BoatBanter.com - View Single Post

Califbill

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/2/14 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:55:40 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I've "handled" and shot a Colt LE 901. Damned thing weighed more than 10
pounds with a mag and all the usual "tactical" crapola on it. Not a
rifle to be shot off hand.

When did we become such sissies? The M1 weighed about 10 pounds and
the skinny kids in the 40s had no problem carrying them across most of
Europe and the Pacific islands.
I carried one most of the day in boot camp, including during
calisthenics (PDUA). Do some situps holding this over your head and it
will put hair on your chest.
My M1A is about the same depending on which magazine I have in it.
With a 30 round it is probably over 11 pounds.
I am not sure I would want it much lighter shooting 7.62 NATO rounds.

I think my AR-15 weighs about 7.5 pounds with a 10-round mag and the
scope atop it. I don't have it tricked out with lots of rails and
attachments. I'd like to remove the forward sight/gas block, though, and
replace the stock handguard, which is kind of thick, with a thinner
single rail system that would also conceal the gas block. I don't think
I'd enjoy lugging around a rifle any heavier than what I have
now...certainly not for offhand shooting.

Because you are an out of shape wimp? Lots of 10 pound rifles are hauled
around all day during hunting season. As as Gregg stated, lots of M1's
were hauled all around Europe and on island landings in the Pacific.