Ah yes, we used the M14 in Basic. Went to the M16 when we got assigned to a regular unit.

 

The M14 was new guy on the block when I was in basic Shot expert at Knox with it in early Dec. Loved that rifle. A local gunsmith named Roy Shufelt but a custom that did well at Camp Perry.

 

My buddy shot high power with one of those. Shot with and made friends with R. Lee Ermey. He was a nice guy he said. Curtis could offhand shoot a stop sign at 600 yards before he ripped his shoulder out. Now we shoot off bipods/rests and sticks for BPCR.

 

I met the Gunny at the one and only S.H.O.T. show that I managed to get into. Also met Bob Munden and Tom Knapp at that same show. Three nicer guys you'll never meet. They're all gone now, though.

 

my squad practicing at nws dam neck va..