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2015-01-05 -Land of the Free

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Posted by badanov 2015-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I'm glad we now have all of those myths cleared up. Thanks OP.

Posted by tipover 2015-01-05 00:54|| 2015-01-05 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 When Chuck Norris held it it pa'd itself.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-01-05 05:13|| 2015-01-05 05:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Bah, the AR-15 is NOTHING compared to it's big brother, the dreaded and evil AR-10! It's so evil, my wife says the holographic sight on it makes it so easy to shoot "It's cheating. You just put the red cross on the target and boom, it hits."

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-01-05 06:22|| 2015-01-05 06:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Much as I love my AR-10, I have even more fondness for it's granddaddy, the M-1 Garand. I've never shot a gun that felt more 'right' than the M-1, even if it did try to take my thumb off.

(And no, I'll never stick my thumb in there again. Man, talk about ouchies and swollen thumbs that need a hole poked through the nail to fix.)

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-01-05 06:25|| 2015-01-05 06:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Pussies. Real men fire the Ma Deuce from the hip.

Posted by JFM 2015-01-05 07:44|| 2015-01-05 07:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Funny. Love the pic, gonna stab somebody with that tactical flashlight? Surprised there are no wheels on the bipod.

I heard the triangular forward sight was designed to impale baby seals.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-05 09:51|| 2015-01-05 09:51|| Front Page Top

#7 They forgot the can opener and the finger nail trimmer.

Personally, any time we are in a conflict in an open environment such as the ME, we really should be using something that can reach out and touch someone at 300+ yards. I qualified the first time on the M-1 and we were expected to pop man sized silhouettes at 300 meters. The M-16 is a freaking pop gun. I hated it when I carried it and thought it was a lousy weapon and a terrible club.

Posted by Mystic 2015-01-05 11:43|| 2015-01-05 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 It's called the 'M1 Thumb' Silent Brick. You were no the first I assure you.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-05 11:48|| 2015-01-05 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Put your AR-15 in your SUV and you have the Ultimate Killing Machine...

Posted by tu3031 2015-01-05 12:23|| 2015-01-05 12:23|| Front Page Top

#10 M-14, 7.62mm, 11 3/4 lbs fully loaded.
At 500 yards shot 20 out of 20 in a D (upper torso) from a prone position. There is a reason SpecOps folks have taken to using it for medium range, target dense sniper ops.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2015-01-05 13:12|| 2015-01-05 13:12|| Front Page Top

#11 With iron peepsight, no optics, just 26 clicks of elevation.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2015-01-05 13:16|| 2015-01-05 13:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh I knew about M1 Thumb before it happened. But I didn't truly understand til that bolt slammed forward and smashed my thumb.

JFM, please provide video proof of your awesomeness. The video must include you holding the 52kg M2HB unsupported with a full 105 rnd belt attached, firing said belt while remaining upright and standing with no outside support and managing to keep at least 25% of rounds on target at let's say 100 yards just to be nice and fair.

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-01-05 19:52|| 2015-01-05 19:52|| Front Page Top

#13 silentbrick I did do that, but is was a 7.62 M-60 with a sling, them bitches be heavy.

Posted by Thor Omack8327 2015-01-05 21:05|| 2015-01-05 21:05|| Front Page Top

#14 M-14 is one helluva rifle, in all its iterations.

Posted by badanov 2015-01-05 21:53|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-01-05 21:53|| Front Page Top

#15 I would venture the troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria (?) would prefer to have weapon that would TU a bad guy at 300 clicks instead of 50.

Posted by Mystic 2015-01-05 22:20|| 2015-01-05 22:20|| Front Page Top

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