Until some army actually issues the M96 in quantity, and it becomes subject to the hard use/abuse that only young soldiers can dish out, I'll consider the M96 a good quality commercial rifle and nothing more. Those fellows who own them seem rather satisfied with their purchase, despite the poor sighting system, which is all well and good. However, I'd wager that very few M96s have seen much use other than at shooting ranges. Some of the excitement over this rifle is disproportionate to what has actually been accomplished with it, IMO. One guy, at another board, is already saying the US should dump the M-16 and replace it with the M96! There is room for improvement in any product, to include the M96. I'm holding off on purchase until it has a proper rear sight.