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I guess you are half right. It was good safcive about looking for used colt parts.
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A factory M16A4 barrel is almost impossible to find.
"Not every thing on Earth requires an aftermarket upgrade." demigod/markm
While THE issued glass is the Trijicon TA31RCO-A4, I happen to know as fact that there were several Aimpoint equipped A4s in 3/5 during the 2004 deployment to Fallujah. While not the norm it did occur.
As a side note, was going through my Iraq pics and found this. Was one of the first batches to hit the Blue Diamond (1st Marine Division) when there was only one A4 per squad.
Typical initial issue in Feb./Mar. 2003; FN M16A4, Trijicon ACOG TA31RCO-A4, KAC M5 RAS kit, no BUIS, PEQ2, VLI (light) if there were any working, standard USGI sling.
I'd give anything for the contract to be amended so FN could market a semi-auto version of this rifle! Would be a better investment (bigger market) than the F2000(#?) and the PS90! Would fill a great void in the market. Colt is only interested in carbines so wouldn't cost them any of the market share...
No, Colt only has control over the M4 and therefore that's where they focus their attention. They can't compete with FN's rifles as they don't hold any special patents on it.
ETA: I just noticed the first part. So at that time only one per squad were issued A4s? And it WAS with the ACOG? That's for a greater "range" and the ACOG is what helps that range (proabably.) The aimpoint is just a good optic for all around use but not the best choice for the guy with the longer barrel.
I know where you can find a good A4 clone thread and usually ACOGs are what ends up on those rifles. Definitely not Aimpoints. Anyway, that's a stupid thing for me to argue about. And, that clone thread is a stupid place to cite as evidence for more than one reason...
On a side note: I'd bet all of my rifles the RCO-A4 was not issue in '03. I don't think it was issued then. It didn't even exist until '05 or '06.
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Thanks for the replies. I'll look into the avenues suggested.
My work in progress.
Transforming A2 HBAR.
Just acquiring the parts as of now.
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That will be nice!
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