[MarkL]

I hate to say this, but if you want to get a comfortable .308 rifle, just take an M14 (or M-1A) and replace the metal butt-plate with a rubber one. My Fed Ord M-14 came standard with it on the fiberglass stock, and it's like shooting a really big .22! Practicly no kick whatsoever. A bit of muzzle rise, but that's to be expected. NRA high power rapid fire courses are no problem at all.

Mark

[chadwimc]

What's "dangerous" about recoil? A person only lets that scope smack 'em upside the head once(Well, a smart person learns "eye relief" after the first time). Can you say "magnum eye"?

[vrwc0915]

You are loosing 1/2 of the effectiveness of the rifle, how are you supposed to smash a commie/muzzie's head in with a rubber butt-plate, Ah well at least you still have the bayonet

[x1stcav]

Prctice, practice, practice. The more ammo you shoot the less the apparent recoil.

I agree with you that the M14 was a very comfortable shooter.

I worked the record fire range at Ft. Ord in late '68. When the troops were in the bleachers for the instructional part, I would grab the best looking M14 I could find and have my buddy run the targets. After a while, it was no problem firing perfect scores from the offhand with no slings.

Two record fires a day and I was maybe blasting 2-300 caps.

Great fun.