Army looking at interim 7.62 battle rifle
Ya know, I was on active duty back in the late 60s when the Army was transitioning to the M16. That was during Vietnam and everyone was clamoring for lightweight rifles and lots of ammo, and the M16 was supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I seem to recall a few of those late night beer-and-bull sessions wherein I held forth that "one of these days" the US would get involved in a dust-up in some place like a desert or mountain terrain and would fervently wish they had something with more range and punch than the 5.56 "groundhog rifle" to fight with.
That was almost 50 years ago. Wish I had bet someone money on it.
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mcassill,
2017-04-05, 08:26
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- Army looking at interim 7.62 battle rifle -
Catoosa,
2017-04-05, 10:08
- Rural Afghan is exactly that scenario. -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 11:19
- Rural Afghan is exactly that scenario. - Jared, 2017-04-05, 14:15
- Rural Afghan is exactly that scenario. -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 11:19
- Interesting reading. Thanks for sharing. -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 10:21
- The SPC? No -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 10:59
- Agreed but... -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 12:26
- And I'm still wanting an AR-10 in 308 hehehe (nm) -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 12:26
- I built one a couple years ago. -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 15:58
- I built a 6.5 Creedmore last year -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 17:57
- I built a 6.5 Creedmore last year -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-05, 18:19
- Love mine -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 18:40
- Awesome! -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-06, 04:16
- AR market is on life support for sure... -
matt/pa,
2017-04-06, 06:40
- AR market is on life support for sure... -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-06, 16:57
- Instead of selling, now is when... -
mcassill,
2017-04-11, 12:29
- No doubt! - Wildcat, 2017-04-11, 21:08
- Instead of selling, now is when... -
mcassill,
2017-04-11, 12:29
- AR market is on life support for sure... -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-06, 16:57
- AR market is on life support for sure... -
matt/pa,
2017-04-06, 06:40
- Awesome! -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-06, 04:16
- Love mine -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 18:40
- I built a 6.5 Creedmore last year -
Slow Hand,
2017-04-05, 18:19
- I built a 6.5 Creedmore last year -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 17:57
- I built one a couple years ago. -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 15:58
- And I'm still wanting an AR-10 in 308 hehehe (nm) -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 12:26
- Agreed but... -
matt/pa,
2017-04-05, 12:26
- The SPC? No -
mcassill,
2017-04-05, 10:59
- Army looking at interim 7.62 battle rifle -
Bri A,
2017-04-05, 11:56
- Exactly. You can only stuff so much powder and bullet... - mcassill, 2017-04-05, 15:57
- Shades of the .276 Pederson! - Otony, 2017-04-05, 20:29
- Did they not just do this with the SCAR heavy? -
Gary G,
2017-04-05, 22:16
- SOCOM bought those - mcassill, 2017-04-06, 01:39
- Maybe they should have Springfield rebuild all those - Hobie, 2017-04-06, 21:31
- Army looking at interim 7.62 battle rifle -
DiamondD,
2017-04-07, 03:05
- I see that part of the project turning into a goat rodeo - mcassill, 2017-04-08, 03:30
- Army looking at interim 7.62 battle rifle -
Catoosa,
2017-04-05, 10:08