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From: wdo@inel.gov (william d orr)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: .30 cal carbine (was Re: Long gun for rural property advice request)
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Date: 14 Jun 91 00:56:24 GMT
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Having qualified expert with both the M1 Carbine and the M-16 during my career 
in the AF I found the Carbine to be really no harder to shoot well than the M-16.
I think that maybe the Carbine might be more prone to muzzle drift during the
trigger pull (vs squeeze).  This requires the shooter to develop a very smooth 
trigger pull.

Also I think that the quality of the small arms training given in the 
AF improved greatly in the last 10-15 years (during which time they switched to 
the M-16).This was because Vietnam proved that even the fly-boys could 
suddenly become infanty in any modern war.