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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (106748)	12/31/2006 9:08:24 AM
From: Tatnic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I don't think too many m16's are in use anymore...this is from wikipedea (check out the last recommendation...ie, it comes only with a 20 round clip): Lessons learned reports, from Afghanistan, 2002: 34% of soldiers reported that their M4's handguards rattle and become excessively hot when firing. 15% reported that they had troubles zeroing the M68 reflex sight. 35% added barber brushes and 24% added dental picks to their cleaning kits. Soldiers reported the following malfunctions: 20% reported double-feeding. 15% reported feeding jams. 13% reported that feeding problems were due to magazines. 89% of soldiers reported confidence in the weapon. 20% were dissatisfied with its ease of maintenance. Soldiers requested the following changes: 55% requested the firearm be made lighter 20% requested a larger magazine