I'm willing to bet there will be other MFRs looking to get into the action as a DoD sole source contracts are huge amounts of money. Knights/LMT/LWRC/Robinson Arms are some other companies that I'd want to see in the mix. I just hope this time around it won't be a goat rope like the XM project turned out to be.The only way to ensure the BEST results? The DoD needs to open it up to all comers. Until they do, it's just another government boondoggle. Sure they'll test everything someone behind a desk tells them to, but in the end some BS will shut it down and they'll have gone nowhere.
I'm willing to bet there will be other MFRs looking to get into the action as a DoD sole source contracts are huge amounts of money. Knights/LMT/LWRC/Robinson Arms are some other companies that I'd want to see in the mix. I just hope this time around it won't be a goat rope like the XM project turned out to be.The only way to ensure the BEST results? The DoD needs to open it up to all comers. Until they do, it's just another government boondoggle. Sure they'll test everything someone behind a desk tells them to, but in the end some BS will shut it down and they'll have gone nowhere.
Personally I like the SCAR system, but realistically I think tax payer dollars would be far better spent on improving the M16/M4's we already have in our inventory.
The GOV needs to have a contest open to all. Best overall design gets the contract.....Read the story behind GLOCK....Exactly what I mean...until that happens it'll go nowhere. What I really see happening is (God willing) the war ends and interest in a "better" rifle dwindles.
X100000 for the German stuff!!!
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