It was pretty impressive to me at least that they took shit that was put in storage in the 80s and within 20 minutes per rifle produced a 1.5moa weapon that could be issued to a soldier

Sure. that's a logistical feat.

You’re taking a 3-4 MOA gun and kludging it into a 1.5 moa gun and expecting it to stay like that

But the problem is that it didn't stay that way

It was such a shitshow before. You'd ask for m14 and get m14 with single magazine covered in dust lmao

You need consistent performance in soldiers' hands

Something that is field servicable and durable

@keldoclock yes because you asked for an M14

Ask for more mags

Done

Tada you have a battle rifle

Says right in the ebr manual not to do anything but clean it &

What's your point?

Im just saying that if you carefully put it back together and maintain the tolerances the accuracy is maintained

It's a military rifle

You damn well better make that thing boot proof

Fielded in a desert country

where everything just gets filled with sand

If a system is so fragile that removing the action one single time ruins everything, it's not appropriate for military service.

It was a 'let's do what we can do ASAP with what we have' and at the end of the day it was not a successful experiment.

I think you have perhaps too high expectations for military weapon

As long as it functions reliably some degradation in performance during lifetime is not really a big deal

...

Are you some kind of idiot?

this is a DMR rifle

It's specifically put into a position where there is a requirement of performance

M14 is shit

If it no longer performs, then it's just a big heavy battle rifle with less capacity than the guy next to you

Iron sight SVD for every russian soldier

🙆

To get what you describe out of M14 platform would require a run of new parts, new tooling etc. U.S. military wisely decided to use accurized m16 for DMR and buy precision parts from KAC and similar companies instead of building a whole new factory to make M14 DMR weapons

I’d like to point out there’s a story of a SSgt requesting an M14 for Iraqi freedom “just for the hell of it” and stacking some bodies with it.

i don't believe u

With bonus of less training needed, better compatibility of parts and ammo in emergencies, enemy snipers not murking the guy with the different gun first

keld is stuck in the 60's

nice

The SSgt story? I saw the photos but not the kill record

They decidedly murked the guy with the different gun first

Because it’s very clearly not an M16 or M4

The M14 worked as a battle rifle

It’s not a marksman’s weapon in the state it was issued as the EBR because it didn’t stay accurate