Me Thinks this writer has smoked 1 to many crack pipes ??
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-us-military-getting-rid-of-m14-2016-9
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-us-military-getting-rid-of-m14-2016-9
All M14's should go to the CMP for distribution to civilians.
Shoot a Scar17 and a M14 back to back, and tell me that the M14 is still relevant.
All M14's should go to the CMP for distribution to civilians.
Shoot a Scar17 and a M14 back to back, and tell me that the M14 is still relevant.
All M14's should go to the CMP for distribution to civilians.
In the past they got them as parts kits not including receivers.That's what I was thinking!!!
The author gets two things wrong. The M14 is less reliable than the AR-15/M16 series of rifles and the .308 is only marginally better at penetrating cover compared to the 5m56. Add in the criminal rigging of the test trials by the Army that showed the M14 as inferior to the M16 and AK47 and you have a rifle only fondly remembers by those with early onset Alzheimers.
*steps back to get the marshmallows for the flame war*
The author gets two things wrong. The M14 is less reliable than the AR-15/M16 series of rifles and the .308 is only marginally better at penetrating cover compared to the 5m56. Add in the criminal rigging of the test trials by the Army that showed the M14 as inferior to the M16 and AK47 and you have a rifle only fondly remembers by those with early onset Alzheimers.
*steps back to get the marshmallows for the flame war*
Not sure if being sarcastic or serious? No idea on reliability. To penetration...isn't the .308 significantly better than the 5.56? Especially at longer range. Also better damage again especially at long range where a 5.56 isn't likely to tumble and fragment.
A 308 bullet will make it's way through underbrush much easier than a 223 bullet
Interestingly, postwar investigations suggested the M1 Carbine’s light weight and high cyclic rate of fire were more responsible for this lack of stopping power than the cartridge itself — meaning, most soldiers simply missed their targets because of the gun’s recoil.
A 308 bullet will make it's way through underbrush much easier than a 223 bullet