And it didn't do a fantastic job. No idea where you're getting this info.

You are supposed to maintain some extra ebrs in armory and mail problematic ones back to the states

Its adequate for the task it needed to do, the fantastic part is how quickly and cheaply the problem was solved

Cheaply?

Are you mad?

Where exactly are you getting this info?

Compared to what the army would have paid for purchase of a new weapons system

Also, the money lost by fielding a temporary platform, only to not be appropriate

They did what they could with what was on the shelf on short notice. Just because they had rack grade M14s on the shelf doesn't mean this was in any way a cheap solution

Im trying to upload pdf

Its fucking with me

Why are people so bent on defending the M14/Mk14/EBR

I don't get it

I think it's aesthetic thing

Well, have you ever accurized a battle rifle? Its not the easiest thing.

So, you're confirming that this was a bad idea.

A battle rifle does not equal a DMR rifle

And it was pushed into DMR service

Standard M14 > EBR looks wise

The EBR was a bad idea

All around

It's like accurizing a FAL

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.