38. Was sort of ambivalent towards them, but now I really want to get one, customize the hell out of it. my prejudice was from my dad, who was in Vietnam, drove a tank and tells stories of jamming m16 rifles. in the battle of hue city, he was issued an m16. it broke. he took the m-14 off of a dead ARVN guy and his magazines and fought with that for the duration of the offensive.
I see now what the problems were of the 1960s weapon, I see also that there have been many improvements to make it reliable. I want an M14 as well - I've shot it and know its power far exceeds the AR, but see the utility and practicality of the 556 as well.