"The Rise and Fall and Rise of America's Last Battle Rifle" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Nov 2014 10:34 p.m. PST |
"Critics said the M-14 was what happened when the U.S. government took many years and spent millions of dollars designing a rifle that was really just a glorified M-1 Garand from World War II. The M-14 was the U.S. military's last battle rifle. It appeared in 1959—the contemporary of the Pentagon's first jet fighters and ICBMs. With its heavy steel parts and walnut stock, the M-14 looked positively archaic. It was hardly a Space Age weapon. And it only endured as America's battle rifle until 1970, when the M-16 completely superseded it—the shortest service record of any U.S. military rifle in the 20th century…"
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 StoneMtnMinis  | 21 Nov 2014 7:51 a.m. PST |
But, the sniper version was an excellent weapon. In fact, still in use in some areas. |
| Oddball | 21 Nov 2014 1:54 p.m. PST |
Was issued one in training, had to sleep with it. Strange time. |
 Legion 4 | 21 Nov 2014 2:14 p.m. PST |
That was the first weapon I was issued as a cadet, back in '75. They all had fiberglass type stocks, IIRC …  |
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