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Too Heavy
Ricci.Wright
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Maybe I'm just getting old and weak, actually there's no maybe about that, but some rifles seem too heavy to me. I know a M1 weighed 9 1/2 lbs. and they were humped through sand, and mud, and snow all over the world. But by better and younger men than me. And I damn well guarantee every last mother's son of them would have loved to have had a lighter rifle. As long as it was as effective as their Garands.
Anyway I am looking to decide which Ar 15 to keep as a personal rifle and yesterday I broke out my LWRC piston rifle and man that thing is heavy. They are great rifles but I think it will hit the auction side in a couple of months. I have a Daniels Defense light weight and a Colt 6920 both new and unfired. Probably going to come down to one of them. The Trijicon ACOG will add a little weight. I also have a brand new Eotech XPS2-0 and that puppy is very light.
Anyway I am looking to decide which Ar 15 to keep as a personal rifle and yesterday I broke out my LWRC piston rifle and man that thing is heavy. They are great rifles but I think it will hit the auction side in a couple of months. I have a Daniels Defense light weight and a Colt 6920 both new and unfired. Probably going to come down to one of them. The Trijicon ACOG will add a little weight. I also have a brand new Eotech XPS2-0 and that puppy is very light.
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No way was this going to happen. Your going to be in the same position. Unless you stick with a 5.56 X 45, with the lightest metal parts available. Even then I believe it will be at least 7 pounds. With loaded 30 round mag, irons and optic(s).
I thought my M1A White Feather was heavy until my MATEN. Anyways I moved my mostly Daniel Defense MM4V7 (BCG, receiver and trigger group are not) yesterday and she seemed to be quite heavy. I think it's the DD barrel. I do wonder how many "ounces" the piston drive adds?
For a while there seemed to be a race to mill the crap out of ARs to get the heroin chic to cut weight. Kind a silly since they just add more gear to offset the weight loss. I think Clint Smith has one of those "anorexic" ARs. he doesn't have a scope since his eyes are better than mine.
As for "effective as their Garands" maybe you might wanna look in to Wilson Combat's 300 Hammer (or how ever they spell it).
I would l not have trade the M-1 or M-14 for the alternative, but that was when I was young.
On the other hand, I have a simple little .22 bolt action- a Mossberg 144 LSB. With the scope, runs about 11 pounds. Incredibly accurate, but I would not want to carry that for a day's squirrel hunting.
I have noticed in recent years that the force of gravity has been increasing, and hills have become much steeper than they used to be. Must be erosion.
The difficult part to get use to for me was the bulky feel of the stock on the M-1 and M-14. When the M-14 synthetic stock was introduced this was not a problem any longer. You have to realize that the Marines that were trained with thes rifles could doubletime in step for three miles, covered and aligned, 40 inches back to chest, with typical combat gear, steel pot, field jackets, cartridge belts, etc. and be ready to engage in combat, be it close or otherwise, upon arrival. some unit NCO's CO's might stretch that to five miles. The weight of the rifle did not weigh heavy on the mind.
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