I was a M305 doubter, forgive me....

TANK1867 said:
For many years I arrogantly looked down on the M14 platform (yes even the Springfields), but only because my first love is the FN-FAL.

Through a great CGN I received a SOCOM18 and I must humbly admit it is a well thought out and designed rifle. In my humble opinion it is far from being as well engineered as a FN but in reality this is the best affordable Battle Rifle on the market that we can buy.

I own two FNs that will die when I do, I love them but the reality is the M-305 is a sweet rifle.

Dave
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Tank welcome to the addiction! I said it here before and I'll say it again, I'd take the M-14 any day of the week over the cheek slapper. If you like stretching out a bit prone over irons you will get where I'm coming from.
 
I like the classic look, bare with a decent wood stock, no optics. My old eyes can't shoot irons worth a damn though. Both of my AR10's cut cloverleafs right out of the box. That's when I sold both my m305's. Even the one fully done up with Krieger barrel, JAE stock, all the little tricks for accuracy and optics, and it still wouldn't touch the armalites:nest:. And since I'm still not rich (although I deserve to be) I couldn't afford to feed 4 .308 semis, so they went. (sorry hungry). But damn they still look like a real gun
 
dogzilla said:
I like the classic look, bare with a decent wood stock, no optics. My old eyes can't shoot irons worth a damn though. Both of my AR10's cut cloverleafs right out of the box. That's when I sold both my m305's. Even the one fully done up with Krieger barrel, JAE stock, all the little tricks for accuracy and optics, and it still wouldn't touch the armalites:nest:. And since I'm still not rich (although I deserve to be) I couldn't afford to feed 4 .308 semis, so they went. (sorry hungry). But damn they still look like a real gun
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You are using optics on the Armalites I take it?
 
Plastic .22s?

Fifty years ago I trained on the Garand in Basic Training. When I got to my TO&E unit in Germany, I was issued an M-14.
Back then nobody complained about either rifle being too heavy. "It was what it was". Shortly before I left the military
they told us that the new main battle rifles were going to be plastic .22s. We thought that was hilarious. Incredible. Inconceivable.
Plastic .22s?? Ahah-hahaha! What were they thinking?
 
Sporting Lad said:
Fifty years ago I trained on the Garand in Basic Training. When I got to my TO&E unit in Germany, I was issued an M-14.
Back then nobody complained about either rifle being too heavy. "It was what it was". Shortly before I left the military
they told us that the new main battle rifles were going to be plastic .22s. We thought that was hilarious. Incredible. Inconceivable.
Plastic .22s?? Ahah-hahaha! What were they thinking?
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I LOVE the weight. But I was considering taking the beast for a deer rifle next season. However, I think the Savage 99 at 7-8 pounds is going to win that battle, lol.
 
What they were thinking:

I believe that 'what they were thinking' was to design a little battle rifle with a weight and recoil that their SE Asian comrades in arms would be able to handle with ease. Early experiences showed them that the M-14 was too much for the slight Asians to use effectively. The US were hoping to equip the entire Vietnamese Army (et al) with those tiny .22s.
 
CanadianBrother said:
What kind of upgrades do you suggest for the Norinco m14 to make it more reliable & accurate?
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I've done all the easy upgrades except unitizing the gas system ( new stock, op rod spring and spring guide, shimmed the gas system, scoped it as I can't see the sights!) Now am working up some hand loads, I think that is what will make all the upgrades worthwhile. 2 to 3 inches out of surplus or cheap factory is likely what to expect from my experience although others seem to do a bit better. This gun is way too much fun, and the upgrading is a great way to learn the inner workings of the rifle. I read the stickies at least 2 or 3 times each as I stripped it down and put it back together...... many times. Great fun and more challenging than my bolt guns for sure
Rodney
 
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