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Originally Posted by icenine
It all happens so fast that you really cannot enjoy it like say a three-round burst semi-automatic M-16. Sort of like premature ejactulation.
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Just an anecdote about automatic...this happened on our series qualifying day at Pendleton.
We were qualifying with the M-14, and the selector on our weapons had been disabled so the thing could not be set to automatic. So we're at the 200 line firing sitting position. This guy a couple of positions down the firing line has his first 5 round magazine in and squeezes off his first shot. The rifle goes on full automatic, rips out all 5 rounds and the recoil rolls this kid over onto his right side. We were told later that the first round went in the bullseye, second round hit the top frame of the target and the last three off into space at increasing angles.
And...they wouldn't cut the poor bastard any slack on the rifle malfunction and he was a non-qual.