I’m not sure if you’re getting part of my post mixed up with RickN. I’ve never really hated the M-16. I just thought it was ugly. Cool but ugly. I think it was the carry handle. I’m quite familiar with of its early history and issues that it had. Like they were using the wrong bullets and powder for it. They took the chrome lining out of the barrel. Caused pitting in the chamber and caused cases to stick. There is a myriad of other things that I’m not thinking of at the moment. Basically the military took something that was good and messed it up. But as time has shown people have learned and it has turned into an outstanding platform. Very versatile and in many calibers like you stated.Exactly the same rifle I was issued and like you hated the hell out of it. Accuracy was non existent with that 1:14 twist in the original issue. Bullets just tumbled out of the barrel.
After discharge would go into gun shops with ar's on the rack and comment how worthless they were.
Later in life after learning more about bullets, twists, and how they revolve around each other I started looking into the plastic guns.
They have to be one of the most versatile guns in existence currently, shooting everything from .17 to .450 big bores accurately.
The National 1000 yard matches at Camp Perry has been won with the modified AR platform more than once.
My most accurate rifle is a .243 WSSM in the AR platform with a 1:12 twist that puts bullets into the same cloverleaf hole every time if I do my part.
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