LawBot5000
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The M3 works best as a small, cheap machine pistol.
The problems with bringing it back are that:
-there is currently no military market for it, so that means making it for civilians
-which means it can't be an MG
-as a semiauto, it would either have to be a stockless pistol or a fairly long barreled rifle to avoid NFA issues
-as a semiauto it couldn't be open bolt like the original, which makes it more complicated and thus more expensive to manufacture
-as a closed bolt semiauto with a 16 inch barrel, it's a weird unwieldy thing that's very front heavy and has an uncomfortable stock and grip. Trigger pull is probably not great either.
-olympic arms already makes 45 acp uppers that allow one access to the excellent ergnomics of the AR-15
-there are 45 acp carbines in existence already, some of them quite affordable
The problems with bringing it back are that:
-there is currently no military market for it, so that means making it for civilians
-which means it can't be an MG
-as a semiauto, it would either have to be a stockless pistol or a fairly long barreled rifle to avoid NFA issues
-as a semiauto it couldn't be open bolt like the original, which makes it more complicated and thus more expensive to manufacture
-as a closed bolt semiauto with a 16 inch barrel, it's a weird unwieldy thing that's very front heavy and has an uncomfortable stock and grip. Trigger pull is probably not great either.
-olympic arms already makes 45 acp uppers that allow one access to the excellent ergnomics of the AR-15
-there are 45 acp carbines in existence already, some of them quite affordable