M14 Forum

SOCOM42 · August 1st, 2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by leadbug

Boom Stick that is incredible. I would so love to own a real Samurai sword.

there is a real one from ww2 at tombstone trading in brookfield ma. it is going i think for $1,300.00 it is in great condition.

broylz · August 1st, 2011, 06:50 PM

hopefully the ma deuces will end up in the market and not in the furnace like the m14s

Butzbach · August 1st, 2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SOCOM42

there is a real one from ww2 at tombstone trading in brookfield ma. it is going i think for $1,300.00 it is in great condition.

WW II katana not real samurai sword! Mass produced for military.

Earthquake · August 2nd, 2011, 01:52 PM

Did it seem like that M2 was shooting a bit fast, sounded it had some M3 internals, I think they should spend money building new M2HB's and not trying to reinvent it, look what happened to the M85.

Casey

emmagee · August 2nd, 2011, 04:45 PM

It remains to be seen if this weapon truly replaces the M2. From what I've heard there are issues in the sandbox with adequate training on the weapon which is causing a lot of accidents. Another poster above alluded to this plus lack of support. Really, it doesn't take a great deal of effort to learn the gun.

I own an M2 and have been shooting them for the better part of 30 years. My current gun is a High Standard made in 1943 and registered as a dewat during the amnesty. It runs like a scalded dog. HOWEVER. After EVERY outing with it (usually not less that 1K rounds) I break it down, clean it and do PM.
Most of the problems I have seen, at least in civilian-owned guns, was either operator error or ammo related.

RandyB45 · August 2nd, 2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Boom Stick

M2 versus a samurai katana.

I thought we settled the issue of the superiority of the .50 over a samurai sword sometime in the 1940s....

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Originally Posted by emmagee

It remains to be seen if this weapon truly replaces the M2. From what I've heard there are issues in the sandbox with adequate training on the weapon which is causing a lot of accidents. Another poster above alluded to this plus lack of support. Really, it doesn't take a great deal of effort to learn the gun.

Good points. A lack of training in the sandbox is just laziness. It's not like there isn't time and weapons available.

emmagee · August 2nd, 2011, 06:15 PM

Oh, and I think the new gun is fugly.

Whatsinaname181 · August 2nd, 2011, 07:08 PM

[QUOTE=RandyB45;717454]I thought we settled the issue of the superiority of the .50 over a samurai sword sometime in the 1940s....[QUOTE]

HAHAHAHA! Outstanding!