308 battle rifle.
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AR10,...I mean, duh!
Being a old man, I do like the M14. It was very easy to maintain and it work every time. And yes, I bet my life on it for a year. I now have M1A match that I got in 1974 and it still holds MOA even out at 600 yards. The first one is the one is like I had in Nam.
This is my NM M1A.
This is my NM M1A.
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Conelrad said:
Not in my case.
I cut my teeth on the M1 Garand and lusted after an M14 clone since I was 18. Back in 1987 when I shot my first LEG match to qualify for my $187 surplus M1, I was teamed up with a couple of old duffers in their 60s who loaned me a match grade Springfield M1A to complete the course. I was convinced it was what I MUST have. While I was never able to afford a true National Match model, I have owned a few M14 type rifles over the years.
Then I acquired a surplus Canadian C1 (FAL) and fell in love with that system. Owned a para model too.
All the while I was also playing around with AR rifles and have built well over 40 in my time. I knew the AR10 platform had even better potential than either, but the proper new production examples like Knight's or LWRC or POF were even more expensive than the FALs or M14s. The competing dimensions and tolerances between the manufacturers of the newer reborn AR10 styles also made it complicated to simply set about making your own AR10 precision rifle. Heck, there were even 2 entire different and incompatible receiver styles. But now, finally, there is a settling out of these competing standards in the AR10 world and order is establishing. And it is now more affordable to build a match grade tack-driver on the AR10 technology than the M14 or FAL. And you can do it at home, by yourself,...just like assembling an AR15, with many of the same tools. The mags are now cheaper as well. The recoil impulse is lighter. The optional accessories available are greater.
It is simply superior.
Well..... that's one opinion. The draw back is it still runs on 7 lug locking bolt and chamber. 8 if your counting the extractor. They tend to have problems in dirty environments. Where as the FN FAL and M1A were made more for running in a dirty environment. I'm not telling you your wrong. In a overwatch scenario great gun. In a dust storm in the desert not so much.
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Elk34 said:
Keep the dust cover closed when not in use and carefully select your propellants so as to not gum up the innards, and that ceases to be an issue.
I've seen plenty of FALs and M14 types puke their guts out.
In a haboob you get sand in your asshole. I've had ar10 fail in the desert and in muddy environments more than the M1a or Fal. The open face bolt on the fal and m1a are easier to manage then the AR10. Even when your pour in the oil. The AR10 just has alot more matainance to it then the others. I got so made I threw my Ar10 and all that came with it into a lake and said fu,&k you. I picked up I believe it was a Brazilian fal and I could pour mud into it and it would stay running. I'm just saying it has its place and from my experience it's not on the battlefield it's looking over it.
