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As a Semi automatic firearm it is one of the best rifles ever made.
Aimless is wrong, but maybe I wasn't clear with my post.
I'll try again...
It's a shame that the rules of National Match competition keep the wealth of real world improvements in M14 accuracy & reliability with the EBR that have been proven on the two way range out of competition. I think the troops that actually used the M14EBR-RI in combat did some amazing work with the rifles issued to them, I'd like to see them compete head to head with retro NM M14 rifles in NM competitions.
Even with all those upgrades it is still a second class rifle. Always has been always will be. It was an okay battle rifle and an okay DMR. It got a second chance at a service life and even with millions of dollars poured into developing it as an enhanced rifle it was still just okay in the end. It is not a bad rifle, it just isn't a great one either.
I am glad the M14EBR was meh in service and the military started looking for a replacement almost immediately. In looking for a replacement some great programs were started up and we got some good rifles out of it. Rifles like the SAM-R, the MK12SPR, and the M110 SASS.
It got a second chance at a service life and even with millions of dollars poured into R&D developing it as an enhanced rifle...
It's a shame that the rules of National Match competition keep the wealth of real world improvements in M14 accuracy & reliability with the EBR that have been proven on the two way range out of competition. I think the troops that actually used the M14EBR-RI in combat did some amazing work with the rifles issued to them, I'd like to see them compete head to head with retro NM M14 rifles in NM competitions.
This never happened, nobody spent millions of dollars on R&D developing the M14 as an enhanced rifle.
I happen to love the M1A / M14. I am not a veteran of the military so I speak only from civilian experience. I do know combat veterans form 67 Viet Nam who swear by the M14 and curse the M16.