Outstanding Private Pyle! Finally we found Something that you can do Well.

I enjoy watching your shooting videos, my father was on the USMC shooting team, won more than one National Matches 1,000 yard open sights Match Grade M1. Served with the 5th Marines landing on Iwo Jima not long after he turned 18 years of age. He was wounded severely during the Korean War, shot in the back and the bullet remained lodged next to his heart until he passed in 1998. Next thing that happened is a mortar hit beside him blowing the calf muscles off his legs, they wanted to amputate but he fought them on it. He was a tough Marine who served with the old breed. Chesty Puller used to come and sit by dad when he was practicing at the range. He shot 11 consecutive bullseyes on one match but the pit didn't flag that his target was down, he counted over and bullseye the target beside him by accident, stupid mistake ruined a good run and score by not flagging the target. If he were here I know he would like your show. He was a Distinguished Shooter and an expert with a rifle or pistol. He understood windage and elevation and his shooting reflected it. Dad served 20 years until they railroaded him out because of his injuries. I never heard him complain a day in his life except how he was discharged unfairly a few years before he died of cancer. Just wanted to share that with you. I did witness his skills with a pistol one day back in 1973 at the Clearwater Florida police range, he had everyone's attention and everyone stopped shooting to come talk with him. They piled their weapons every where around him and said it would be an honor if he would shoot with their pistols. It was all day but I enjoyed sitting there listening to him instruct and talk about keeping on target, giving advice on a personal basis. I believe all of the shooter that day took something with them and at the end of the day I honestly believe he shot everything put in front of him, from personal to issued weapons. It would have been great to shoot a M1 with him but the opportunity never came up, hard to understand why my mom hated guns married to a shooter like my dad. You would have enjoyed shooting with him as well. Always something to learn.

I see that A1 in the background. A tease if I've ever seen one.

Expecting fortunate son, mildly disappointed. Still, love your vids

Who else wants a tour of Henry's gun room?

I carried one in Viet Nam. I own one now. Anyone who has ever carried one for real has bound to have affection for it. I never felt like I did not have enough gun and it would still be my first choice going into harm's way.

I think I was one of the last trainee groups in the U.S. Army (July 1969) to train with the M-14 during basic. The 7.62x51 (.308) round is highly effective and can be very very accurate in a good firearm. Sure, .223 ammo carries lighter, but the .308 hits like a sledgehammer. A fine battlefield weapon.

I like to think of the M1a/M14 as the most modern, traditional rifle. It balances those two qualities unlike any other firearm out there.

The "ting" that Josh is hearing is the muzzle device resonating. Old AR-10s do that too.

M1 garand pings when it’s empty M14 pings every time it fires

If you are an impatient boomer who just came to see what we youngsters thought, fast forward to @6:40 and you'll be caught up.

And this is exactly why I own the M14. Love that rifle.

I shoot Expert consistently with the M16A2, so when I was assigned an M21 later during Desert Storm, we set up a regular qualification range in Saudi Arabia and I shot Expert again with no problem. I'm a Marine, and we qualify to 500 yards with iron sights, so we guestimated some targets to 650 and 800 yards so I could use my optics on the M21 and only missed once. Our snipers trained to 1000 yards with the M40 (Remington 700), so not bad for a DMR rifle. Loved that rifle so much I now own an accurized M1A... all mine! Excellent weapon. Semper Fi.

BTW these are non restricted in Canada and as a result have a pretty devoted following, considering pretty much every other Cold War era firearm is either prohibited or restricted. Great video guys 👍🏻

I barely was able to hold in my laughter in my library quiet office when the Full Metal Jacket clips started rolling. Excellent editing

Back in the day (mid 1980s) I had to train on the M-14 as part of the ship's self defense force (destroyers don't normally carry Marines.) I was pretty good with it because I learned rifles on my Dad's deer rifle, Dad was a WWII Army vet. Dad's rifle was bolt action, so I fell in love with the '14 in semi-auto. For some dumb reason one of the points we sometimes deployed an M-14 armed individual to was inside the hull, just outside of the ASROC magazine along with at least one other toting either a 1911 .45 or a 12 gauge shotgun. A 'long range' shot under those conditions was TEN YARDS MAX. During a Security Alert drill I was one of the first two people armed at the small arms magazine and I had one of the M-14s, my 'partner' a .45 and because we were the first two armed and ready we were placed outside the magazine, considered the most critical point to be defended. During the drill our Command Duty Officer inspected us after we verified his identity. "Petty Officer, there are armed hostiles on the other side of that water tight door. To get where they are they've already killed a number of shipmates. What are you going to do?" (He was an asshole, making it up as he went.) I took a knee, shouldered my weapon aimed at the door, at the sighthole about five feet above the deck. "Lieutenant, if one of them takes a look through that 'peephole' (thick glass, about 2" in diameter) I'll put a round through it and then fire through the closed door (aluminum less than 1/4" thick) to discourage them." He looked at me like I was crazy. "I don't think you can punch through that door." My partner was a Gunners Mate who backed me up. "Sir, the .308 round from an M-14 WILL punch through aluminum thicker than that door. He might not actually hit that window, (at only 20 feet ... HAH!) but the round will go through the door and either kill or seriously wound whoever is on the other side."

