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Bumping and noting a new thread HERE.
834 posted on 06/04/2004 10:27:24 AM PDT by Long Cut (Certainty of Death, small chance of Success...What are we waiting for?...Gimli the Dwarf)
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To: archy; Squantos; All
Hey, guys, I just watched an episode of "Mail Call" in which the XM-8 was discussed and fired by the star, Lee Ermey. Squantos, it appears all your concerns have been adressed in this newer version.

- It HAS standby iron sights.

- It HAS a bayonet lug.

- The flash supressor is an M-16-style "birdcage", vice the "pronged" model on the prototypes.

The mags also snap together, and in the firing sequences, Ermey worked it on F/A with no discernable muzzle rise.

In all, it was a good showing of the weapon, with an Army LTC doing the demo for Ermey.

The "modular" feature was also demonstrated, with the forend being removed in a thrice.

835 posted on 11/22/2004 5:08:44 PM PST by Long Cut (The Constitution...the NATOPS of America!)
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