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I have never seen an AK at any High Power match.
I have seen SKS's that never broke into Marksman regardless of how good the shooter was.
There was one person that said that he wanted to bring a 30-30 but he was a horrible shot. He was looking for a built in excuse not to do very well.
M1's are antiquated relics. They can be made to shoot but only after spending so much money that you almost buy two CMP Bushmasters.
M14's are still being used but there days are almost over.
The M16's and the AR-15's can be used almost out of the box. The trigger usually needs work and the front sight is too wide, the rear too large. The only serious problem that I found would be the front sight. Sometimes the sight is set too high and it's wobbles. A 8-36 set screw underneath the sight or red LOKTITE is needed to keep it in place.

Your points are all well made. But I wasn't talking about target shooting.

Look at that thing in the illustration above.

I wouldn't want to carry it all day through mud and what-all and then try it out in a fire fight.

Give me something reliable, and of reasonable weight.