Posted on 07/04/2010 9:19:00 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
Rate of fire selector system and a counter recoil system that was highly effective. There were other technologies that were there but these were the two big ones that had the most dramatic impresson on me.
Oh, the rifle was not a gas operated design. Just by looking at the gun, I could see that it would be very resistant to failure due to environmental conditions.
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