Outstanding, Private Pyle. I think we finally found something that you do well.

M14 gang rise up...!

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One of simple joys is reaching out with my M1a. Even with a standard, all usgi rifle, accuracy is superb. The irons are a joy to use. If I can see it, I can hit it.

Awesome to see that the M14 is able to reach out and touch someone when its in capable hands. Love the vids.👍

I did record fire in BCT with the M-14 in 1969. I scored 99 out of 100 targets to capture top battalion shot and earn an expert rifle medal. It was the sweetest shooting rifle I had ever fired. You caught the trick about the front sight too. Like y'all shooting.

I enlisted in the Army back in '68. Had the M14 all through boot camp except for one day with the M16. Both I qualified expert, and nailed the 500 yd target with ease. Went on to do 2 tours in Vietnam. Now, I can't hit my plate with a fork without my tri-focal glasses,lol.

Even though I have a huge soft spot for the M14, courtesy USMC, there's no doubt it was outdated when adopted, being essentially a first-generation gas rifle, and intended for outdated infantry doctrine; that of long-range aimed fire.

1:10 I believe that is because the flash hider vibrates with each shot, doing a tuning fork sort of sound effect.

This was the very first rifle I ever shot, back in 1975 i was a fresh recruit right out of the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes I’LL, Onboard my very first but of many ships. Never being able to afford a M-14 over the years, it and the 308 Win holds a special place in my heart. Fast forward 25 + years i bought a Savage model 10 bolt action in 308 Win, the love affair is still going hot and heavy.

Ahhhh the most handsome rifle ever made IMHO. I am a cold war army veteran and always wanted to fire the m14. I qualified with a g3 though(nice) when in Germany.

This episode could have used a Paul Harrell disclaimer about bearing with gunfire in the background. Somebody out there was putting in work.

M1A is awesome! There was no doubt when an impact was made. It moved the targets real good! Nice shooting, Henry!!

The meme game is as strong as the range tests you running. Great job. :) Can't wait for future videos.

Military was having a hard time in Afghanistan/Iraq with vast open spaces and the limitations of the M4 @ 300 yards. ... step in the good ole' 308.

I, for one, wouldn't mind these rifle videos being longer. Truly interested in what was said in the sped up parts.

My M1A NM loves the Lithuanian surplus 7.62. I have had many groups of 1 MOA or a little less with the ammo it really amazed me.

I love the metallic ping the M14 makes every time you shoot it.

Love the m14 and the m1 both are beautiful rifles and a joy to shoot ! Great service rifles !

That’s an interesting point about the thicker sight being used to favor. I have read the same thing, but this author used the NM front sight, which is 8 moa wide (aiming black on NRA/CMP is 6 moa). The the NM front sight, he said you could favor 1 moa left or right. The M16 NM front sight that I used for high power was 6 moa. Same for my”M110 service rifle” for NRA long range, but at 1000 yards the aiming black is 4.4 moa.

👍 I ❤ THE M1A-M14.....ONE OF MY FAVORITE.

"I dont need no teenage queen... I just need my M14"

Excellent work fella's! You make an excellent team that is awesome to hear the back and fourth banter. My number one go to channel fun to watch, excellent shooting and the conversations are more than helpful. Thanks for the awesome content and keep the top notch excellent content coming.

Even though the M16 was preferred, the M14 really is the epitome of a hard hitting battle rifle, that’s some freaking authority in your shoulder, damn I love the sound it makes

I appreciate your reviews... I had a 10.5" 556 and I was ALL day ringing a 18" gong at 200yds with a 4/5 MOA $50 Bushnell red dot. On a pistol. For our ATF friends, I didn't even shoulder the tube. It was straight bench. 😙

In all my years in the Marines I never had any issues reaching out to the 500 with an M16A1 as you have in the back ground and an M16A2 using USGI issued ammo.

