Hangingrock
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The family during WW2 served with the 28th, 78th and 79th Army Inf Divisions in the ETO. If there were wondrous stories to be told about the M1 I would have heard them when the beer keg was tapped at clan gatherings.
I qualified at Parris Island with the M14 and at ITR at Camp Geiger used the M1. Rifle experience Vietnam M14 and at GITMO marksmanship instructor (M1-7.62 NATO) for sailors attached to the defense battalion. I’ve had experience with both rifles.
The M14 was not a quantum leap in technology over the M1 but there were enough modifications/changes/improvements that made it the better of the two. The twenty round box magazine of the M14 was much superior to the eight round clip of the M1.
As for full automatic fire with the M14 its cyclic rate of fire was equal to or exceeded that of the M60-MG (That’s my recollection of forty plus years ago). Contrary to popular belief it could be controlled in short bursts of fire.
As always let us agree to disagree and maintain a semblance of civility.
I qualified at Parris Island with the M14 and at ITR at Camp Geiger used the M1. Rifle experience Vietnam M14 and at GITMO marksmanship instructor (M1-7.62 NATO) for sailors attached to the defense battalion. I’ve had experience with both rifles.
The M14 was not a quantum leap in technology over the M1 but there were enough modifications/changes/improvements that made it the better of the two. The twenty round box magazine of the M14 was much superior to the eight round clip of the M1.
As for full automatic fire with the M14 its cyclic rate of fire was equal to or exceeded that of the M60-MG (That’s my recollection of forty plus years ago). Contrary to popular belief it could be controlled in short bursts of fire.
As always let us agree to disagree and maintain a semblance of civility.