Posted on 06/15/2003 12:36:03 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
Yep, I posted heavily on the other thread....I won't repeat those gems here. I'd like an M14, but I'll be happy to stay with my ROBAR modified M1A Springfield Armory tackdriver.
Heh. A friend of mine carried one throughout his tour in Afghanistan. He just sent me a picture of me holding it on a rest break on a little mountain hike there. In his group, certain teams are issued two of them. Of course, there are also some M21 and M25 sniper systems in use here and there.
I don't care for the rifle myself, but would support this programme. However, the receivers of the rifles would 100% need to be replaced, because the M14 receiver is selective-fire capable (not that the selective-fire M14 makes any sense; it's uncontrollable in auto fire).
My point is only that the 14 is, like the plague victime in Monty Python's Holy Grail, is "not dead yet!"
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
My uncle Dan made those guns. Or did some of the production engineering, at least. When I was a kid he took me in to see the M14s being made, and later the M16s.
H&R lost money on every one. And they missed many of the key points in the contract.
In 1981-82 I carried an "XM16E1" made by H&R while a member of the 10th SF Group. Dan was dead several years by then...
It was my uncles, Dan and Jim, who taught me to love and respect guns, and also high-performance cars. I got the idea of joining the military from them (both vets). The only thing I got from my dad was airplanes (but I got it bad).
I don't know where my other expensive hobby came from: they all died married to their first wives (or are still alive and still married).
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
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