DSK wrote:



Same here. I'm not sure why Martin B was saying it was too powerful, too
heavy, and too klunky... of the gas-operated SLRs I know of, it's among
the smoothest (Marty, try one of those cheapo AK-47s in the same
caliber!). I thought it was a lot of fun.

Don't get me wrong, the weapon is a dream to shoot, but the average grunt just doesn't shoot well enough to know the difference, nor does he need a
weapon that costs over a grand. Better to give him something light, cheap to manufacture, and lots of ammo, accuracy won't matter. Further having a
round capable of going right through a 350 Chevy block is rather unnecessary for an infantry man, instead give him a weapon that the rifling wears
out rapidly in and hope the tumbling lower powered round will produce much nastier wounds. As for the AK-47 I wasn't aware that you could get one in
7.62mm, if you did the power of the NATO round might do some serious damage to both the weapon and the rifleman, that said you are correct, they're
pigs to shoot, however I've seen films of Pakistanis making them out of scrap metal and rebar with foot powered lathes.

Cheers
Marty