[Travis McGee]

Hey, I always did like the old M-16A1 "Mattie Mattel". 6.5 pounds, 20 inch barrel, 400+ yard accuracy. Is the heavier A2 any huge improvement? Not to me.

[archy]

Hey, I always did like the old M-16A1 "Mattie Mattel". 6.5 pounds, 20 inch barrel, 400+ yard accuracy. Is the heavier A2 any huge improvement? Not to me.

400 yards if it's not windy. That little 55-grain pill got blown off course with hardly a puff of breeze. But you could carry it, a fair supply of magazines [20-rounders, in my time] and water, chow, Claymores, M60 ammo and a PRC 25 and spare batteries with a reasonably minimal amount of strain.

The M16A2 is an improvement when on semi if you only have one or two magazines worth of ammo, a bad idea that seems to be too uncomfortably commonplace nowadays. IMHO the Canadians have a better idea with their Diemaco C7.