boricua9mm, i forgot to mention what you just said about the G36 magazines also being much thicker and stronger too, thats another advantage of them.. heck, i might consider an AR15 if someone made a lower that took G36 mags.. $30 for magpul brand is really not a bad price, id pay it
competition really wasnt nearly as fierce 5 years ago as it is now.. with things like the ACR, SCAR, and XCR only now beginning to offer features in design that the G36 had a decade or more earlier, it really was one of the first of the ultra new polymer rifles.. i think HKs biggest mistake though was to wait until after all this competition has established itself before releasing it
so yeah, if they only go halfway with this, i think itll fail completely, and even if they go all the way i dont think itll be very successful to price it equal to or higher than the more established alternatives (i mean established in the civilian market, people already own SCARs and ACRs)
so if its full military configuration.. except for the full auto capabilities of course, and priced around $1,500, then i think itll succeed.. but i wont be buying one, the only rifle i really like thats been designed in the last 25 years is the CZ-805 bren, and not from a personal experience, strictly on paper, it also has interchangable magwells and can use AR15 and G36 magazines, and if im not mistaken CZ has stated they plan to release a civilian version too
and you may disagree with me, but i consider the steyr aug to be the absolute first of the newer rifle designs.. and it was out almost 40 years ago, even has a quick change barrel