....Will the old rifles be put up for public sale??? Army surplus.....
No. BATF refuses sale of rifles “readily” convertible to auto fire. If you want an old “relic.” the stockpiled supply of 1911 ,45s will soon be sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program, though most will be with mismatched parts and heavily used to worn out.
The military is replacing the Beretta 92 pistol too. Let’s see what happens to those.
The US Military has and probably will again in the future sell upper receiver assemblies because they are not the items needed to create a fully automatic rifle.
I missed out on the sale of M16-A1 parts kits a few years ago due to broke-itis. It had ever part except for the lower receiver and trigger group. I really wanted one since that was the weapon I carried my entire active duty time and I qualified expert in basic training with one. Great super light little rifle.