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Originally Posted by Plan9
"Other rifle" was the infamous XM8, maybe?
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The XM8 was garbage. I managed to break one after 20 minutes of playing with it. But it was never fielded. The only shitty rifle that was issued that I know of was the original M16 in the early 60's. The problems have largely been ironed out. IMO, the M4 is a fantastic weapon, though there is still room for improvement.
If it were up to me, I'd:
Swap out the front sight post/gas block with folding BUIS.
Scrap the gas system and go with a gas-piston system
Standardize the M4 feed ramps and 1913 hand guards
Dump the shitty mag followers and replace them with an anti-tilt, self leveling design
Get rid of the green tip and use a 77gr. BTHP
Do that, and it will be unstoppable.
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Originally Posted by Plan9
don't know about you, but my skinny ass can't move inside an RG31 with that shit on. We need tighter stuff.
Running with all that floppy bolt-on armor on really tired me out and I'm not exactly a couch potato.
A single piece breakaway rig with pockets for front/rear/side SAPIs. Preferably not front-opening.
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There are definite improvements to be made - Dback has some awesome plate carriers with the quick release tabs, better cut for movement, etc - but the IBA/SAPI does what its supposed to in that it stops bullets and has saved a lot of lives.