They don't call it the POODLE SHOOTER for nothing!
They need a few of these in every squad:
"In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised."
-- General George S. Patton Jr.
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Posted on 04/03/2010 1:03:04 PM PDT by neverdem
M-4s?
How about some B-52s?
“. The 7.62, on the other hand, starts falling out of the sky at a couple hundred yards.”
Which “7.62”? 7.62 NATO or 7.62x39? The two are completely different and the 7.62 NATO certainly doesn’t fall out of the sky in only a few hundred yards.
I’d suggest getting the Germans to put the 88 back into production. Return fire from that would discourage the snipers.
The reason Tubbs and Gallegher shoot the 5.56 is that these are service matches, requiring the use of a military service round.
The fact is, as someone pointed out up the line, the Mattie Mattel was another gift to the Leftists from Robert Macnamera. Riflemen shoot it because they have to, not because they want to.
The M-16 has gone through how many revisions, 4 or 5, and you want to do another? Odd how, for 50 years, the rifle never quite seems to do well, and one more "fix" will do the job...
Personal opinion: I was lucky enough to qualify with the M-14 in boot camp, and even over the years, with experience on the 16, FN, AK-47 and 74, the 14 was the best.
It's odd that I don't hear these kinds of marksmanship complaints from the Corps...
I wonder why?
Yes, but the enemy is not wearing vests, so which is better in that case? I think if we had a President with the balls to back out of that stupid 100 year old treaty against using JHP, our ground troops would be in a much better position.
You know that's an AP round, and illegal, don't you?
B-52s have proven difficult to deploy in the field. They are heavy, and most troops have difficulty carrying them on their backs. In addition, the ammunition can weigh thousands of pounds, and magazines large enough to hold the ammunition are expensive and prohibitively large.
They don't call it the POODLE SHOOTER for nothing!
They need a few of these in every squad:
"In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised."
-- General George S. Patton Jr.
.
Ping
The FAL. And BTW, it's 7.62x51 NATO, not 52.
“”30’06 black tips”
Might be useful to have a few around. And since all guns will soon be illegal, who cares?
How about a 338 Lapua or an RSAUM?
M14s have been used extensively in the Army (see link) since the beginning of current conflicts.
They are also in use by Navy and Marines.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/army_m14_032210w/
Over the past 5-6 years I have seen a few articles about the ineffective stopping power of the 5.56mm round. I remember one where troops stated it was taking 2-3 rounds to put down the jihadis. Also remember another where some Special Ops troops were being taught to shoot at lower abdomen rather than center mass to increase chance of stopping their target quickly by hitting a hip or major artery.
My first question too....how many M14s still around?
Jeff Cooper was predicting this twenty years ago.
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