[Shooter 2.5]

Check post #86.

[dcwusmc]

A pound and a half can add up over a long hump, trust me. This is not reliable enough and probably not at all "Grunt-proof" yet. Maybe in 15-20 more years. After all it took almost that long to turn the M16 into even halfway decent... and if you consider the Garand a relic, I would put it and a squad of Marines so armed up against most any other gaggle you could field. Wanna give it a go sometime? Garands, .45s, Bloopers, shotguns against a similar combo of your high-tech toys and see what's a relic...