M14 mag

[Griff Murphey]

We had a Viet Nam Veterans Tribute match about 1985. One of the shooters was a former USAF M/Sgt. in crisp fatigues. He had a bunch of 5 round M-14 magazines he had brought back from Viet Nam - this was before ANYBODY made 5 rd. M-14 mags. His explanation was that officers and NCOs would carry M-14s with them to LOOK unloaded (thus harmless) on base... not for the Vietcong but because the EM were fragging officers and senior enlisted especially due to some of the racial stuff going on toward the end of the Viet Nam war.

As to your question someone who has current military sniper training would need to answer that. My take: dubious. Although, it is always possible someone would buy one private purchase and try it.