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Originally Posted by NoRoadtrippin
This is, of course, one of those conversations that has really been beat to death, but recently I've been thinking why not just reissue some M16s? There's got to be a number of A4 flattops still out there, and they could certainly be easily made. Would a longer barrel not solve some or many of the issues with the M4 at longer ranges? Seems like a very simple fix. Even if it was rolled out on a limited basis in a manner similar to the SDM it would still provide units with some weapons that could reach farther out.
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The M16s are still around, it's just that they are issued to support MOSs instead of the guys on the line. One thing my unit has done is to take an
M16A4 and put a free floating barrel, lighter trigger group and an ACOG on it. Basically, a DMR.
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