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Agree...... I feel a lighter "base" weapon that with the normal addition of a weapons sight and a couple of magazines carried not unlike the Redi-Mag or a rase stock and a grenade launcher would bring the weight up to 7 pounds "loaded". I suggested the titanium/scadnium reciever above for such. Stainless in all the other stressed parts would nice also. Also mentioned above was .243 caliber which I agree with.

I think a standard weapon/caliber will never fill all the needs. CQB, long range, logistics of different ammo, lightweight for those that still have to hump a ruck to the objective ect ect.....As a civie now I carry an M1A built up from TRW parts, brookfield mount and a leaupold ultra 10X and my NFA tax burdened MPSDA3........Mouse guns get to see daylight for leg matches only these days.....:o)

Just thoughts !..........Stay safe !

Well, we did fine in WWII with a full-sized rifle, a carbine, and several submachine guns. I don't know where the whole "jack of all trades, master of none" concept came from, but it seems here to stay.

Perfect world, IMHO, we use a .243 combat rifle, with a short-barreled carbine version available, paired with a .45 ACP submachine gun. Keep a stock of .223 rifles for such times when they are useful.

I don't like it. Looks like a Buck Rogers poodle shooter to me.

I've got an M1A.. I have Springfields latest scope mount and one of their scopes but I have a real problem with it holding a zero. They say you can take it off and put it back on and it's supposed to hold but....

Any insight? Thanks.