How viable is a 1950s load out modern day?

How viable is a 1950’s load out modern day? I feel the firearm aesthetics from the 50’s and think it’s about time I grab a M14 and carbine.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    For what purpose?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >How viable is a 1950’s load out modern day?
      For what task?

      Self defence/shtf

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        So for larping

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Autists laud the 30 Carbine cartridge as a just as gud round but honestly it lacks smacking power to really deliver that frick you message.

        if you're deterring opportunistic looters or fighting some guys it's going to work fine, but the fricked up meth head on a combo of bath salts, pcp, and who knows what is going to take a whole magazine of that shit and still keep running at you with his aids infested shiv.

        If you really like running an M1 Carbine and practice with it, I don't see why not. There are better options for sure, but this isn't a bad one.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          > it lacks smacking power to really deliver that frick you message
          Strongly disagree.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >ambushing some lightly, if even, armored cop and still not killing him quickly
            really not proving your point

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Shhh. Back to le reddit with you and your infantile understanding of ballistics.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >no argument
                I accept your concession

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >honestly it lacks smacking power to really deliver that frick you message.
          Only if you believe dumbasses who fell for "muh pappy said it wouldn't go through chink overcoats in korea"

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Jim Cirillo dropped bodies with it on the NYPD Stakeout Squad. Said it was super reliable quick kill

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            He used soft points iirc, not that it wouldnt absolutely suck to get hit with either

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Doesn't it perform similarly to .357 magnum out of lever rifle?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Doesn't [rifle round] perform similarly to [handgun round]

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yeah moron, what next, gonna say .357 out of a rifle doesn't have any stopping power?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          based. the only round capable of stopping a man reliably is m855a1 out of a 10" geissele. oorah

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it seems to be a waste of money buying obsolete gear, when you could spend the same money on a more comfortable kit. Well the rifle will shoot the same as in 1945, but i would rather use a molle vest than frick around with this kit

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Self defence
        You could refuse to buy guns that weren't on the market before the end of WWI and you'd still have commonly available options that are enough gun for any civilian self defense situation that has ever happened.

        >muh SHTF
        Doesn't tell us shit due to the massive variety of what people talk about planning for.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Larp however you want anon

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >How viable is a 1950’s load out modern day?
    For what task?

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >30 carbyne
    It will keel
    >.308
    It will keel

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    if it's for aesthetics, go for it. Nobody can tell you how to larp lol.

    t. M1A and great grandads service carbine owner.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Everyone born after 1980 is immune to old stuff, sorry

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Audie Murphy, America's most decorated veteran, picked up a M1 Carbine for a "Black person rifle" during the ~~*civil rights*~~ era.

    Nice dubs OP

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      he gave one to someone else as a Black person gun

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Here ya go anon

      he gave one to someone else as a Black person gun

      Correct, incredibly based

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Italian americans unending dedication to casual racism is truly their main contribution to the american experience kek

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The lack of body armor and the lack of optics (if you don't put an Ultimak rail on the Carbine) will hinder you compared to a more modern kit, but it will still kill people just as good as it used to.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      https://i.imgur.com/3GBSHJE.jpg

      How viable is a 1950’s load out modern day? I feel the firearm aesthetics from the 50’s and think it’s about time I grab a M14 and carbine.

      [...]
      Self defence/shtf

      Anybody know any good ceramic plates that are a good price? Are there any steel plates worth getting for backup if the ceramics somehow get too damaged?

      Asking for prepping purposes

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Use a mini-14

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Do you know what that little tiny scope is on the top one? I really like it; wonder if it's a Weaver or something. Maybe a red dot? Tasco Accudot with some kind of rubber eye cup? Accudot knockoff? Fug I like it.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I keep an M1 Carbine for home defense because I'm dumb and I think they're cool. Ultimak rail with a SIG Romeo and a scout light combo on a pressure switch. It's like a PCC I guess I dunno they're unreliable pieces of shit but I still like it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >red dot on M1

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        looks cool tho

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It's also entirely reversible. Ultimak rail is a clamp on to the barrel, no other alterations made to the gun.

          It was one of those spider web coated, beat to shit Ethiopian M1 with the rotting stocks they found in a warehouse. I completely stripped it, cleaned it, lubed it up and replaced every spring and worn component. Not a rare model or manufacturer either so I think I can be forgiven for the minor modernizations.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Sorta reminds me of the one in Return to Castle Wolfenstein

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              snooper gang

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            How much were they?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Does it even hold zero since the optic is just held on via clamp?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Ethiopian M1
            Hey, I got one of those too. My front sight is filed down too much and it shoots too high

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    *an M14

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >viable

    Of course. Training and discipline and fitness and cooperation win wars. Compare and contrast the many users and misusers of every popular firearm.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    depends on where you live. You would be on top of the food chain in many parts of yurop with that loadout

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >ctrl F "spitfire"
    >none found
    for shame

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >1950's

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Viable for what? Playing dress-up in your suburban bedroom? Yes, it's viable.

    You people sound like you think there's some actual use for your guns beyond shooting for fun, it's silly.

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