Well, I've shot the M-14, I have shot the SKS, I have shot the AK -47 ,and as a Marine and an ARMY brat I have M-1 genes in my blood and I even held my father's when I was 10 ,never shot one yet though,HOWEVER,lay an SKS on a blanket with 50 rds, and then lay an M-1 on the blanket next to it...