I've never been a big supporter of the M-16. I was trained in the Marine Corps with a real infantry rifle the M-14. One sad day they took away our M-14's and gave us a toy called the M-16 a-1. It was chamberd to fire the Remington varmint cartage the .223 Rem. ( 5.56 mm) For forty years now our Marines and soldiers have been sent in to combat with a varmint rifle that has always had a problem of stoppages. The 5.56 round doesn't have the man stopping power like the 7.62. In the Nam the 5.56 round would actualy be deflected by the brush. It time for our Marines and soldiers to be equipt with a real infantry rifle chambers with a larger round.
Aw jeez, not this sh*t again.
US troops demanding the M14? Israeli infantry packing the FN FAL?
When it comes time to pile on the M16, the sky's the limit on BS.
It's astounding that the most successful western infantry weapon ever produced, a rifle that DOMINATES practical shooting competition, Camp Perry rifle championships, the law enforcement carbine market, and has been in US military service for FORTY YEARS continues to draw so much criticism.
FN's SCAR is using 556mm! But what do those special ops guys know about lethality - my cousins sisters uncles kid said it took him 32 rounds of 556 to kill an 80 year old Taliban, write your congressman TODAY!
I hate these threads.