– ARPAĪlthough analyzed less thoroughly, the M14 also appears somewhat inferior to the M1 rifle of WW2 and decidedly inferior to the Soviet combat rifle. Furthermore, the available cost data indicate that is also a cheaper weapon. The report, therefore, concludes that in combat the AR15 is the superior weapon. The study indicates that the AR15 is decidedly superior in many of the factors considered. The famous Hitch Report stating the AR15, the M1, and the AK47 superior. The M14 was having major problems even before ARPA’s Project AGILE and a Defense comptroller reported the AR15 superior to the M14. One truth is, it was never really liked as much as people think they remember. Powerful as a bolt of lightning, and how well loved it was by those early users who refused the M16 because they wanted a “real” weapon made of wood and steel… But, is all that really true? Maybe it is a triumph of nostalgia over common sense and reality. How accurate, like a laser, tough as tool steel with no need to baby it or clean it. Go on to any gun forum, and it won’t take you long to find people willing to tell you how great the M14 is.

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