If the M-16 used the original round it was designed to use, it would have performed equally to the AK-47. I do agree that we should go to using 7.62 since everyone else uses it. It just makes sense since you could take ammo off of dead soldiers regardless of side and use it...on the downside, that would also apply to the enemy as well since they also use 7.62...I never ran into issues with the magazines on the M16A2 when I was in. My issues were with the rifle jamming if you got a speck of dust in the barrels or firing chamber. Maybe in later used they used lower quality metal for the springs ?
-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: In Reversal, Army Bans High-Performance Rifle Mags http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/05/25/in-reversal-army-bans-high-per formance-rifle-mags.html This is a horrible decision that must have been made by some POG who has never heard a shot fired in anger. The simple fact is that the old tired magazines that we were issued had horrible performance issues. The springs would weaken if left loaded, the marterials were weak and prone to bending and crimping. The vast majority of weapon malfunctions were caused specifically by crappy magazines. The M-16A2 and M-4 rifles both performed very well in all kinds of environments. I might have some complaints about the round, and wouldn't mind seeing us go back to something like the 7.62, or move forward with something like the 6.8 but that's neither here nor there. Simply put this decision can and likely will cause the loss of life. I cannot imagine what the motive for this decision is, other than the possibility of someone that produces the crappy metal mags was losing money. Arm chair commandos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
