To: pnh102
even the Army says the M4 “sucks.”
Direct-gas action - fouling and heat. Known weakness of the Stoner(?) design since day zero.
9 posted on
05/26/2011 7:00:42 AM PDT by
flowerplough
(Obama: "Get back inside '67 borders." / Helen Thomas:"Go back to Poland and Germany!")
To: flowerplough
That is why back in the earlyn 80’s (when the unit armory would carry personal weapons around) I had an HK91.
I didn’t figure I neded the full auto of the G3, and it was a damned good weapon.
15 posted on
05/26/2011 7:16:58 AM PDT by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: flowerplough
It’s also why it’s more accurate than any piston design.
16 posted on
05/26/2011 7:20:30 AM PDT by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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