To: archy
I'll take the third from the top! For a person to use as a range-shooter, camp gun, home defense, and general plinking, a longer barrel seems better. For a semiauto-only rifle, a short tube would be as much of a hinderance as a help.
483 posted on
12/06/2003 3:58:20 AM PST by
Long Cut
(Whiskey...oil for life's frictions)
To: archy; Woahhs; Squantos; Travis McGee; Shooter 2.5; *bang_list; All
Soldier Of Fortune magazine has a relatively good write-up of the XM-8 project in their current issue. Some highlights:
GREAT pics!
The chances of the weapon being adopted are now considered 50-50.
It WILL be able to be easily converted to 7.62x39mm, 5.45mm, and 6.3mm(?).
HK has NO plans to make a semiauto-only civilian version, regardless of any sunsets that may occur.
The impression of troops that have fired it is overwhelmingly positive.
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