I thought we all agreed to stop arguing....
YOU THOUGH FUCKING WRONG!
Well, those M16s must be magical, then, because I can tell you it's practically impossible to hit a moving target at 200m with the SIG 550, even if your lying on the ground in the perfect sniping position. And I doubt you can do it with a cheaper rifle that has a shorter barrel.
Ive never tried shooting past 100 yards, only because thats as far as the local range goes, but with iron sights, sitting down, and posted up, i can put a pie plate size pattern on the target quite well, though i cant say i have fired quickly enough to cause severe overheating of the barrel. I probably could shoot the moving target with a little practice, ive never actually tried a moving distant target before.
This came to my mind instantly. H&K fucked up.
Don't get me on the source. The only English one I could find. The bureau responsible for acquiring army gear pointed that out in an official but "for official use only" paper years ago. It has been ignored.
One has to wonder which interests are secured here? Industry or soldier?
its a pretty new design for a rifle, and its only testing was the middle east conflicts thus far, honestly this kind of stuff could be compared to the original problems of the m16 during its first use in the 1960's. It all will be worked out im sure, given time and money of course.
Intense criticism began in 1966, when soldiers and Marines in Vietnam reported that their rifles would jam during firefights. The worst malfunction was failure to extract, where a spent cartridge case remained lodged in the chamber after a round was fired. The only way to dislodge the case was to push a metal rod down the muzzle to force the case out, which took valuable time away from returning fire. In 1967, a then-classified Army report showed that out of 1,585 troops questioned in a survey, 80 percent (1,268 troops) experienced a stoppage while firing. This occurred while the Army insisted to the public that the M16 was the best rifle available for fighting in Vietnam. A 1967 Congressional subcommittee investigation found the Army failed to ensure the weapon and ammunition worked well together, failed to train troops on the new weapon, and neglected to issue enough cleaning equipment, including a cleaning rod to clear jammed rifles. Most problems were remedied with the issuing of the M16A1.
what id actually like to see is the new Israeli rifle, and the French Famas, i just think those things are so unique and cool, i want one! maybe im just a sucker for bullpup designs, i think personally those are the wave of the future, bullpup is great, shorter overall design while keeping a a longer barrel, its weight is positioned more towards the body rather then being stretched out, and the recoil is less controllable due to the bullpup design, but that seems like a fair trade off. I only wonder how they perform at a distance, since clearly these look to have been made for the area they live within, all tha urban combat.
Israeli Tavor Tar-21
French Famas G2
I really want one of these but they havent been imported since the 80's and they are going for around $10,000 dollars, which is stupid steep. Ya bro, im jelly.
I found this site ages ago, and it has a lot of information on it, in the top left corner you can change the field to other weapon styles and it will show what each country used or invented.
http://world.guns.ru/rifle-e.html