It will take squirrels too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> My choice was based on what I actually own, not what I might like to have. Personally, I loved the M-14 rifle! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I never fired an M14 with live ammo, only blanks. We used them in UGA ROTC field excecises in the 70s. The only military gun I fired in that caliber with live ammo was the M60 machine gun. Shot expert with it at Ft. Knox. I did see the Army truck drivers with M14s when they delivered our munitions to Nakhon Phanom AFB in NE Thailand in '67 and '68. I understand they are fine long range shooters. All I had was an M1 Carbine, as our M16s were taken from us and given to the South Vietnamese Army. We in the AF got their carbines. It was part of LBJ's "Vietnamization" program or some such. Given the problems some were having with the M16s at the time, I prefered the carbine.

Most of our training was with the M14, and we didn't get the M16 until just before our trip across the pond! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Makes sense huh?!!!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> With as many M16's that jammed, we would have preferred the M1 carbine as well! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
I always relished the M60 myself! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It all makes perfect military sense, Tom. Train with the M14, fight with the M16. We trained with the M16 and were given M1 carbines. Fortunately in the AF we did not have to use them much, but they shot well. Then in the Army I trained with Infantry weapons (all combat arms officers do) and never saw another M60 after I was assigned to a tank company. My weapons were the 45 cal grease gun, 45 1911, and 50 cal MG, along with a 105mm tank cannon. It all makes perfect sense. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

the .308 is tactically better i guess you could say due to the trajectory of the actual cartridge when fired... the .308, since it is a lighter bullet, will stay flatter, longer. however it does not have the punch of the aught 6. both are fine rounds, but i like the 30.06 better. and HD was right when he said it is the most versatile round of all big game cartridges. it will NEVER go away. its the most popular big game round in America and has been for many years.

Military intelligence - all kinds! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> That's like studying SunTzu's Art of War at the War College, then promptly forgetting or ignoring it! Again, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Like General Westmoreland apparently did. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Amen! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Well, time to do something, so catch ya'll later! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

USP compact in 9
AR-15 with Aimpoint
Camp Tramp

Simple and to the point <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />.

The 06 is a good round however, I would argue the old venerable 45/70 is the most versatile round. It can take anything on the planet that crawls, walks on 2 or 4 legs from rabbits to Elephants and everything in between.

The 06 is great, you can shoot light or heavy bullets. Moose, bears or whitetail. I prefer my 308 but it wouldn't be near the gun for bears.

funny you mentioned Master Sun Tzu... I just did my masters thesis on the theoretical constructs of 4th generation warfare! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />