Originally Posted by
montrala
Thanks. My impressions are also very good. But there are still issues to work out. For example good thing is QD sling attachment sockets on rend of stock and end of lower receiver (for 1 point), but there is none in front on handguard. Top of gas block is uncovered, because "it look good to have angled end of handguard" - come on! Charging handle needs to be enlarged or made folding or angled down - in current configuration any optics mount on rail above charging handle travel will interfere with rapid operation of charging handle. And so goes. This and other suggestions were discussed with me with managers and constructors from factory. I also forgot to mention that it is not very heavy. Empty rifle weights about 7.9lb
Prototypes that we were shooting were finished literally overnight before demonstration. We shot several hundreds of rounds with each in very short time, including full mag dumps. Everybody was very impressed. When rifles became very hot, we had some two or three stoppages. Those were stovepipes - carrier catch spent case on feeding. Ejector springs probable need to be stiffer.
Weak points? One for sure is magazine - it uses AR15 mag, due to popularity. But it for sure is not best magazine for reliability (but Lancers L5 AWM used did not skip a beat). Also magazine did not drop free. Other weak points will probably came out during more in depth testing.
I can say, that this rifle looks too good to be true. But I hope it will survive.
Using AR15 mags is a good thing. Having lived through the ban over here from 94-2004 I understand the advantage of standard mags. Plus AR15 mag weakness are very overstated. Pmags work great and USGI mags also work fine in my experience.
Pat
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