You seem to be confusing Soviet 7.62x.39 with our NATO 7.62x.51. The complaints about jamming in the earlier versions of the M-16 (not the A2) mainly came from the type of ammo they used, and the fact that they didn't issue cleaning kits with them. I've never seen a problem with the A2 or the M-4 that wasn't caused either by bad maintenance or bad magazines. The M-16 will never perform as flawlessly as the AK. The tolerances are too tight. They demonstrate radically different thoughts on how to produce weapons The M-16 series of firearms is made for precision point shooting by individual rifleman. The AK was made to be mass produced with loose tolerances for conscript armies. It is meant to be used by masses of troops putting down full auto fire at area targets.
5.56 was the original round it was designed to use, you're thinking of the AR-10 I assume? During the period that you were in the 30 round mags were reasonably new. The 20 round mags were superior and used better materials. There are some good 30 round metal mags out there, most notably the bushmaster and HK mags, but they are way more expensive. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:351443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
