The discussion rages on.
This link provides some interesting info. Apparently the M-16 family does NOT like heavy full-auto use (jams-a-lot) and that .223 just doesn't do the job after 500 yards--or maybe after 300 yards.
Nugget: a ~.270 has been regarded as 'ideal' since WWI.
Natch, the Armed Forces don't provide that as a standard-issue caliber.
HT: Captain
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Fascinating.....but since the Army and USMC went to three round burst M16A2 more than 20 years ago, the data is a little out of date.
Uh, yah, David B.
That "out of date" stuff comes from Afghanistan experience.
You might want to read the article and the source materials.
Go here: http://www.captainsjournal.com/2010/03/08/taking-back-the-infantry-half-kilometer/
We were talking about this at BlackFive a week or two back. Doc Russia endorses the Grendel kit (as does Armed Liberal at Winds of Change); and therefore so do I.
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