The M14, Not Much For Fighting ( A Case Against The M14 Legend )
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Photo above is the M14 with its Technical Data Package. Shared from Daniel Watters. Go on to any gun forum, and it won’t take you long to find people willing to tell you how great the M14 is. How accurate, like a laser, tough as tool steel with no need to baby it or clean it. Powerful as a bolt of lightning, and how well loved it was by those early users who refused the M16 because they wanted a “real” weapon made of wood and steel… But, is all that really true? Maybe it is a triumph of nostalgia over common sense and reality. One truth is, it was never really liked as much as people think they remember.
The M14, Not Much For Fighting ( A Case Against The M14 Legend )
The M14, Not Much For Fighting ( A Case…
The M14, Not Much For Fighting ( A Case Against The M14 Legend )
Photo above is the M14 with its Technical Data Package. Shared from Daniel Watters. Go on to any gun forum, and it won’t take you long to find people willing to tell you how great the M14 is. How accurate, like a laser, tough as tool steel with no need to baby it or clean it. Powerful as a bolt of lightning, and how well loved it was by those early users who refused the M16 because they wanted a “real” weapon made of wood and steel… But, is all that really true? Maybe it is a triumph of nostalgia over common sense and reality. One truth is, it was never really liked as much as people think they remember.