I’m a hopeless Romantic in liking the M-14 better. A bit heavy, but a rifle along classical lines.
“I’m a hopeless Romantic in liking the M-14 better. A bit heavy, but a rifle along classical lines.”
Being a peaceable soul and an advocate of reasonable compromise, before I suffered the horrible TBA, I compromised and had acquired 2 AK knockoffs, one M1A, and one AR style rifle.
I’ve fired both the M-1 Garand and the M-14. Despite its limitations, the M-1 is the one I stake my life on. A good companion piece is a 03 Springfield.
“I’m a hopeless Romantic in liking the M-14 better. A bit heavy, but a rifle along classical lines.”
We are in agreement, FRiend. I qualified with the M-14 in 1969, then the M-16A1 after the M-14 was withdrawn from service. Carried an M-16 in Vietnam, hated it, last qualified on M-16A2 in 2010 and still hate it. A toothbrush or cordless drill has more character.
My M-14A semi-auto is like a comfortable sofa compared to the Armalite. I take it to the farm & have to tell myself to stop wasting ammo & cease firing after I’ve printed a few targets, it is such a joy to shoot.
Anyway, this article is right on the money, especially about owning two of the same combat rifle. And the Congresscritter who has declared war on gun owners needs to have his website spammed to the max except it probably only allows constituents to post messages.
But if you google his district & zipcodes it should be possible to come up with a spoof address that will get past the firewall.