Which Cold War Era 308 Rifle is The Best? FAL vs HK91 vs M1A vs Saiga
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- The U.S. Military adopted the M14 Battle Rifle in 1958 and it would serve as the standard service rifle up until 1964, when it was replaced (gradually). With the development of that rifle also came a new cartrdidge, the 7.62x51mm NATO. The US may still have a few M14s in service, but the cartridge is still used by many weapons and by many Nations. In this video we go over some of the history behind the rifles in 7.62x51mm NATO (308 in civilian) and how they compare to each other. Note that these are civilian weapons similar to actual Col War era weapons and may not represent the actual function or caliber that military units would have been using at the time.
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Worth noting ergonomics as well. The FAL and the G3 are the best in that regard. The FAL is not far from the AR-15 if you are right-handed and your trigger finger is long enough to hit the mag release. The non reciprocating charging handle on the FAL is superior to the AR in my opinion, though.
The retractable stock is nice looking, makesthe weapon small if transported but very unpleasant to shoot. I would take it just for display reasons
Tbh in terms of ergonomics I g9 1: FAL, 2: M14, 3: Saiga (AK) 4: G3.
The reasoning is that ergonomics includes its manual of arms, and the G3 requires a lot of force to load compared to the other weapons. I love mine don't get me wrong but it is easily the most difficult of these to operate.
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Planning to get an M77 in a few months. All are great options though but I love the AK platform.
Lived in Georgia my whole life and it was nice seeing my friends from MB in this video. I’m there so often I might as well live there 😂 I love going there for the fun and weird firearms they always get in. Ben is definitely a great guy.
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308 galil AR,SIG 542, FAL Para Top 3 Post WW2/Cold War semi auto 308s
Hey Dan, David here, i just checked out the vid on the M1A and others, it was informative for sure. The rifle I considered buying was a Century Arms Cetme Sporter not the FAL/HK..you needed some close-ups on your grouping/ bullseye's! 💪
lol yea I’ve kinda gotten away from accuracy test showing. Instead just using reactive targets and steel targets. I’ll keep it in mind for next time though
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Amazed how light the views and likes are. Great video guys, Happy Holidays !
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UNCLE has HK91 back in that EARA BOUGHT IT NEW BACK BEFORE THEY WENT WAY UP IN PRICE HE PAID LESS THEN $500 NOW THAT GUN IS MORE THEN 4 TIME'S THAT the good old days before all the CRAZY BANS
I have the FAL, M1A, and PTR-91. I like the FAL better because it's balance. The G-3 is by far Soldier proof but it does beat my face more. The M1A M-14 is a target rifle a true marksmans rifle with it's ergonomics. The FAL is my combat rifle.
Same with me....own all of them and like the FAL way better than the rest. I do have some "AR 10's" and AK's in 308 but that's not the subject.....
Should be noted that M1a has a heavy match barrel you can see the profile with the op rod to the rear. makes it 2lbs heavier than an M14 with a usgi barrel. That extra weight is also out front.
Yes it’s a Stainless Steel National Match barrel. Came from the factory like that, they discontinued it. The previous owner put a military M14 stock on it and changed the sights.
M1A SCOUT...18 INCH BARREL...ABLE " SCOPE" OR RED DOT.
The least mentally challenged m1a simp
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That m1a is probably the best sounding
I have an inch pattern FAL and love it. The only issue I have with it is there no good way to put a scope on it and it tends to chew up my brass. Shot the M14 in the military, thought it was heavy and the action tended to pinch my little finger on my off hand. Just think if the US military had gone with the FAL but with an intermediate cartridge (not the 5.56 NATO) back in the 1950’s.
Yea an intermediate cartridge M14 would have been interesting. A polymer stock with pistol grip would have also brought it to be more like the AK and FAL
The FAL is the best of the bunch, though I've not fired one, but I still love my HK91A3, which I bought new in 1984 for $750 (instead of the $1200 for the FAL). I've modified it slightly to be lighter and more ergonomic. It's so beautiful (though the FAL is a super-fox)! Still, it's been replaced in my "survival" arsenal with an IWI Tavor 7 and a POF Rogue. The HK91 recoil impulse is dragged out a bit by the locking roller design, so it pushes rather than kicks, but I've heard it can be kind of weird in full auto.
