Glad to oblige- yours truly in much younger days, at the end of a 5-round burst at 550 rounds per minute. Note the lack of muzzle rise:
Would this be a good time for someone to post a Garand or BAR picture?
Garands (not the later development we know and love as the M14) have two big problems - extremely limited magazine capacity and they tell the enemy when you're out of ammo. Not good.
The BAR is a good design, but it's really too heavy to use in anything but the SAW role.
"Would this be a good time for someone to post a Garand or BAR picture?"
Yes !
Having shot an M-14 on full auto at a machine gun shoot, it is definitely grabbing a tiger by the tail, but I'm guessing the troops would be disciplined and use rapid semi-auto fire. A 30 round mag wouldn't hurt the M-14 either.
Glad to oblige- yours truly in much younger days, at the end of a 5-round burst at 550 rounds per minute. Note the lack of muzzle rise: