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[muledeer]

Thank goodness it doesn't have a bayonet lug or flash surpressor. Now that would be deadly I left Kali in 1974 and have never looked back. Think about moving to Northern Nevada and get away from all those liberals.
muledeer

[PJgunner]

Originally Posted by muledeer

Thank goodness it doesn't have a bayonet lug or flash surpressor. Now that would be deadly I left Kali in 1974 and have never looked back. Think about moving to Northern Nevada and get away from all those liberals.
muledeer

My friend, you stayed in the land of nuts,fruits and flakes 4 years longer than I did. I left san Francisco forever in 1970, moved to Reno and eventually to Winnemucca where I lived there for a bit over 10 years. I would probably still be there if I hadn't gotten a job transfer to Tucson with a sunstantial pay raise. To be honest, if I could afford to, I'd move back up to Winnemucca yesterday.

My stepson brought his new girl friend over the other day. She just finish a 4 year tour in the Army and when she found I I'd done military time we got to talking about weapons issued. Of course, she had the M4. I told her I had the M2 Carbine as my issue weapon and she didn't know what one was so I showed her my M-1 carbine and explained that it was a semi while the M-2 was select fire just like her M4. The, for splits and grins I showed her the M1 Garand as used in WW2 and Korea and she said it was too heavy. I also showed her a 1903A3 Springfield and she said she definitely wanted to shoot that one. We'll have to get that set up one of these days. My thoughts on the M16? I'm indifferent. It was bad enough when it had it's original loading but going to that heavier bullet with penetrator? I dunno. Frankly, I have mixed feelings. I would have liked it better if they'd stayed with the same cartridge case and used a 25 or 26 caliber bullet. But that's just me.
Paul B.

[Seawolf1090]

We fortunately had the M-14 on my little ship in the Navy in the early '80s, not the poodle popper. When we had a security alert, I made sure I was 'fifth in line' at the armory, as that's the guy that got handed the M-14. The others got a Colt .45 pistol or a 12 gauge shotgun with limited ammo - I got three mags for the Big Rifle. I'd climb the Mack up to between the stacks, and I OWNED the entire deck. The others would sweep the passageways.
I'd still like to get an M1A one day to complete my collection of 'issued weapons' from my Navy Days, but the price just isn't right.
My view of the M-16 - great little varmint rifle. Not sure I'd want to go to war with it. But current tactical usage pretty much requires it and it's follow-ons.

[Catfish]

When I was in the army I was issued a m-14, but had no use for it in Germany. As for the AR`s, I never liked the looks of them eather and also didn`t think that they would be accurate enough to suit me. That said, I have to admit that since I got a Rock River AR it`s what I carry when coyote hunting most of the time. Acouple of weeks ago I got my first double on coyotes with it when 2 came out of the corn at the same time and takeing to running coyotes at a time with a rifle is something I couldn`t do with a bolt gun.