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SAIGA 308 IS THE BEST, Of Course. Convert it and drop in an ALG trigger. Best Battle rifle, without question. Best all around, do anything rifle. Still affordable, though get one while you can. Prices are going up, with the ban and the new war.
My first comment got yeeted some kind of way....?
Cool vid, was trying to let you know I live in your area and go by All American every now and then - I've got a pretty big collection of oddball guns if you wanted to do some videos on them and/or collab.
I guess TH-cam didn’t take that first comment because I don’t see it.
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Take one into combat with the dirt, dust and shit that clings to everything and see how long you M1A keeps shooting.
It was from a bygone era and the design already obsolete by the time it was chosen.
No rifle cooler or Manlier than the Right Arm of the Free World.
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M-14. or M1A (civie type)
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How you pronounced Martinez hurt me inside. I mean you pronounced it right and wrong. When it’s someone’s name that’s correct, but the town is Martin-ez.
Glad you mentioned it! It’s kinda like the whole Ga-rand and Gahr-und thing. Martinez was founded by a Cuban plantation owner that settled there in the 1800’s. A post office was placed near his ranch and they called it Martinez. Well He was only here for about 11 years, so when he left, we would assume the correct pronunciation of the name left with him.
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Honestly this is a tough choice but from my personal experience i would have to give it to the FAL. Though i have none of these on my channel lmao oh well
Personally i think the Garand is superior to each of these. Though it depends on perspective. The M14s gas system doesnt do it much justice and its mags are bulky and heavy, roller delayed G3 makes it recoil harsh a bit, and the FAL has its share of issues too.
The standard miss conception about the M14 is that it was all political. Not so. The design was based on the most likely threat to be faced and whare in that Era, the success of 20 years with the M1 Garand as well as the no significant value to adoption of a foreign design over our own proven platform. Both the M14 and M16 are still with us today for this reason. The weight and handling issues could have been easily been resolved with a different stock design and aluminum rather than steel magazines. The M16 should have been adopted to replace the M1 carbine rather than the main line service rifle. Problems with range and accuracy during the late unpleasantness showed that. The thinking of the time by the wiz kid thinking in Washington of the time was one weapon could replace all of the purpose built weapons in service. Periodically that lesson has to be re tought that. The notion that every NATO country should adopt the same rifles would never happen and isn't so today and there was no such need to do so. No weapon is perfect, they all had/have their issues and they all work well. I've often heard that there was no reason not to adopt the FAL. There really was no reason to adopt it over the M14.
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On the range or in open field conditions where you can’t take a shot at somebody 3,4, 500 meters away, the M14 hands down. Fir every other conceivable use, the FAL hands down. The G3 is just ergonomically retarded and only exits because the Belgians told the Krauts to go screen themselves when asked if they could produce their own G1 FALs. The G3 was fielded out of spite and is inferior to the FAL in just about every conceivable way.
Yea neither of us really did like the G3 compared to the others
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I'm really sick of ridiculous questions and creators with an agenda. "Best" is, after all, subjective. Any of the three can even be OBJECTIVELY the best for a particular stated purpose or situation. For instance, if you're training a bunch of people, most of which have never fired a gun before, how to shoot and a LOT of them are recoil shy then the M14 wins, hands down. You can pick and choose situation for either of the other two the same way. Stick to compare and contrast and leave the "best" arguments for the bar where they belong.
FAL should have been adopted by the U.S. military, but the M16 turned out to be the real winner in the long run. The modularity changed everything.
modularity? there was no modularity back then for the M16, if Anything, the G3 would have had that even before the M16 but it didnt alter the course of anything.
So the Saiga won, , , because its the loudest 🙄
FAL
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Well clearly the m14 is the shittiest rifle of them all
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@@CAMM14 id still wouldn't give a fuck, it wasn't a particularly good rifle
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@@CAMM14hmmm let's see elaborate why someone would pick tha thing over a HK or FAL 😂😂
@@unclegee8434 because, ‘Murica