[shekkian]

I was talking to a colleague who was in Vietnam, and handled both the M14 and M16. He told me the M14 was a far better weapon. He called the M16 "Mattel" from all the plastic.

[Lauretij2]

I've shot a semi-auto M14, and it is very nice. Kicks pretty good though, and the weight again.

An updated M14 like Sprinfield's SOCOMII would be pretty good. I'm just used to the AR/CAR15 style.

I'm curious to see what the military will end up doing.

[GarySpFc]

I was talking to a colleague who was in Vietnam, and handled both the M14 and M16. He told me the M14 was a far better weapon. He called the M16 "Mattel" from all the plastic.

I carried an M-14 for a time, but prefer the M-16 due to weight and the amount of ammo one can carry.

[dljordan]

"He called the M16 "Mattel" from all the plastic."

Some of them were manufactured by Mattel. Of course that was back when we still made things in this country.

[Natural Law]

I actually had an M16 in Vietnam that was made by Mattel.