Stumbled onto this:

LINK: One Lucky Marine and His M14icon Rifle
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...ach_id=1062653

One Lucky Marine and His M14 Rifle - FIREARMS & ORDNANCE - U.S. Militaria Forum

"Posted 23 January 2016 - 01:45 PM

The caption to this press photo reads: Bull's Eye - U.S. Marine PFC. Jerry D. Goff of St. Louis MO. examines a split barrel of his M-14 rifle which was hit square in the bore by Viet Cong sniper bullet during exchange of fire with guerrillas at My Song, south of DaNang. Goff was slightly wounded in the face by the freak occurrence.

AP Wire Photo April 25, 1965

Yeah, I'd say he was real lucky!

Regards,

Charlie"