Marine Corps Signals Shifts To Army Sniper Rifles, Infantry Carbines

[RugersGR8]

For the Marine Corps, it sounds like the 308W is out and possibly the 300WM, 338 Lapua and/or the 50BMG are in. Also the M16 is out and the M4 is in.


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Marine Corps Signals Shifts To Army Sniper Rifles, Infantry Carbines
Posted by Bob Owens on July 28, 2015 at 11:01 am

 

[henschman]

So... when will the M40s and M-16 parts kits be available at the CMP?

 

[Perplexed]

So... when will the M40s and M-16 parts kits be available at the CMP?

Dream on. The Armed Forces will hang onto that stuff for decades - look how long it took for M1 Garand parts to hit the surplus market in quantity after the AF switched first to the M14, then the M16. Fifteen, twenty years?

 

[Dave70968]

Dream on. The Armed Forces will hang onto that stuff for decades - look how long it took for M1 Garand parts to hit the surplus market in quantity after the AF switched first to the M14, then the M16. Fifteen, twenty years?

More importantly, ATF takes the philosophy of "once a machine gun, always a machine gun." They couldn't be sold, no matter how many parts were replaced.

 

[surjimmy]

If that's true, the the Marines should get the first ones in about 18yrs.lol

 

[Thomas]

More importantly, ATF takes the philosophy of "once a machine gun, always a machine gun." They couldn't be sold, no matter how many parts were replaced.

Which is why, like all good parts kits, the receiver will be missing or torch cut.

http://whatacountry.com/colt-m16a1-parts-kit.aspx