[Mini-14]

bang

[joesnuffy]

You just made me cry...
I hope you are happy with yourself

[ExSES]

The DCM program to save the M-14s could work like a similar program involving another venerable military workhorse, the M-1 (Garand) and M-1 carbine series of military rifles.

But.... (lips quivering) it looks "evil"....

Ahhh for the "Good Old Days" when DCM sold $12.50 M1911's and $20.00 M1 Carbines!!!!

[sfvgt]

AR-15/M-16 is the way to go.........no doubt

[Cap'n Crunch]

Heck, their giving them away to police dept.'s. Were getting 4 M-14's and 4 M-16's too. Said it was for Homeland Security.

I'd like to have an '03 Springfield. Would go nice with my M-1 carbine and my M-1A.

[joesnuffy]

If uncle sugar would just sell them for 500 bucks a pop that would be a nice chunk of change...
He could even fund medical care for disabled combat vets with the moolah ..at least offset some costs..

[joesnuffy]

300,000 rifles could wind up in the scrap heap without the government getting any return on its investment.

Without the govt getting any return.... & here I thought they were bought with tax payers money...

[PoorMuttly]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[glorgau]

I want one!

[The KG9 Kid]

Air-drop every one of these into Iran with six loaded mags apiece, I say.

I'll buy one back at a premium when the Federal Republic of Persia sends them back to the US.

[fish hawk]

I hate to be a "glass half full" guy but I bet they burn. Here in Hawaii every so many years at Haleakala National Park they get new saddles and guns for the rangers etc. and guess what, they burn all the old ones. Nothing wrong with them and they wont turn them loose to the public, they burn them. Chances are that is Park policy all over the U. S. Knowing this , is why I say they wont release the M 14s.

[bota]

Signed bang......

[manic4organic]

I want one!

[Centurion2000]

What a damn travesty.

[2111USMC]

I took the time to read the full petition before signing.

The entire process took me less than a minute.

Sign-up!

[Plutarch]

Sgt. Shughart used an M-14 in Somalia.

Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart

Sergeant First Class Shughart, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Member, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Sergeant First Class Shughart provided precision sniper fires from the lead helicopter during an assault on a building and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fires. While providing critical suppressive fires at the second crash site, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the site. Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site.

After their third request to be inserted, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader received permission to perform this volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader were inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle [an M-14] and a pistol, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members.

Sergeant First Class Shughart pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Sergeant First Class Shughart used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers while traveling the perimeter, protecting the downed crew.

Sergeant First Class Shughart continued his protective fire until he depleted his ammunition and was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life. Sergeant First Class Shughart's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit and the United States Army.

[steplock]

I SIGNED the Petition!

http://www.petitiononline.com/M14CMP03/petition.html


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[Taxman]

Petition signed bump.

I want one!

[SJSAMPLE]

I don't know. You know the BATF line; "Once a machinegun, ALWAYS a machinegun."

Just think about all the owners of re-welded M14 receivers, which were supposedly "demilled", who recently faced BATF agents at their doors with orders to seize them (the receivers). I don't see how these are going to be allowed into civilian or non-agency hands. The best we can hope for is to keep them for the Armed Services, who actually WANT these rifles in the inventory.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Some years ago the Aussie government sponsored the BTEC program, a massive aerial cull across the northern part of the country. The aim was to shoot from helicopter hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of unbranded cattle, wild horses, donkeys and buffalo in an attempt to wipe out brucellosis and TB in domestic stock. The program went on for years. The weapon of choice for the shooters (who were able to use any type of rifle they wanted, including other quality ones like SIGs and SLRs) was invariably the M-14. It was selected on the basis of its accuracy, reliability and pointability. That rifle cycles flawlessly when kept clean and has enough weight on the forend hand to keep your sight picture when shooting. It seems very short-sighted to destroy these rifles, disparaging comments made here about it's weight notwithstanding.