Current assessment of FN Military Collector M16A4?

[mack7.62]

I think you are probably right, caught me off guard didn't expect to see the fairer sex pushing SCAR 17's, but then who knows now days.

[pingdork]

FN's website is showing them as discontinued:

https://fnamerica.com/discontinued-products/

That’s a shame but certainly explains why I got it for 829


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[Slater]

With the almost bewildering variety of configurations, rails, accessories, barrels, optics, etc. available these days, I'm surprised that anyone buys the old-fashioned Plain Jane-style AR's any more.

[3ACR_Scout]

I’ve thought a lot about that in contemplating this M16A4 project. It would be purely for sentimental purposes, and I probably wouldn’t shoot it all that often after putting a lot of money and work into it. I quickly swapped my issued one out for an M4 (which I also plan to clone) when I had the chance. The M16 was long, heavy, and I kind of foolishly added extra weight to it by tracking down a RAS for it just to put a VFG on it (I didn’t have a light or anything else besides an M68 at the time). However, I don’t have an example of any of the M16s that I carried or trained with over the years, and this was the first rifle I carried in a combat zone, so I’d like to have it in my collection.

[pingdork]

With the almost bewildering variety of configurations, rails, accessories, barrels, optics, etc. available these days, I'm surprised that anyone buys the old-fashioned Plain Jane-style AR's any more.

Plain janes make good side chicks. Put out reliably, with little fuss, and cost a whole lot less.




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[CAVDOC]

I’ve thought a lot about that in contemplating this M16A4 project. It would be purely for sentimental purposes, and I probably wouldn’t shoot it all that often after putting a lot of money and work into it. I quickly swapped my issued one out for an M4 (which I also plan to clone) when I had the chance. The M16 was long, heavy, and I kind of foolishly added extra weight to it by tracking down a RAS for it just to put a VFG on it (I didn’t have a light or anything else besides an M68 at the time). However, I don’t have an example of any of the M16s that I carried or trained with over the years, and this was the first rifle I carried in a combat zone, so I’d like to have it in my collection.

Exactly why I am considering one too. I was issued an A4 in Iraq then later an M4 for Afghanistan. Will probably end up with both eventually.