This new rifle sounds like that updated version of the M-14. You know the rifle McNamara killed for the M-16. I think this is the updated M-14 the SEALs are using.
The SA-80 has been a POS. The old FN FAL’s rock.
I am really hot on a DSA Arms updated clones of the FALs.
http://www.dsarms.com/SA58_FAL-Rifles/departments/8/
STG 58’s are a little more moderate in cost:
http://www.dsarms.com/STG58-Austrian-FAL/products/9/
http://www.eliteukforces.info/uk-military-news/120110-new-marksman-rifle.php
Who is Law Enforcement International a US company that makes the rifle?
Maybe the U.S. forces can get some of these so they are not shooting dinky .223 in Afghan.
Mechanically it has been, but ergonomically, (for me anyways) it's one of the best designed weapons I've ever fired.
That's an oversized M-16 designed to fire the same 7.62mm round that the M-14 does. It's basically a match-grade sniper rifle, and there are only a couple of troops in each unit that can be trained to use it to its maximum effectiveness. It's a very specialized rifle that has more use in mountainous country than in cities.
Nothing like an M-14
I must admit, I wish modern military weapons just had a little bit of wood on them...makes them much more human, I think.