I really enjoy and have great appreciation for your videos. I don't particularly care to watch someone just shooting but your videos have a purpose and I enjoy seeing and comparing rifle accuracy in your hands for rifles that I have and ones I don't have and your commentary after the fact. I am a huge m1 garand fan and would enjoy seeing how far you could stretch accuracy out past the 500 yard mark. Very nice and entertaining job from both shooter and spotter, thank you.

I like 9 hole very much for their analyses on every rifle that they test. I have that same M1A and love it. Thanks Henry and Josh

I don't want no teenage queen, . I just want my M14. . If I die in the combat zone, . Box me up and ship me home.

Would also love to see an SVD or PSL

Finally! open sights. great job. i learn a lot from the commentary. Thanks for the video.

12 for 12 at 500 yds with iron sights at boot camp qual, Feb. 1967 ... four of them were in the spotter which was either 6 or 10 inches diameter if I remember correctly... loved that rifle but wouldn't have wanted to lug it and a couple hundred rds of ammo through a jungle all day ... I could hit silhouette targets with it at 750 yds with service ammo ... never had any match ammo to try ... I intend to remedy that soon, but now I will need optics and a rest, lol ... great video! Brings back memories ...

Love the "Full Metal Jacket" metaphors. Hilarious! The way Henry explains the reasoning behind his preference for a thicker front sight post, which give s him a quick hold reference to favor right or left on rifles, makes a lot of sense.

As an old marine, what your doing is a piece of cake. For us the 200 was shot offhand, standing from the shoulder, 300 sitting, and 500 from prone.

I trained with the14 in Jun-Jul of 65 at Ft. Jackson. I loved that rifle. Sad when they gave me a 16 on the boat to sunny Viet Nam. I miss that rifle.

Putting the lines and scenes in from ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Henry was brilliant, in the distraction of not trashing the M-14 publicly! Class man, just class.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😂🤣

When it's all said and done, iron sights is where the rubber meets the road!!

Awesome video! Still one of my favorite rifles.

Very nice and informative.I just purchased the M1A Scout in walnut. A beautiful Rifle and like you I always wanted one and at this point can also now afford it. Can't wait to shoot it.

Bought one of those M1As with the roller Bolt and Douglas NM Barrel in 1987 on sale for 729.00. Came with 3 magazines and a scope mount. It is a Superb shooter. Thanks for sharing.

When I was in the marine corps I shot three medals, marksman, sharpshooter and expert with M14..a beautiful rifle...Oohrah...

This M14 is beautiful, and the sound is music to my nose.

Always enjoy watching these videos especially when it's a rifle I've used in the Army...great shooting Boss.

I was stationed at camp Lejeune, 2nd amtrac bn. I was picked to be a member of the rifle & pistol team in 1971. We shot small bore pistol & rifle and big bore pistol (1911 .45 ACP) and big bore rifle (M14). Never did much with the small bores or the 1911, but we kicked ass with the M14. Commanding General Marine Corps base got a 4' tall trophy when we beat all competitors from every branch of U.S. services. We shot at 200, 300 & 600 yd. targets with this weapon. It never let us down as long as we did our part. It was a sad day when these awesome battle rifles were sold or destroyed by then president Clinton. May he rot in hell.

I was in the transition from the M-14 to the M-16A1 in 1966! With the M-14 I could engage any target I could identify! With THE M- 16 A1 I usually was motivated to maneuver to close the range before firing! I still prefer the M-14!

Love my M1a in 6.5 creedmoor ☺️

I qualified expert with a M-14 at Fort Ord in 1966, I loved that Rifle, I’d love to have one, but my 9130 Mosin in a blast.

Excellent series! “Practical accuracy” = great concept!

I have a CMP Garand and a Polytech M14s with GI surplus parts, I have to say between the two I prefer the smoother recoil impulse of the Garand

Do u know how awesome u guys would look in all your vids, if there was no wind. Good job showing how realistic accuracy. Not a edited 3 shot group with perfect conditions.

Good job Captain , love seeing these old rifles.

Once again yall, great video. Great showcase for the M14

Thank you guys so much I've been waiting for this vid for about a year and loved every minute of it. I'm happy you went with the exact rifle I own to. Alot of hate for the rifle is right. I don't think it's the best rifle every made or anything 2-3 moa on a good day but I prefer it when choosing among it's peers the G3 type and the FAL type. And as a combat rifle it's all about the application. And it's a fine specimen the US rifle M14 and it ain't too damn bookoo

Christ Almighty Henry you have one brutally good eye lol. Damn fine shooting and the Gunny is indeed looking on you all with approval from somewhere out there!

