Dan Crocker
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Never mind. My post was off-topic.
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As far as "disgruntled goat farmers"- that seems to indicate a popular uprising. Most of the folk we're fighting aren't even native to the countries we're engaging them in, so "goat farming" has nothing to do with their occupation, which is in fact imported insurgent/terrorist.
Most of the folk we're fighting aren't even native to the countries we're engaging them in
I'd take your word that it's a shooter
Agreed.I don't think that the makeup of foreign fighters in Iraq/Afghanistan is really firearms related
Okay...so you're saying it's logical to tart up an M14 to make it a SDM-type rifle- adding significantly more weight than it already had to begin with, and then go kick doors in with it?!
i see a lot of people favoring the m1/m14 design. what is it about this design that makes it so popular?
i see a lot of people favoring the m1/m14 design. what is it about this design that makes it so popular?
I would rather have a stock M-14, which at least would be relatively light and compact. Better yet, a SMG of some sort.But if I am kicking down doors, I would rather have something like a Mk 14 with a Surefire, PEQ-2, VFG, and a good red dot or reflex sight than a Plane Jane M14.
Perhaps. Or perhaps because they are compelled to carry it by their platoon officer and NCOs. Or because 'everybody else does'. Or because they have a touching faith in the power of technology, and have never really thought things through.The gear in question is carried by almost everyone because it is neither useless nor ineffectual.
Well, 14 pounds is more than 25% heavier than, e.g., a loaded FN (with 21" barrel). That might be acceptable to some ... but I suspect that pretty much anyone except Hercules will find it less and less so, as the hours spent carrying it go by.the setup is going to be fairly heavy when loaded, but this is true of all battle rifles.... a 14 pound rifle with the capabilities of a PEQ-2, white light, and VFG is acceptable.