The ads are very interesting.

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/classic-guns-magazine-editions/

LOL "Could this be the next GI rifle?" (Cover with M16)

 

I can only imagine how anemic and weak looking the m16 was compared to the M14, and M1 that preceded it.

 

I can just imagine some WWII vet who's still in the shooting hobby looking at the M16 in his copy of Guns magazine, and commenting on how the army's gone soft.

 

And now look at ARs, everyone has them XD

The ads are very interesting.

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/classic-guns-magazine-editions/

 

I'm thinking of mailing a few checks to see what happens

LOL "Could this be the next GI rifle?" (Cover with M16)

 

I can only imagine how anemic and weak looking the m16 was compared to the M14, and M1 that preceded it.

 

I can just imagine some WWII vet who's still in the shooting hobby looking at the M16 in his copy of Guns magazine, and commenting on how the army's gone soft.

 

And now look at ARs, everyone has them XD

 

The cover shows the early AR-10. All 6-3/4 pounds of it.

 

I just can't imagine who forced the M16 up over that weight in 5.56 mm.

The cover shows the early AR-10. All 6-3/4 pounds of it.

 

I just can't imagine who forced the M16 up over that weight in 5.56 mm.

 

I'm not an expert on the development cycle of the AR10/M16. How did they end up raising the weight that much? I mean, it ended up not being THAT much lighter than the M14 IIRC, when they were all done screwing with it.