I've always liked the M14/M1A series and was looking at getting one for range/target use. Talking with some shooting buddies about this (and also looking at the online comments) seems to discourage this. Opinions seem to be:

(1) It's a long, heavy, cumbersome rifle

(2) It's not all that accurate in the first place

(3) The current production ones suck

(4) It's way expensive

(5) If you want a 7.62x51mm plinking rifle, get a bolt gun and save a lot of money.


Accurate observations?