From: "Kevin Brooks"


Up until you mentioned the bipod, you had me thinking M-21. But I don't recall
seeing any bipods being used with M-21's (and I seriously doubt any of the ones
that were at one *distant* time available for M-14's are still around). I guess
it could be an M-21 with a bipod, but I have never seen one so equipped (note
that the M-24 bolt action replacment does have a bipod included in the kit).
OTOH, are you sure you were maybe not gettting a squirrely view of a M-249
(which does indeed have a bipod) with a 30-round magazine in place of the usual
drum mag? I am having a problem getting around the whole sniper-with-M21 thing;
I had a sniper-type attend a school with me way back in 1995-96, and I can
rememeber his telling me they had already replaced the M-21 with the M-24 in
his ARNG light infantry battalion (and it was not an "enhanced brigade" unit,
either, so their priority of fill would have been about the same as the rest of
the Guard units).
Brooks

The pic was on the AP wire feed from Iraq here on AOL. Unfortunately, the
articles and pics expire after a given period of time and disappear from the
feed so I cannot now call the picture back up and rellok at it.

The guy definitely had some variant of the M-14. I have wanted one of these for
a long time and recognize it. It was not a bolt action. It was not an M-249.

I could have incorrectly recalled that his rifle was equiped with a bipod
though. But it certainly was some type of the basic M-14 and had a telescope,
and I seem to recall a bipod.....but I saw the pic probably a month and a half
or so ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be.
Dave