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I think that its because of the cost of ammo that eventually we will all be shooting solid propelant firearms... Brass ain't cheap... steel cases are cheaper but will eventually eat up any gun, Kalashnikov's included (although it will take a LOT longer in one of those beasts)


When you think about it, caseless ammo makes sense, less weight for soldiers to carry, less cost, less functions the gun has to do (the majority of M-16 failures are failure to eject from what I have been told) and no ejecting spent cases means theres one less hole in the gun where stuff has to go out/come in, which means less gunk getting into your weapon.


I don't think the G11 was a terribly good idea, in the interest of simplicity, its prolly not a terribly good idea to design a gun that has the ammo making a 90 degree turn on its way into the chamber, but the caseless ammo, I think thats a great idea and is destined to be the norm in combat rifles.



just my opinion, I could be right tho



p.s. The U.S. will not adopt a bull-pup rifle until the problem of left handed shooters is solved (lefties can't shoot bull-pups unless they are lefty specific bull-pups, if they do shoot them they get hot brass in the face)


caseless ammo would solve the lefty bull-pup problem...

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