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Army Sets Sights on New Rifle
Wall Street Journal ^
| February 2, 2011
| NATHAN HODGE
Posted on 02/02/2011 5:04:42 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:04:44 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
HK416 short stroke piston operation.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:07:41 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Pan_Yan
Bookmark for later review.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:08:04 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bamanomics: Punish Success, Reward Failure. Destroying America is the point.)
To: Pan_Yan
HK416 short stroke piston operation.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:09:58 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Pan_Yan
Another false start? We’ve heard this all before.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:10:25 PM PST
by
Uriah_lost
(Is there no balm in Gilead?....)
To: Pan_Yan
Oops, sorry for the double tap.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:10:35 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Pan_Yan
Got a great idea, Army, you pick the round that you're willing to buy in bulk. Soldiers then can purchase whatever rifle they want to haul around that matches that round.
Because all these wizbang weapon systems you keep pumping out is really nifty, but as soldiers have been telling you for generations: They just want a weapon that works, period.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:11:04 PM PST
by
kingu
(Legislators should read what they write!)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:11:31 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:11:40 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Pan_Yan
Up through the late 80’s the Marine corps would house your personal weapons in the unit armory. During the 1983 Beruit crisis I bought an HK91 that I hauled around. It was a good weapon.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:11:52 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
To: Pan_Yan
Can I get an M4 for cheap, then?
;)
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:14:33 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: Yo-Yo
Looks to be based on eugene stoners design.
Why go with HK if they are copying Stoner?
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:17:06 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: dynachrome
Sure. Check back with CMP in 2048.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:17:55 PM PST
by
KingLudd
To: MrEdd
I’ve owned a HK91 since 1978.In 1991 I bought a Registered M16.If I absolutely knew for sure that I was going to be in a firefight,The HK is coming out of the gun safe.Along with the 1911A1.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:18:16 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Pan_Yan
They could just change the barrels and go with the 6.8 Grendel if they want range and lethality. They’d have to find a better and more reliable high volume ammo manufacturer than Alexander Arms though.
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To: Farmer Dean
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:25:06 PM PST
by
mylife
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:29:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
To: mylife
Army needs to go to the SEI M14 “Crazy Horse” or the SAGE Intl stock with M14s. M14 is my bug out battle rifle.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:29:40 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
To: Pan_Yan
Rest assured, the Pentagon will find the most expensive and impractical way to do it.
There are so many truly stellar weapons systems out there off the shelf for reasonable prices for a need like this.
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posted on
02/02/2011 5:31:33 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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