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Army going to 300 Win Mag for LRH
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 503026" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>joe0121,</p><p> </p><p>The stock is just an evolution. Hell even the Marines have changed their original design McMillan "General Purpose Hunting Stock" that came out on the M40s to something new. Kind of a shame in my opinion, since the original stock is (IMHO) **** near perfect. The Army's H&S stocks weren't as durable as the McMillans, and I've heard some complaints about the adjustable LOP becoming loose, that sort of thing. I've seen them come back with all kinds of field expedient fixes to hold them in one position, so there's somethin to the complaints. In any case, a change of stock wasn't part of the plan, just something that came up naturally during the evolution of the rifle.</p><p> </p><p>Barrel, bolt and spacer, and that was supposed to b e the full extent of the switch to 300 Win Mag. These were all still arsenal level fixes, since the M700 is a pretty conventional design. Had they gone with something like the Desert Tactical or PGM rifles being tested today, this would be a field level switch, and we wouldn't be dealing with all this nonsense. A commander, or even the sniper himself could decide to use a bigger hammer than a 7.62, r5each into the tool box and inside of a minute he'd now have a 300 Win Mag for the task at hand.</p><p> </p><p>Perhaps when we get to the point of snipers having caddies and trailing a golf bag, we'll have the solution. "1350 meters, mild wind but gusting. Hmmmm. Caddie, hand me my 338 iron for this one!" A minute later the barrel's switched, the shot's made and Haji has his 72 virgins. Everbody's happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 503026, member: 15748"] joe0121, The stock is just an evolution. Hell even the Marines have changed their original design McMillan "General Purpose Hunting Stock" that came out on the M40s to something new. Kind of a shame in my opinion, since the original stock is (IMHO) **** near perfect. The Army's H&S stocks weren't as durable as the McMillans, and I've heard some complaints about the adjustable LOP becoming loose, that sort of thing. I've seen them come back with all kinds of field expedient fixes to hold them in one position, so there's somethin to the complaints. In any case, a change of stock wasn't part of the plan, just something that came up naturally during the evolution of the rifle. Barrel, bolt and spacer, and that was supposed to b e the full extent of the switch to 300 Win Mag. These were all still arsenal level fixes, since the M700 is a pretty conventional design. Had they gone with something like the Desert Tactical or PGM rifles being tested today, this would be a field level switch, and we wouldn't be dealing with all this nonsense. A commander, or even the sniper himself could decide to use a bigger hammer than a 7.62, r5each into the tool box and inside of a minute he'd now have a 300 Win Mag for the task at hand. Perhaps when we get to the point of snipers having caddies and trailing a golf bag, we'll have the solution. "1350 meters, mild wind but gusting. Hmmmm. Caddie, hand me my 338 iron for this one!" A minute later the barrel's switched, the shot's made and Haji has his 72 virgins. Everbody's happy. [/QUOTE]
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