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Thank you for the "welcome aboard" gents.
I posted under "G" at Socnet, but this site would not accept a name under three letters, hence Gee.
Looking forward to doing lots of reading.
I carried the R5 as my PW while serving in the SA Police. The R5 is a product-improved version of the short Galil (Glilon), with the full size rifle being the R4.
As with every weapon, it had its issues, but for close range work, the slight movement of the dust cover was not an issue. It is heavy for it's size though (much heavier than an M4 for example), but I was mostly in a patrol car and sometimes in a chopper, so I seldom had to worry about the weight of the thing.
As with anyone who has been issued with a weapon they feel is less than perfect (and who does feel that they have the perfect rifle?) - we bitched and moaned for a short while and of course that did no good - so eventually we shut up, trained hard and became good at using it!
Take Care...
G
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