| From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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| Subject: | Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people |
| Date: | Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:25:23 -0400 |
>So? Get yourself a rifle you CAN do it with, then.
SR-25 or AR-10. Both sub-MOA, detachable box, seriously free-floating
barrel. Add a Swan rail, and you can do it.
>Why?
The bigger versions of the carbines? Easy, they would be real rifles. In
modern terms, it would be like issueing a mix of mostly M-16 or HK-33s with
some (say 1-2/squad) SR-25s and G-3s. It makes perfect sense, becuase the
real rifles can punch through stuff the carbines can't, and argueeably have
longer range. They can also be used either in a "platoon supprot rifle"
mode (like the Druganov is used) or in a BAR-type role.
However, I also grew up believing that you should hump a real rifle and be
able to hit things out to 800 with it, just in case. Mating to a grenade
laucnher..
>It's called speed convenience. And the less things you have to keep
>track of, the less that can go wrong (usually). If you're holding your
Not argueing the concept, I understand it, and it works for some folks
(such as the folks in Florida). I just personally have reservations about
it. Part of it is weight- a good, precision rifle weighs about 12 pounds
before you load it. Figure in a few more pounds for an empty launcher.
Add shells (thier what, ~1.5 pounds each?) for the GL. This is a serious
load out.
The weight issue is part of the reason I generally prefeer to see GLs
mounted on carbines.
Kevin Dole, aka CyberRaven, aka IronRaven, aka Steel Tengu
http://members.xoom.com/iron_raven/
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