Favorite Modern Battle Rifle: Beside AR or AK

[txhoghunter]

Ok IMO, if you are clumsy with reloads, then the Garand should not be your top pick out of those two. After round #8, you and your enemy are doing to hear a distinct *ding* and everyone is going to know you are out of ammo (temporarily). A VERY bad time to be fumbling with a reload. For most modern combat situations in Iraq, being house to house and room to room, both weapons are too long to be effective. But should we be in more open country, I feel that the M14 would be the overall better choice.

And just to point out, there is a reason the M14 has been pulled back into service. (although not as a battle rifle)

 

[Maverick223]

I am curious why everyone keeps adding an "e" to Garand...

 

[goon]

I am curious why everyone keeps adding an "e" to Garand...

Spanglish.

 

[kayak-man]

txhoghunter,

I completely forgot about the ding. I'm not clumsy at reloading, just in general, but I agree that the M14 would be the logical choice from that perspective. I was thinking in terms of "If I drop a magazine, I can either lose 8 rounds, or 20." In retrospect, that was not the brightest idea I had today, so thanks for pointing that out.

Maverick: I threw the e on the end because I sometimes confuse overpriced coffee with classic american firearms

 

[nwilliams]

My pick would be the FN SCAR

I can't testify to its battlefield effectiveness because I've never been in battle but I really like the design and if I were to go into battle and have the choice of a rifle to take with me it would be a SCAR, even if I had the option of an AR or AK it would still be my choice. I have the civilian version and I love it.

 

[trultemor]

Maybe a modernized G3.
AG3-F2

 

[Spec ops Grunt]

AUG

 

[ifit]

vz58

 

[trultemor]

RK95

Or a RK62

 

[thisisoriginal]

Ive never been in battle, but there will be a battle if someone comes into my house. Then I'll get to test if my mauser that sleeps with me is ready for combat

 

[thisisoriginal]

my battle partner if someone comes in my house

 

[M2HB M240]

I say the M1 Garand, even though I believe that the Garand should have been built to use the existing BAR mags that were arounds almost 20 years before the Garand was adopted. Browning was way ahead of his time.

 

[bannockburn]

FN FAL Model 50-63

 

[natescout]

Mk 14

 

[skipbo32]

the M14 is my choice even before the AK or AR.

 

[skipbo32]

the M14 is my choice even before the AK or AR.

 

[Mr_Pale_Horse]

Bundeswehr G3

 

[d2wing]

All good but as a combat vet I would take the M-14. It's more accurate than than most other .308s. In training I put 9/10 shots in 1 hole at 25 meters. It handles nice, is lighter and shorter than a Garand and is clip fed. It also works with a bayonet if needed. Most of the others feel too ackward, bulky and front heavy for fast shooting. If you have to live with a rifle 24/7 and use it as a fighting tool
you need something that's handy. I like the rifle version M16 better but nobody that's used an M-14 complains about it.