Anyone know the status of IAR?
It was Colt, FN and HK, but now I am hearing HK was eliminated.
Anyone have any additional details?
http://www.defensetech.org/images/H&K-IAR-web.jpg
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Anyone know the status of IAR?
It was Colt, FN and HK, but now I am hearing HK was eliminated.
Anyone have any additional details?
http://www.defensetech.org/images/H&K-IAR-web.jpg
What was it, the Army Times, just reported that the IAR winner would be announced in about three weeks.
Mexico went with the Pony :eek: :cool:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8939/610xhb.jpg
what is it then? :confused:
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I hope we do too. The only thing Colt needs to work on is Barrel quality. The 3MOA M4 carbine is a shit std.
We need 1MOA rifles. That technology should not be too much to ask.
Colt claimed it had one of the most accurate piston systems, meaning it didn't throw fliers. Of course the barrel quality would be important here, because the M4 barrel makes every round a flier.
2.5-3MOA is as good as the M4 can shoot. I'd like to see the 3 trigger pull weights leave the system too. The M4 trigger is crap.
1. Even if the M4 was a 0.25MOA gun, you're still shooting 4MOA+ ammo. It's kind of like putting 85 octane gas in your Formula 1 race car and expecting it to perform...it just doesn't work like that.
2. Colt manufactures the M4 to a very specific Technical Data Package (TDP) from which they cannot legally deviate, even to improve the product, unless the customer (the Army) says so. The Army claims to be happier than a clam with the M4 because it's exceeding its specified life cycle by 200-300%, is accurate, reliable, etc. All of these parameters are specified by the Army, and the Colt M4 meets or exceeds them all. Is it as good as it could or should be? Probably not. I think even Colt would make a few changes if given the chance, but their hands are tied.
What Colt piston gun are you talking about? I saw one at SHOT Show a couple years ago, but haven't heard much about it since.
M855 isn't 4MOA ammo. I had a personal upper in 2005 shooting 1MOA at 100 meters. I could hit a 50 cal ammo can with it at 700meters pretty regularly on a calm day.
The M4 from prone with a sandsock, shoots patterns like a shotgun at 100meters ~3-3.5", it's gotta be QC issues and the light profile.
The Colt M4 profile is such that even a perfect barrel from someone like Rock River could probably only hold 1.5MOA under perfect conditions. It's not helping matters at all. The Army has been appealing to the lowest common denominator for too long. It's killing the Army. I'd bet you 10 soldiers in a 100 are worth the uniform they're wearing in a fight. It's a lack of proper emphasis that has come from the top down like a disease. The best soldiers are constantly leaving and the Army is holding onto the mundane and poor performers. Give the soldier a weapon that is capable of precision and maybe he'll start to show you results.
We had more accurate weapons in WWI, WWII, and Korea. That doesn't make any sense for technology to take us backward instead of forward.
The piston guns were in SAR a couple months back. Is this IAR rifle a piston gun? it looks like that pot bellied RAS houses a piston operating system under the barrel.