[T-Bird45]

Hmmmm...your “one gun to grab” turned into a 10# club in less than 400 rounds and you’re “hoping for no more reliability issues”...hmmmm

It likes the same load as the AR10T, produces 750 less FPM, 8” less barrel length = flame thrower of unused gasses and unburned powder.

[T-Bird45]

FPM should have been FPS...hate when I do that !!

[RC one]

Like I just said, if it wasn't shooting as well as it does, I would be accurizing the FN FAL and that would be my go to gun. I can accept that defective parts make it out of factories and get put into rifles. It happens. MY AR10 broke. MY PTR91 needed to be sent back to the factory before it would run. I'm going to find out if there are any other parts like that in this rifle this winter. And as I also said, it was -10 degrees outside. Metal can become brittle at low temperatures. I don't know that that is what happened but it's possible. I agree its an issue though.

But the fact remians, it's a 9.8 lb (w/scope)carbine that shoots sub-MOA groups so the point it loses for durability, it makes up for with accuracy and portability.

and yeah, it's going to burn some powder outside of the barrel and give up some velocity but it has a good flash suppressor which, as I noted, is also a dedicated sound suppressor attachment point so there's a trade off. there's always a trade off.

I suppose I could buy a SCAR17 but that's a $3,000 investment. The Recon was $1,3000 and cost matters in my world too.