Navy SEAL Coch's Top 5 Battle Rifle Picks

Retired Navy SEAL Mark "Coch" Cochiolo talks about his top 5 battle rifle picks from his career in the SEAL teams. He also mentions a battle rifle that he has yet to try that might make his list in the future.

Coch has over 30 years of Naval Special Warfare experience ranging from Special Warfare Operator, Operational Tester, Combat developer, Officer In Charge, Training Officer and Weapons Instructor.

Coch has four operations SEAL tours of duty to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) under his belt and has spent eight years as an assaulter and breacher on the US Navy’s tier-one counter-terrorist unit (i.e. SEAL Team 6) making operational and combat deployments to hotspots in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

When it comes to battle rifles, what's your favorite?

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[mikespectre]

Coch with a mohawk and an M1A is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time

[lewiswood]

Used an M14 in Vietnam with the USMC. Yes it was heavy, the ammo was heavy, it was long and cumbersome in the bush, but I can tell you that I never heard another Marine complain about the beast in a firefight. I spent 19 months on my first tour as a forward observer, working in bedded with the 1st, and 9th Marines. Second tour in 69-70, I was a section chief (gun commander) of an M109, SP 155mm howitzer. When I arrived in country the 1st Sergeant wanted to issue me an M16. As a Sergeant I requested an M14 and it was provided. I sawed off the butt because it was to long for the tight quarters inside the gun. Thirty two months in that shithole provided me with an intimate relationship with the Springfield M14 with a selector switch. Own one today, 50 years later, and it still is the best. Never failed to fire, would clean it everyday and it provided the protection and piece of mind. It put many enemy in the dirt.

[bks]

I like your style of delivery "Coch", it comes to me as genuine, real, down to earth, and so American. You should be the primary host of this channel, and all these videos. Period. 'Merica

[mikebrase]

I carried an M-14 in Iraq. With M-118 ammo accuracy is pretty insane. The bullet just goes where you want it too out to 500meters.

[t.m.h.]

I carried an M14 when I was in Vietnam 67 / 68. I was attached to Hqbn 3rd Marine Spec unit 2. I Corp. The only prob I had with it, toooo long. An it had a. Straight wood stock. I don't recall when the E 2 stock was avertible, but that was a big improvement. A few years after I was a civilian again, I bought an M 1A an found an E2 stock. And swore to myself I wood keep that weapon until I died. Well got hard up for money an ya know what happen then. I had 24 long guns an about the same handguns. No longer. Got a divorce and weapons divorced me. Well at. Least I can say I had em. SEMPER FI
P.S. I also had an FN FAL, which I loved, that was one accurate rifle. I could hit schit like you wouldn't believe. Yeah it's gone too excuse me while I cry in my beer. Why couldn't I sell the wife and kept the guns?

[garybrown]

Love these videos. It's like being in school. Big respect for you and all of the veteran commenters below. I got out of the Army in '79 and saw no battles but my brother served for 20 years and was all over the place and my son served with the 10th mountain division in Afghanistan. God Bless America.

[nunopereira]

G3 served my dear country of Portugal as main rifle for 69 years, it was used in the jungles of Africa during the colonial War that lasted 13 years, it might not be the best but it's for sure reliable and effective

[duelly]

I like that you didn't spend 30 minutes trash talking the M14, everyone I know that has one loves them

[hkpro]

Battle rifles were the thing we needed in Afghanistan. I carried a pimped out G3 on my last Bundeswehr tour in Afghanistan . 1-4 Short dot and a stock that was cut for body armor. My G36 stayed in camp 95% of the time . In an urban centric aoo like Ukraine I would only pick a 7.62 ( G3 or SCAR 17) as a DMR .

[bruceironside]

From 12 to 18 yrs old I shot the FNFAL in the New Zealand cadet forces. Earning my Marksman’s rating with them. They were made under licence in Australia, and we simply called them the SLR (Self loading rifle) after they replace the SMLE Lee Enfield used up to that time. We only got the SLR because our army was changing over the M16 and it’s variants.
Heavy rifle, but that helped its accuracy over longer ranges.

[OL-Tom]

I gotta admit I like the AR platform. Have them in 6 different calibers.
That said, you're choices are rock solid

[deniseandmarkfirestine]

I have a m14 scout model, that thing is heavy but man it is accurate and shoots lights out, one of the greatest rifles I own! I luv that rifle! Thanks for your service you deserve an adult drink!

[JohnnyBGoode]

Love my Galil Ace in 7.62x51. My G3 and StG58 are also excellent weapons. You can mitigate the G3 recoil by installing a heavy buffer instead of the stock one. I love the G3 platform, robust, reliable, and accurate. Magazines are cheap and readily available. The G3 is one of the few weapons that will eject spent brass even when the extractor is broken. This is due to the chamber flutes that allow the gases from the fired round to push the spent brass rearward, along with the bolt carrier and the ejector kicks the brass out the ejection port. The G3 is surprisingly controllable in full auto, something the M14 isn't. The only real drawback to the design is that it lacks a bolt hold open. But, if you train properly with it, it's not such a big deal.
The Scar is a nice rifle, but the price is a bit high. I know you have to weigh the value of your life to balance with what you need. I guess it's all in personal preference. I've always liked the 7.62x51 round. Maybe I'm just a dinosaur. Anyhow, thank you for the honesty and the video. Thank you for your service. God bless America.

[Terran]

The M14 always gets me because people will talk trash about how "it's a terrible gun". They say the M1 Garand was a great gun, but somehow you take the Garand, chamber it in 7.62 Nato, shorten the receiver, put a box magazine on it, and redesign the gas system to be smaller, and save almost 1/2 of weight, and somehow it becomes the worst rifle ever. (Yes the full Auto was awful and unusable.) If the M14 had come out 10 years sooner, it would be a different story

[undeadzombie]

I love hearing from real Seals. No lies or Hollywood fulff. Keep them coming!

[timg]

From your first drink l knew you were the one to watch ..The way you present is down to earth .. l was thrilled till the end and couldn't wait to hit the subscribe and thumbs up button . You nail it on the evolution of weapons from this time . To get this all from a Navy SEAL is priceless

[pcb]

I agree, the M14 was a great rifle but very long. I used one at Marine Barracks in our guard vehicles, civilian pick up trucks. Hard to move around with and we even broke windshields because the rifle had to be pulled up from the rifle mount to deploy.

[robertodebeers]

Good presentation and fun to watch. Still, I have to say I'm sticking with my .30-40 Krag because almost no one knows what it is. Plus the ammo is super light to carry because it's almost impossible to find anymore.

[zootallure]

Hey Mr.Coch,
Thank you for your service. Love the videos. Carry on.

[davea]

I'm glad that you included the M1A, I'm from Canada and use it for everything from short & long range target practice with my daughter to hunting just about anything with the guy's. Hell, all the rifles you mentioned I'd be glad to own!!!