Civilian semi-automatic variants are used for hunting, plinking, target shooting, and shooting competitions. military, with variants used as sniper and designated marksman rifles, accurized competition weapons, and ceremonial weapons by honor guards, color guards, drill teams and ceremonial guards. The M14 rifle remains in limited service across all branches of the U.S. In 1967, it was officially replaced by the M16 assault rifle, a lighter weapon with a smaller, intermediate cartridge. The M14 was the last American battle rifle issued in quantity to U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. military in 1959, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. It became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 in) cartridge. service rifle)Ĩ75 yd (800 m)/3,725 yd (3,406 m) maximum range Īperture rear sight, "barleycorn" front sight Also, I know that you want something more concrete than this, but the overwhelming online consensus favors the Scout or the Loaded M1A over the SOCOM II if you're dead set on getting an M1A.An M14 rifle shown with a 20-round magazineġ959–1964 (as the standard U.S. If you're shooting out to 500 yards, then you will benefit from the Scout's barrel and stock sights. The M1A in general is supposed to be a mid-range battle rifle, and the Scout just handles the whole "mid-range" part better than the SOCOM does. In my other comment I mentioned that I prefer the Scout's muzzle brake. I don't believe you can do that with the SOCOM, since the gas system is proprietary. As /u/cdrapollo20 said, the Scout uses the same gas system as the full-size M1A, so you can use USGI parts as well as the stuff made by Fulton Armory, for example. I shoot mine at 100 yards because that's really my only option at the moment, and it's great. If you're going out to 400-500 yards, then that's really the sweet spot for the Scout. But like I also said earlier, if you really want to do that, do you. I'm gonna be straight with you and say that that sounds like a dumb idea. In this thread, you've outlined that you want the gun for room-clearing, and the M1A rifle/.308 round is just about one of the worst choices you could pick for that job (over-penetration, noise, etc). You state that you already have an AR set up in the way that you want, and that you want a. I will say, however, that I don't think I quite understand your reasoning for why you prefer the SOCOM. A fuckton of people tried to convince me not to even get an M1A, but I knew that that was what I wanted, and I don't regret that decision at all. You'll be the one who could end up regretting your decision not to go with the rifle you originally wanted, not us. If you truly want the SOCOM, then get it. OK, so having read this (as well as your last thread), my first bit of advice is to follow your heart, man. So, with these things in mind, does anyone still think the scout is better, and if so why specifically? Most people I've talked to IRL just say "trust me man, just get the scout" fuck that, I need some reasons before I drop $1700 on my second choice. (I know its a heavy weapon, that's of no concern, I spend about 2 hours a day working out) I'm a pretty short guy (5'5) so a 40 in rifle is pushing it. I want to be comfortable carrying this thing around, and not worry that indoors I'm gonna trip myself up on a door frame. The size: I don't want a long rifle, I'm not looking for a sniper system. I know I'm losing a bit of accuracy by not getting the scout, but it's accuracy I wont ever use Power: I don't do much long range shooting, so as long as I have a hard hitting round thats on point for out to about 500 yards I'm good. I want this rifle because it's got a different aesthetic, and I dont have any. The look: I'm more of a collector than a shooter, and I already have my "battle rifle", an AR 15 set up like I carried overseas. I'm open to changing my mind, but let me lay out what I'm looking for in the rifle: Ok guys, in my last post about wanting to try out a socom, most folks just told me to get a scout instead.