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Originally posted by MikeTangas
A select fire M-14 is the only full auto rifle I haven't been able to control the climb. By the third round I was off the paper and working my way up the berm.
If I had a little more free time maybe I would take up some rifle competition. I can still get a M-14 issued to me for competition purposes...but not a select fire version  .
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That was one of the problems with it, basicaly useless short of what people call surpresing fire, and I call wasteing ammo, usually. Though you could drop the strap from the rear, extend it out, and stand on it to hold the front of the rifle down..
The one I learned on was a genuine stuff in a bag and take home from a Marine sometime around Korea. It's gone now, offered them two grand for it and they wouldnt sell. Probibly would have ended up in prison with my luck. But it was a beauty, once in a lifetime.
If'n I was going to shoot military comp, it'd be with a springfield.
I know a guy that collects them(and garand/m-14's(1A). Great rifles..
I've gotten pretty fond of that old K98 though, especialy cheap as it is. Kinda like an old Mercedes diesel, you can't hardly buy a rifle today as well made, but there just not worth a lot monitarily. Suits me..