Re: Use Winchester 30-30s in Iraq

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:02:44 GMT, BlackWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey C. Dege) wrote:
>
>>>   You can barely SEE a target 200 yards away through
>>>   iron sights - especially in a dusty and/or smokey
>>>   environment. 200 yard accuracy is just fine ... 
>>
>>Not in Afghanistan, it's not.
>
>   There ARE exceptions ... although there's still the
>   limitation of iron combat sights. For the 'Stan, they
>   should break out some of the old M-14s and put a
>   low-power scope on 'em. 
>
>   Face it, there's no gun that "does it all". Close-
>   quarters combat demands submachineguns, most combat
>   needs something in the AK-47 class and wide open
>   country demands a long-range rifle. Until the Trekkie
>   boys perfect phasor rifles we're gonna continue to
>   run into situations where there's a mis-match between
>   weapon and combat environment. 

That's exactly what I've been thinking.  The M-4 is far too specialized
a weapon for me to see it as a standard service rifle.  Maybe it's time
we just abandoned the idea.


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