USMC Boot Camp Parris Island 1970 qualified with the M-14, Sharpshooter. It was the first center fire rifle and the best semi-automatic rifle I ever fired.

A few months later I was issued a M-14 when assigned to a rifle company guarding the fence line in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All of the M-16's were being put to good use in Vietnam; besides, the open terrain of Gitmo was suitable for the M-14.

Bought a Ruger Mini-30 in 1999 because it resembled a M-14, and I still hunt with it today.

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"Life is short, hunt hard"