Posted on 01/19/2011 2:17:17 PM PST by Pan_Yan
Sporterized by some ‘smith?
We built them the most advance steel production plant in the world. And all the medal working equipment to go with it.
“the draw back of the grand is the same as most autos
But the M 14 is a better weapon for military work the best sniper in the world used one.”
You seem to be contradicting yourself.
In case you have not looked the M14 is an autoloader and a refinement of the Garand. The M14 uses the same rear Sight as the Garand and basically the same trigger group. Changes amount to modification to use a detachable magazine and refinement of the Gas system.
M14’s in Service Rifle competition are capable of competing But It takes a much larger Investment and lots of tweaking. The Garand competes with much less modification. The AR platform Does very well against Both with minimal Investment.
There are some Old timers that still Compete in Service Rifle with 03’s. Technically you should be able to compete with an FAL or 6.5 Swede, But I havn’t seen either of those or a K98. But It could happen.
Caliber, two weapons, bolt action and semi , if you use a bolt action you can choose, if you need a semi you choose. The 30-06 recoil slows new target alignment in semi. The 308. Is better in both cases.
They won’t buy small arms abroad en-masse. Never. And they don’t use Ak-47 since 1959. A 1974 model Ak-74m is almost as accurate as any Armalite design.
And they have a lot of companies offering much better staff than low end Kalashnikov infanrtry rifles, thus not even close as cheap.
I bet an idea of their DoD statement is a pressure on a domestic makers to lower prices and increase quality control.
Let's not forget the disruptions caused by the relocation of Soviet industry eastward to the Urals.
The Soviets took most of the ground fighting, but they didn't have to fight an air campaign and a sea campaign as well. Overall it balances out.
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