I'm looking for an M16 to go with the Shrike; I want the Colt M16A2 but I can't seem to find any pre-bans, does anyone know where I can find some, do they even exist? Could someone help me out? (i don't know how many times i've said that.)
My point about Colt never making a successful one has more to do with the fact that purpose-designed belt fed guns that have tens of thousands of examples to work out the production bugs are gong to be more reliable.
There's only a handful of transferrable 249s out there, and one just sold at CCFA for $72,000.Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you just get a .223 belt fed like the FN 249? There is a reason why Colt tried NUMEROUS times to field a belt-fed M-16 and FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES. That should tell you something. If you want one, spend the $10,000 to $15,000 that the exercise will probably cost you in the end. If that makes you happy, go for it. I'd choose a different direction, to be sure.
why put a belt fed upper on a lower with only a 3-round burst?