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Posted: 6/21/2005 2:29:34 PM EDT
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How controllable was the Full-Auto M-14 and what was it's reliability like? |
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Two videos of a NFA Registered M1A in full auto can be found on page 10 of the Commercial M14 photo gallery at www.imageseek.com/m1a Discussion of M14 Combat Performance can be found here: www.m-14forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=15955 |
Very controllable. One thing though, I noticed the M-14 stock has a pistol grip on i. Does that make it more comfortable to shoot or smiply a choice of stock design? |
What you see in those two videos is the M14E2 (M14A1) stock, M2 bipod, M14E2 muzzle stabilizer and M14E2 sling. These parts were designed to help control the M14 in automatic. They work fairly well. The M14 is not so controllable with just a standard M14 stock ("normal" dress). I really prefer the M14E2 design stock for automatic fire. I'm having LAW483 make me a wood laminate M14E2 stock. The M14E2 stock does make the M14 more comfortable to shoot in automatic or semi-automatic IMHO. |
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I've been fortunate enough to run several hundred rounds through a USGI M-14. A full mag will certainly rock you back! As stated, a three- to four-round burst is pretty easy to keep on target at close range. But the small aperature is really not meant as a CQB sight. |
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As a select fire M1A owner with a standard stock I can tell you it is not a very controllable full auto weapon. However you can put all 20 bullets in a body-size target at 50 feet (great spray and pray machinegun), and muzzle climb is not an issue once you learn to ride the recoil, it just jumps a bit. Oh, and it is more fun than mere mortals should be allowed to have. |
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One of the AZ guys here has a Smith M14E2. The best I could do at a hundred was keep two rounds on the target, I am much better with the M60 or the BAR. In the prone the E2 tends to skitter to the right on me. Hee hee....skitter.....I love that word...never get to use it enough! |
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