Originally Posted by
kmrtnsn
To reiterate and rephrase my comment to get this back on track,
It would suck for the last rifle Colt made to be the last, best M-4 rifle ever made, just like all of those great Garand manufacturers when DOD dropped the Garand. The world, and the market is moving on from the M-4, as can be seen in the current Army tests, the Corps' love affair with HK, and my own agency's RfQ for a PDW that clearly no version of the M-4 or current Colt product will ever fit the bill. Colt needs to be thinking beyond the M-4. Where is the Colt answer to the SCAR, Beretta 160, etc? Building the best last century rifle in the coming decade is not the answer for corporate longevity.