Comments on: End of an Era for the Navy http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2007/07/26/end-of-an-era-for-the-navy/ Where There's Snow, There's Firepower Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: straightarrow http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2007/07/26/end-of-an-era-for-the-navy/#comment-7966 straightarrow Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:31:54 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1142#comment-7966 If they had any conscience at all they would send to me for safekeeping. If they had any conscience at all they would send to me for safekeeping.

]]> By: Ahab http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2007/07/26/end-of-an-era-for-the-navy/#comment-7796 Ahab Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:47:23 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1142#comment-7796 It really is too bad; I was quite fond of my M14. I never did find the recoil to be all that bad. It was certainly less punishing than the 12 gauge. It really is too bad; I was quite fond of my M14. I never did find the recoil to be all that bad. It was certainly less punishing than the 12 gauge.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2007/07/26/end-of-an-era-for-the-navy/#comment-7791 Sebastian Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:07:49 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1142#comment-7791 It looks like they still plan to keep two of them on every ship. They just will no longer issue them to individual seamen, it looks like. It looks like they still plan to keep two of them on every ship. They just will no longer issue them to individual seamen, it looks like.

]]> By: Ahab http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2007/07/26/end-of-an-era-for-the-navy/#comment-7789 Ahab Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:41:26 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1142#comment-7789 They left out the Coast Guard - when I was in we maintained a small number of M14's for the Academy Rifle team, as well as some ships still carried them in armory for boarding uses. The problem with an M14, or M16 for that matter during a boarding action is that the rounds have a tendency to ricochet. Actually, so did FMJ pistol rounds. The best round was a 12 gauge with 00 buck. They left out the Coast Guard - when I was in we maintained a small number of M14’s for the Academy Rifle team, as well as some ships still carried them in armory for boarding uses.

The problem with an M14, or M16 for that matter during a boarding action is that the rounds have a tendency to ricochet. Actually, so did FMJ pistol rounds. The best round was a 12 gauge with 00 buck.

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