Bills Shed wrote:This is not a pissing contest. The SLR was a fine weapon in the day and it worked. I had no issues with it and I could shoot alright with it. Never heard anyone call a SLR a pig.
The M60 well yes that was a pig, and a very inaccurate one at that. An accurate machine gun....now there is a can of worms, and another thread.
Bill
No one on this thread called the SLR the PIG. As you know the M60 got that nickname.
The SLR was never close in terms of accuracy to a bolt action rifle, the Lee Enfield was far more accurate. The diggers all got better scores when they used the M16. There were guys who liked the SLR but then again, some of them like the Army Land Rovers too and they were underpowered pieces of junk.