Mine are FBR and FWR

by Catoosa, Tuesday, February 07, 2012, 10:54 (4621 days ago) @ brionic

I grew up (high school ROTC on) with the M1 Garand and M14. The M16 was just coming into service during that time, and I just never developed an affection for it.

Now I have a good Garand, but in truth it is excessively powerful to be a practical utility/defense rifle for where I live. I have therefore acquired a somewhat tricked-out Mini-14 that is ideal for around here. The .223 is no battle round IMHO, but it's cheap and easy to find, and with expanding bullets it does not bounce into the next county when it hits the ground.

If I lived in more open country, a M1A with as much weight pared off of it as possible, a rugged, low-power optical sight, and a stock of reliable 20-round magazines would be my choice.

Catoosa

P.S. I also have a Norinco SKS Para carbine (short barrel version) with a nonfolding Choate stock and Williams aperture/firesight front combo. Standard 10-round magazine. Shorter than a Winchester M94 and weighs only a few ounces more. The poster child for rugged simplicity and reliability. Cheap (relatively) and ammo is everywhere. If it was all I had to fight with, I wouldn't go hide under a rock.