Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled "M14 and the War on Terror: One Veteran’s Experience" and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/m14-and-the-war-on-terror-one-veterans-experience/.
M14 and the War on Terror: One Veteran’s Experience
- Thread starter Mike H.
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Blackfeather
Custom
M14EBR-RI
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Great rifle
Still has its place. May not be for all soldiers or units, but a few well chosen soldiers can make the magic work with the .308 M14
Still has its place. May not be for all soldiers or units, but a few well chosen soldiers can make the magic work with the .308 M14
HansGruber
Ronin
Blackfeather
Custom
Maintenance and Accuracy are detailed in this Combat Arms article.
The AR-10-type rifles are not all that light, reliable, accurate, or liked, but our troops have to play the cards they are dealt.
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Talyn
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Good article. Glad the user kept his two simple with the standard stock vs. adding on un-neccessay bulk & weight.
Agree with the user that it best serves as a DMR vs a hard-core sniper platform.
As others have said the M14 had it's time & place but with a variety of AR-10-type rifles out there that are easiler to use & maintain there are better options for the troopers.
Agree with the user that it best serves as a DMR vs a hard-core sniper platform.
As others have said the M14 had it's time & place but with a variety of AR-10-type rifles out there that are easiler to use & maintain there are better options for the troopers.
HansGruber
Ronin
Not only that, but also platform familiarity.
I’ll also add that the AR platform has crushed the M14/M1A as far as accuracy is concerned at Camp Perry et al for the past couple of decades.
Blackfeather
Custom
Does Camp Perry allow the EBR to compete against the AR, or are the M14/M1A guys still forced to use less accurate old school builds to compete?
Young military guys that are trained on the M14 shoot them well, problems arise when an M14 is issued to a warrior that has zero experience with the rifle.
Young military guys that are trained on the M14 shoot them well, problems arise when an M14 is issued to a warrior that has zero experience with the rifle.
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HansGruber
Ronin
Camp Perry allows Supermatch M1A’s, so…
Annihilator
Emissary
Good article Mike, thanks
Blackfeather
Custom
So the M14/M1A guys are not allowed to compete against ARs if they use modern - as issued chassis stocks, so why is that?
HansGruber
Ronin
Couldn’t tell you. I don’t make the rules.
Blackfeather
Custom
I guess the rules comity is afraid to upset the AR boys, that sucks...
HansGruber
Ronin
Look.
The M14/M1A was definitely a superior choice in accuracy against its contemporaries—the G3 and the FAL ;and it pains me to admit that, being the HK geek I am).
However the AR platform kicks it’s ass, accuracy-wise. Back when I had a Supermatch and a SR-25, the M1A didn’t come close…and yes, that was with optics on each platform. Very apples to apples.
Blackfeather
Custom
Look.
An M14/M1A that has been set up in a true chassis stock that utilizes a proprietary op rod guide will easily match whatever repeatable accuracy the AR guys can scrape together, and do it without a heavy barrel, and without glass bedding. Most honest AR guys know this, and that's probably why the rules makers won't allow the EBR to go head to head with the AR. Shame on Camp Perry.
HansGruber
Ronin
And you’re invested in the platform.
I’m not.
I think I’m a bit more objective, no?
Blackfeather
Custom
No, I don't believe you are.
It's clear the AR guys fear competing against the EBR, yes?
Talyn
SAINT
A M-14 with EBR is not an as-issued M-14.
The EBR and/or other chassis were as expedite field modification.
And because it was/is CMP doesn't consider a M1A in a EBT chassis as an "as-issued" configuration.
And being a user of both M1As and AR Match rifles in DCM/CMP matches for 35+ years I have no fear of the EBR.
Blackfeather
Custom
As issued.
Nearly 7,000 were purpose built by Tacom RI, and issued to GIs in the ARMY.
Nearly 7,000 were purpose built by Tacom RI, and issued to GIs in the ARMY.