I giggled and snorted when you cut in the first clip from FMJ. lol. Loved it. Good run on the M14 as well. I have most of the examples of main US combat rifles going back over 100 years but i've been really slow to pick up an M14. It just doesn't do much for me. As you say you just like the Garand better. And so do I.

This is the 3rd maybe 4th time I've watched (and enjoyed) this video. I've finally located a new M1a1 Loaded and had trained and qualified expert on the M14 version back in the 60's. I'm happy I've made the purchase for many reason but I realize it's the nostalgia things mostly. I am not going to let 2012 go by without taking it somewhere where the ranges are longer than here in Massachusetts. I know my 72 y/o eyes could be a problem but I'd truly like to do it with iron sites and not mount a scope. Just love the class of these rifles. I'll also bring my AR15 but totally get what you mean as far as range. They are quite different for sure. Anyway..... I thank you for the video. It means a lot to me and great super cool shooting.

I know the M14 has problems......but goddamn it looks beautiful 😭

Stationed at D-M AFB in the early 2000s; had a whole rack of M-14s collecting dust that we couldn’t touch because no one was qualified to use them.

Nice. Love my M-1A Scout. And i mostly shoot with irons. Unfortunately, i do not have a place to shoot much beyond 120 yards or so without traveling. Henry is obviously a skilled shooter. I love my Garand very much also. It is smooth, accurate, and fast to reload. I coukd see where it whould have made very good Hun or Chi Com repellent back in the day (mine is a 52 or 53 H&R production, so it would be the latter). The fact that they have such longevity is a tribute to the design. Nice job as always. Loved the Full Metal Jacket clips.

When I was in Marine Boot Camp in ‘68, we trained with the M-14. When I went to staging, before going to Nam, we trained with the M-16.

4:20 "What did you do at 400?" Could be a variety of things. Trigger pull, Kentucky windage, retina burn, hot chamber or even a combination of several of those.

Living in Montana, I'd take .308 over the 5.56

So I was looking at some kinetic energy statistics. At 500 yards out a .308 from an M1A/M14 hits with 3x the kinetic force of your average 9MM handgun hits point blank. At point blank it's around 6x a 9MM handgun but even 500 yards out it's 3x. In contrast your typical .223 from an AR-15 at 500 yards is about .9x to 1.1x a 9MM handgun point blank. So .308 is a BEAST and the M1A is a magnificent piece of craftsmanship.

My m1a nm was built in the mid 80s and its a tack driver love it.

Can you guys make a video about the browning hi power? Btw great content as always.

Thanks. This video really highlights the difference between shooters and tactifools. Just watched a review of another version of this platform where they complained they couldn't get consistent groups at 100 yards even with optics. Here you are dinging steel at 500 with iron sights. Their problem wasn't the platform.

I have a standard Springfield M1a set for battlesight zero which calls for a center mass aim out to about 450 yards. It works. I don't touch my rear sight. I have hit 500 all day long with no problems. I am not a great shot. 72 years young. Always qualified Expert in the Army. Thanks for the great videos. Use M80 ball.

Shot with / against a marine sniper team in 95 in Florida at a dcm shoot. I was shooting a m1 standard sights they were shooting rack grade m14. 200 300 and 600 yards. The m1 was 2 clicks less adjust at 600. But it was a blast. We all shot ball ammo. I think reminington. Thanks to all who make this still available in the USA. And nice shooting.

This video has brought out all the fudds.

Dang, 2 impacts dead center at 500yds. Definitely a DMR rifle.

In basic (1966) our rifleman qualification test was from a foxhole, 2 mags , 20-440 yards in heavy brush at pop up targets. you only had a few seconds to acquire and fire. The 14 is a very accurate weapon. I qualified sharpshooter.

The"ping" you hear is the brass hitting the op rod, which is normal. Great video.

Now that's a rifle 🤠👍🇺🇸

And who said that the M14 was impractical, not accurate, wow, that was impressive.

The first 2 times I did my rifle qualifications were with M-14's. I did my advanced infantry training in California with an M-14 as my issue weapon.

M-14 is a wonderful feeling and shooting weapon. I was in the USMC Nov 68 We switched from the 14 to the 16 what a difference that was.

But...but...does it have the shoulder thing that flips up?

How about the M1A SOCOM 16 CQB??

Great video! Love it hate the M14, it’s very satisfying to hear those plates ring!

Loved the edits ...great work fellas

“Too boku!!” LOL 😂

Someone once said "people who like the m14 don't know jack about m14"

No. 1 Gun channel on KZfaq as far as I'm concerned. Only channel where I wish the non shooting part is LONGER.

Nice video. I just bought my first M1A. Now I just gota wait 3-4 months for it to get here.