I got a chuckle from this pic, seen at Weer’d’s place.
Out here we just call them “rifles.”
Oddly, for all the rifles contained and carried in the Gulch, until recently there wasn’t a single AR. I came here eight years ago with my M1A, Landlady had Vera the shorty Garand, and as always you never know what Ian’s going to show up with but it won’t be anything as ubiquitous as an AR. I decided fairly early that – despite my position as High Priest of the First Church of the Immaculate M14 – I wanted something handier. So I went to a build party and came home with the World’s Ugliest Carbine.
And with the addition of a front-mounted scope to compensate for my inadequacies, it does me just fine and I desire no other.
Or so I say. Our AR-less state isn’t driven by any particular prejudice, and not long ago Landlady brought one home. Ian had it at his Cave a few weeks ago, and I confess I molested it with unsolicited fondling. Such a cute little thing.
Ian watched this and remarked, “You could get one, you know. All you’d have to do is sell your Springfield…”
I put the carbine right back down. “I don’t want one that badly,” I said, perhaps a bit archly.
Bless you my son. You have resisted the siren call of the path of blackness. The church of the Holy M-14 (hallowed be its name) commends your stalwart path.
Recently it has been revealed by the cosmos that it *is* permissible to give rackspace to one of the black ones, provided one firmly adheres to the paths of the righteousness that were laid down by our forebears of thirty caliber, John Garand, and John Moses Browning (praises upon their holy names).
It should be noted that this in no way replaces the mighty M-14 and its kin. Indeed, the black ones must always be stored and used as befits a lesser deity.
‘For they that shitteth where they eat deserveth not a place among the holy.
(Chapter 5, verse 308)
For, as it is written, when the proverbial SHTF, one shall grab the great and mighty, forsaking all smaller, less stalwart friends.
Then shall the righteous be rewarded by the power of the great 30 caliber, the supreme accuracy of the holy micrometer peep sight, and the glory of smiting evil with wood and steel.
Amen.
Truly, the only things the AR does better than the M14 are reliability, capacity, accuracy, length, weight, optics compatibility, and cost effectiveness. Other than those, the M14 is unmatched. 😉
I went the FAL route. 🙂
I went over to the dark side several years ago. A bad spine made the decision for me. Good part was the M1A was worth 2 decent AR15’s. And I traded off the .308 ammo and components for lots of .223 stuff.
“World’s ugliest carbine”
OMG it has a high-capacity clip and vertical handles and a silencer and a shoulder thing that goes up OMG think of the children!!!
😉
Carried one of the little black ones for years. Never really came to like it. Last one I was issued was not reliable or accurate, but was almost I possible to get clean. I think it hated me.
Technically the shoulder thing goes sideways, but yes. My carbine is extra scary-looking, and thus extra powerful. 😉
“All you’d have to do is sell your Springfield…”
Blaspheming bastard!
Other than that, what he said was…..aw hell, he’s still just a blaspheming bastard!
I HATE that side folder….hate hate hate hate hate a pox upon it hate……….. hate.
Don’t like it. I have one on a Tantal and WILL find a way to modify it so I can actually shoulder it AND get a sight picture. As it is now, I end up resting my face on the back cover. Bad mojo.