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Originally Posted by SomethingWitty
A lot of people denigrate the M14 as a Sniper Weapon System as it is fairly fragile; which is fairly accurate statement. It's not as rock solid as the M24/M3 Ultra combo which is almost impossible to fuck up; but it is still a much more proven system than the M110 system. My opinion of the M110 comes from people that have gotten to use the rifle, and while it is very accurate, it is not very reliable. A lot of soldiers are/have been unhappy with the rifle because the tolerances is so tight that if you shoot it with the suppressor, you will have to clean it after a magazine. There have also been issues with trigger breaking. I think that the concept of a sub-MOA semi auto sniper rifle at the expense of reliability is silly...a reliable 1 MOA rifle is sufficient.
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man, you really love the M14 doncha  I better not drag the beloved OBR to comparison.
While I put 5 M118LR through the M110 to a barely two-to-three .308 wide holes (Rick B can verify, he was spotting. I think I put the group here somewhere), I actually heard that due to inconsistent QC in mass production, its accuracy leaves much to be desired ie. during the intl. sniper comp at Benning. Thus, not meeting the curriculum demand originally set for the M24.
Agree with the sub-MOA take. Although I'd like to know my rifle is capable of it, if I can hold 1 MOA after all the dashing, dancin, and prancin I'm happy as a duck in water.
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Last edited by frostfire; 02-01-2013 at 05:43.
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