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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - If you could have any practical feature in a 5.56 military assault rifle what would it be?

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:18:51 PM EDT

If you could have any practical feature in a 5.56 military assault rifle what would it be.

Material it’s mostly made of

Weight

Barrel length

Barrel twist rate

Optics

Optics packages (lasers, infrared, night vision ext)

Bullet type (armor piercing, tracer, type,ext)

Attachment system for accessories

Electronics equipment (bullet counter, navigation equipment ext)

Magazine capacity

Grenade attachment

Others

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:19:31 PM EDT

[#1]

Well, I think Galils have a bottle opener.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:20:23 PM EDT

[#2]

Reliability
Accuracy
Weight

in that order for me.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:20:55 PM EDT

[#3]

Hmmm....A lighter. I always feel like a smoke after killin something.

Ok, seriously? A gas rod, not a gas tube.
Available yes I know, but thats really all i want.

Well, besides a Fun switch too. But those are ridiculously expensive.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:21:26 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Reliability
Accuracy
Weight

in that order for me.

You must be an AK guy.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:22:37 PM EDT

[#5]

Heat seaking armor piercing bullets.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:24:57 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Well, I think Galils have a bottle opener.

Damn, you guys are qiuick!

That's exactly what i was going to say even before I opened this thread.

Nothing like a cold beer after shooting the living shit out of half a dozenn terrorists.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:25:36 PM EDT

[#7]

Full Auto?

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:26:51 PM EDT

[#8]

Trying to come up with a 556 rifle for a future warfare book I am working on.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:31:23 PM EDT

[#9]

.308

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:32:53 PM EDT

[#10]

I like the side charging handles that some uppers have. Having it on the rear (behind the BCG)is a little awkward, IMO.

Scott

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:38:06 PM EDT

[#11]

Power distribution system integrated into the rail. Optics, NVD and lights that get their power when they're locked down to the rail. Battery compartment in/on the butttstock or in the pistol grip. Battery commonality with radios, head worn NVDs and other "future warfare" electronics.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:41:48 PM EDT

[#12]

MK262

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:43:29 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Reliability
Accuracy
Weight

in that order for me.

You must be an AK guy.

Not at all. I find all three of those in an AR. Well except the weight. I am thinking of hunting down a lightweight carbine. M4 style just dont feel right for me.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:51:08 PM EDT

[#14]

Unlimited free ammo?

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:51:57 PM EDT

[#15]

sig 550

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:52:46 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
.308

+1...an M14 would be nice...

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:53:07 PM EDT

[#17]

3-round burst for civilian versions

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:53:54 PM EDT

[#18]

unlimited free lightweight invisible armor piercing incendiary ammunition.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:54:25 PM EDT

[#19]

An automatic barrel changer so you can change between different cals.

A MP3 player.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:56:50 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Reliability
Accuracy
Weight

in that order for me.

You must be an AK guy.

No, the AK guys say:
Reliability
Reliability
Reliability

They don't care about anything else.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:56:59 PM EDT

[#21]

A beverage holder and a snack compartment would be really neat-o.

Posted: 9/20/2005 1:57:57 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Reliability
Accuracy
Weight

in that order for me.

You must be an AK guy.

No, the AK guys say:
Reliability
Reliability
Reliability

They don't care about anything else.

Wouldn't that guy take the HK but then also get the accuracy and just have to suffer with the weight?

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:00:51 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Hmmm....A lighter. I always feel like a smoke after killin something.

Ok, seriously? A gas rod, not a gas tube.
Available yes I know, but thats really all i want.

Well, besides a Fun switch too. But those are ridiculously expensive.

If it's an assault rifle, it already has that switch.

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:01:26 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Full Auto?

Wouldn't that already meet the definition of assault rifle?

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:01:27 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Electronics equipment (bullet counter, navigation equipment ext)

The fanciest electronic device I'd ever accept on a rifle is an optic with an illuminated reticle and a light. Otherwise, there's too many points of failure, and the rapid battering of recoil will bring all those failures out quickly.

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:02:34 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Electronics equipment (bullet counter, navigation equipment ext)

The fanciest electronic device I'd ever accept on a rifle is an optic with an illuminated reticle. Otherwise, there's too many points of failure, and the rapid battering of recoil will bring all those failures out quickly.

And if my rifle got fubared I'd want the items separate for an E&E attempt if necessary.

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:03:43 PM EDT

[#27]

I'd like to have one of those .223's that can shoot those .50BMG rounds, capable of shooting satellites out of orbit.

Posted: 9/20/2005 2:22:54 PM EDT

[#28]

not 5.56

Posted: 9/20/2005 4:36:42 PM EDT

[#29]

More thrusts per squeeze.

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