Re: In service Firearms

[MathesonT@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/9/2002 3:55:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, brian_mcdonald@shaw.ca writes:


> I was told the story with it works like this.  the cdn gov't decided to 
> go down to 5.56 rifles and the m16 was submitted for the competition. 
> based mostly on price and it being subcontracted to a canadian company 
> for actual prod'n it was chosen.  there were a number of changes to the 
> design and it was accepted into service here.  the changes impressed the 
> american army and their 16a2 is supposed to be very similar to the cdn 
> rifles.  meanwhile diemaco seems to be making fair progress flogging 
> their rifles around the world so they must have something going for them.


Not quite.  Canada picked the M16A2 as their new rifle in 1984, at which time the M16A2 was already entering US service.  The main difference in the C7 from the M16A2 is full auto instead of burst and a hammer forged barrel, both of which are options on the M16A2.  Diemaco is very competitive on military pricing and they do make good product.

Rob