[BuffaloJack]

For 6 months I carried an M14 that always worked, then they took it away and gave me an M16 that jammed in fire fights.

[Gay State Conservative]

I never served in,or near,combat so the only experience I've ever had with a weapon of war was BCT (1969).We were the last cycle at Fort Knox to qualify with the M-14 and the first to qualify with the M-16.I liked the M-14 better and scored "Expert" with it but only scored "Marksman" with the M-16.

A Marine I know...who was in Hue during the Tet Offensive...has told me about the many problems of the M-16.

[Vaquero]

Of course it worked. The m-14 bring an updated Garand. The m -16 would have worked too if the politicians would have allowed it to be put out the way Stoner designed it. But they had contracts with Olin who made ball powder that was filthy and gummed up the works. Had they used DuPont as indicated by Stoner there would have been no jams. So they eventually chromed the chambers and installed that little round pusher button to overcome the powder problem.

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[Bruiser 10]

I carried an M16, CAR15, M3, a Thompson, an M79, and an M14.

The M14 was my hands-down favorite.

[Yo-Yo]

For 6 months I carried an M14 that always worked, then they took it away and gave me an M16 that jammed in fire fights.

And stuck with it for 55 years. The M16/M4 must really be a piece of crap for it to have lasted that long.

[\/\/ayne]

Basic Training we were training with original M16s, yes they jammed a lot - especially with blanks. But I liked the brand new M16A2 issued when I got to my unit. In a sense the training was pretty good because we HAD to keep our rifles maintained to get off a few shots.

[SkyDancer]

My grandad who fought in The Nam said they called them Mattie Mattels because that toy company was making them.