(Dav1936531) wrote:

Which doesn't explain the pics of Army snipers toting the M-14 variants I
mentioned coming across the Associated Press wire feed on Iraq that is
available here on AOL. There was one of a guy covering a field after a convoy
ambush just recently with just such a rifle.

It's a favorite for some all right. Too bad Clinton gave away to Bosnia and
sold to Taiwan for $56 each, 125,000 M14s. After all, he cut the size of the
military so drastically, who would need them? Next thing you know we are in a
dessert war and need that extra thousand foot-pounds at 800 yards. They like to
buck but you can learn to hold them down for a fast follow-up. (Nobody uses
full auto except a kid I saw in Burma who carried it with a rope sling over his
head and shoulders. He ripped em off into the trees for the news cameras.)

-- Charlie Springer