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Posted: 3/26/2005 2:27:43 AM EDT
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Might be old news to some but here is a pic of what colt is offering for the new rifle trials against the XM8, SCAR, XCR etc... "Colt's contender (not present at shot show), the M-5, uses a monolitic rail/upper receiver (a la FN and XCR) and has a short-stroke piston system (a la HK416)...that protrusion in front of the magazine well is used for changing barrels quickly, the FN uses a 2 screw setup instead."  |
Personally, I dont think the military wants much of anything that looks or operates anywhere near like an M16. It just doesnt have any meat and appeal compared to, say, and XM8, SCAR or XCR. On a political level our new gun has to tell the world something about strength and technological advancements and you just dont get that with a gun that looks like something that has been around for for 40 years, but with a couple of new features |
| While I am not a fan of colt cause of there politics,I would have like to see them get the contract just cause they ar an american company,and you can always hold out hope that in the future a different ceo will change the policy on selling/marketing to civillians much like s&w. |
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