The Original
And Still The Finest
When I set out to design a ring
worthy of a U.S. Marine, I knew it
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ranks and of the highest quality. My USMC
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people. I guess my affair with the M16
became serious when we were carrying
80- to 90-pound rucksacks and deuce gear.
We had no chance of a resupply if we shot
up all our “basic load,” so we doubled the
amount of ammo, grenades, claymore
mines, C- 4 and PRC- 25 radio batteries
and loaded up on water in the hot season
and cut our food by 50 or 70 percent. We
could probably find water, and we could
survive five or more days with little or no
food, but we could not function without
ordnance, and we could not have carried
that much ammunition in 7. 62 or .30-cal.
M- 2 ball ammunition.
I have several rifles in the .30-cal. family and three 5. 56 mm AR models. Comparing my M4 to my XM177 (CAR15),
or my XME2 M16, is like comparing a
1960s jeep with an up-armored humvee.
As for the M14 or M1, they are fine rifles, but as far as rifles in that caliber, the
L1A1, the Cemte, and the G3 also are excellent rifles of the same caliber. The
7.62x39 mm round and the AK series of
rifles used by the communists and Third
World nations do not, in my humble opinion, make it into the running.
Detective Sgt Roger T. LaRue (Ret)
Team Leader “Hanover Sue”
RVN, 1969-70
Overbrook, Kan.
Even the Vaunted M1 Had a Competitor
Some Believe Was Better
This is a comment I’d like to make about
Marines and their weapons.
I knew the late Joseph Aiello Sr., a
Paramarine during World War II who enlisted in 1939. Joe was later stationed back
at San Diego and assigned to Company
A, 1st Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment.
One of their duties was field-testing and
evaluating new weapons and equipment
the Corps was considering for standard
issue.
At the time, the ’03 Springfield was the
standard issue rifle of the Corps. Joe told
me that one of the rifles he tested, the
M1941 Johnson, built by Melvin Johnson, was far superior to the M1.
He said: “What the Marines liked about
it was its reliability and endurance. Its
barrel could not only be replaced in seconds, it was completely exposed to the air
and that prevented it from heating up. It
held 10.30-06 rounds and could be loaded
quickly during any part of the firing cycle.
It would function under the most adverse
conditions, even after being immersed in
sand, mud, snow or water. And it was the
perfect weapon for airborne troops because it could easily be broken down and
reassembled. They also field-tested the
M1 and Winchester.”
