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2004-06-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Raptor 2004-06-04 11:15:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here ia a working link I hope...

Just right for home defense......

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-06-04 11:44:51 AM|| 2004-06-04 11:44:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Now if only they'd chamber it for 6.8 mm SPC they would have a real winner for the troops.

Posted by Jonathan 2004-06-04 11:54:03 AM|| [www.workaround.blogspot.com] 2004-06-04 11:54:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Man, now this is a his and hers gift if I ever saw one. A must have!!

Posted by John Long Hair 2004-06-04 12:24:48 PM|| 2004-06-04 12:24:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I was at an industry show a couple of weeks ago and say the XM-8 (live fire demo too). Very sweet weapon. HK is building a big factory in Columbus GA to build thousands of them for the Army.

Posted by remote man 2004-06-04 12:30:06 PM|| 2004-06-04 12:30:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Aooww, that means you're throwning away the M16 family? That's the most recognizeable rifle ever, except for the AK... almost like if the US army changed its appearance overnight. Things won't be the same. And yes, I thought the .223/5,56 had shortcomings (long range performance, knock down power), and that the new magic bullet was the 6.8mm. IIRC, XM8 is actually a german rifle modeled after the G36, the current rifle of the spanish army (and partly the german). A foreign design?

Posted by Anonymous5089 2004-06-04 1:39:45 PM|| 2004-06-04 1:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 buy american! sheeesh.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-06-04 1:41:34 PM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2004-06-04 1:41:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mucky, see my post above. While the design is German (Hekler & Koch), the weapons will be built in GA. BTW, I also saw Barrett's 6.8mm at the show. Very nice and yes, there is interest in going that way. The USMC will stay with variants of the M-16 for the forseeable future, so it is not going away just yet.

Posted by remote man 2004-06-04 1:44:38 PM|| 2004-06-04 1:44:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 ima just get concern as i am hear colt and smith and wesson have finance problems. not shure how em ruger is doing.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-06-04 1:46:35 PM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2004-06-04 1:46:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 And the G36 is based on the internals of the early 1960s Armalite AR18.

Posted by ed 2004-06-04 2:09:44 PM|| 2004-06-04 2:09:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Kerry says, when he's elected, he'll fund the study to modernize the Brown Bess musket. Or maybe he won't. I forget.

Posted by tu3031 2004-06-04 9:17:10 PM|| 2004-06-04 9:17:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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