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<blockquote data-quote="Bastard TwoTwo" data-source="post: 859714" data-attributes="member: 71841"><p>Yeah, I was just shocked- when I arrived at Basic, and they issued rifles on day 2, most of my platoon mates had Colt lowers, some had Olympic, I had an FNH.... I was of the impression prior to this that Colt and KAC were the ONLY companies that the US Army contracted with for M16/M4 weapon systems, so seeing what were probably replacement parts from another company was a surprise. Then shortly after that, Colt's patent expired and the Army went looking at possible replacements- that's when EVERYBODY started showing up with an AR design.</p><p> </p><p>My unit was issued the RSASS in '07, speaking of Remington. Our snipers thought it was trash. We left them in the arms room at home and they took the M24's instead. Bolt action .300WM beats semi-auto .308 any day of the week.... BUT, I did have an appreciation for the Mk14EBR personally. It wasn't a 1000m tack driver, but it's better than the RSASS, more compact, and more flexible in an urban environment. Worked great in places like Baqubah.</p><p> </p><p>On a note related to Gary's Agent Orange, our generation has the burn pits; lot of respiratory issues coming up, and other things will likely crop up in the next decade or so. We were burning refrigerators, tires, you name it- you KNOW that stuff can't be good for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bastard TwoTwo, post: 859714, member: 71841"] Yeah, I was just shocked- when I arrived at Basic, and they issued rifles on day 2, most of my platoon mates had Colt lowers, some had Olympic, I had an FNH.... I was of the impression prior to this that Colt and KAC were the ONLY companies that the US Army contracted with for M16/M4 weapon systems, so seeing what were probably replacement parts from another company was a surprise. Then shortly after that, Colt's patent expired and the Army went looking at possible replacements- that's when EVERYBODY started showing up with an AR design. My unit was issued the RSASS in '07, speaking of Remington. Our snipers thought it was trash. We left them in the arms room at home and they took the M24's instead. Bolt action .300WM beats semi-auto .308 any day of the week.... BUT, I did have an appreciation for the Mk14EBR personally. It wasn't a 1000m tack driver, but it's better than the RSASS, more compact, and more flexible in an urban environment. Worked great in places like Baqubah. On a note related to Gary's Agent Orange, our generation has the burn pits; lot of respiratory issues coming up, and other things will likely crop up in the next decade or so. We were burning refrigerators, tires, you name it- you KNOW that stuff can't be good for us. [/QUOTE]
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