polytech m14/s any good?
1stumbled on one of these locally for $875 with 2 magazines. should i go snap it up? or run, run far away? as if i need another battle rifle.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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...lurker wrote:i may need a bigger gun cabinet.
Do you already have an M1 carbine? If not, you’ll probably want that next.
i may be done buying long guns for the foreseeable future. the next gun show here is in october, we'll see how i feel then.BungalowBill wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:06 pmDo you already have an M1 carbine? If not, you’ll probably want that next.
I was curious about that as well. The PDF that was linked earlier actually talked a bit about it. From my skimming it sounded like they copied them to give as foreign aid to revolutionaries during the 60s and 70s. they disguised them as captures from Vietnam so they couldn't necessarily be traced back to China. The Norinco exports were to sell off the leftovers and then make some cash for the chinese government.FrontSight wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:25 pm
I have to say, I never did understand why the Chinese chose to build M14's. Not very many countries used the M14 because it was too expensive, and drastically inferior to other rifles available.
Actually, they'll get a bit racist over that. They will always swear that the SKS is completely inferior to anything American made, when in fact, it was better than the Garand, Carbine, and M14.
Dood,offensivename wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:26 pmI was curious about that as well. The PDF that was linked earlier actually talked a bit about it. From my skimming it sounded like they copied them to give as foreign aid to revolutionaries during the 60s and 70s. they disguised them as captures from Vietnam so they couldn't necessarily be traced back to China. The Norinco exports were to sell off the leftovers and then make some cash for the chinese government.FrontSight wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:25 pm
I have to say, I never did understand why the Chinese chose to build M14's. Not very many countries used the M14 because it was too expensive, and drastically inferior to other rifles available.
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