Mowing wild hogs

TripleR · Dec 23, 2011

jonyyuma said:
Triple r you are not alone, My 14 is not short and nearly as handy as a Socom. but you need a loan to buy it? The shorter the barrel the louder the blast from a .308...I have a very short bolt gun, bought it to shoot deer from a tree....blast is unreal so I bought a Smith device to break up the sound..I love that cartridge for effectiveness and energy..

Yeah, I know the SOCOM isn't really practical, I would just like to have one. Of course the price will probably keep me from buying one. There is just something I like about the M14 though I usually prefer bolt guns.

dirtmonkey · Dec 23, 2011

SOCOM handles nice but my love affair is the National Match long barrel. Something sexy about stainless ! Because I served with the AR / M 16 platform that will always by my " baby". Has any picked up the new Ruger Jeff Cooper 308 scout. That may be next for me.

TripleR · Dec 23, 2011

dirtmonkey said:
SOCOM handles nice but my love affair is the National Match long barrel. Something sexy about stainless ! Because I served with the AR / M 16 platform that will always by my " baby". Has any picked up the new Ruger Jeff Cooper 308 scout. That may be next for me.

My son used the M14 in the Navy as the M4 just didn't have the power to penetrate any metal or or launch boarding lines, so his M14 is close to stock though he does have a match barrel. He used the M4 and M249 in the 82nd; can't swing the M249, but has several AR variants including and M4 and had one with a 9" bbl, but had to take it off when he quit the cops.

I have a Colt HBAR and Sig 556, but just can't really warm up to them for some reason; guess because I don't have a history with them like you guys.

dusty3030 · Dec 23, 2011

TripleR said:
My son used the M14 in the Navy as the M4 just didn't have the power to penetrate any metal or or launch boarding lines, so his M14 is close to stock though he does have a match barrel. He used the M4 and M249 in the 82nd; can't swing the M249, but has several AR variants including and M4 and had one with a 9" bbl, but had to take it off when he quit the cops.

I have a Colt HBAR and Sig 556, but just can't really warm up to them for some reason; guess because I don't have a history with them like you guys.

Find an older model M1A Scout. Barrel is a little longer than SOCOM a little shorter than standard and most had a wood stock . It's the best of both worlds and came with scope rail forward of receiver.