kcmarine
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Long story short... why not put the gas key in an isolated "box" (if you will) above the space for the bolt carrier?
that is not the problem; according to one of the origional designers , in the latest issue of Small Arms Revue, the two prevailing probs, that congress has not addressed in 40 yrs is this-
powder. It was origionally designed to work with extruded imr powder, which runs it better, cleaner, not as hot, not as fast.
After a M14 defamation campaign, an AR15 promotion campaign and a number of watermelon shoots, this rifle was purchased as a fully developed “off the shelf” weapon.
As far as money or shoestring budgets go, from my opinion, the article didn't feel that way either
There was promotion and defamation on both sides. The head of Ordnance was the father of the M14 and wanted to insure his "baby" saw full production
The army knows there are 3 weapons out there right now, that are better than the ar, the 416 by hk being one of them. But to go to that would mean the Death of Colt. Even the AWG guys, who have been using the 416's for a few years now , have been told to get rid of them, and go back to m4's, which they don't want to do , and purposely bought the 416's with their own money , I think, or the unit's alloted money, to buy anything they thought would serve their purposes best.
What is replacing the M14 in it's very limited role? Yep, an M16, the SPR. The M14 was obsolete the day it was fielded. I love how the M14 fanboys claim it was a conspiracy that brought in the M16, yet deny the true shenanigans that led to the M14's adoption over the FAL.And even in the twilight of its career, the M14 is still fighting evil, while the M16 chokes on dust.
one more thing, Airbus did win that contract, and there are a ton of dudes crying fowl up on the Hill right now
I love how the M14 fanboys claim it was a conspiracy that brought in the M16, yet deny the true shenanigans that led to the M14's adoption over the FAL.
SnakeEater
What is replacing the M14 in it's very limited role? Yep, an M16, the SPR. The M14 was obsolete the day it was fielded.
I love how the M14 fanboys claim it was a conspiracy that brought in the M16, yet deny the true shenanigans that led to the M14's adoption over the FAL.