My two pfennigs worth......
The original AR-10 as designed by Armalite and built by the Dutch worked well, but it was made by a large firearms and heavy equipment manufacturer who had decades of experience manufacturing military hardware, Artillerie Inrichtingen.
The Portuguese bought them and used them along side the FAL and G3 in their wars in Angola and Mozambique, where they were apparently very well liked and highly regarded. The Sudanese and Nicuraguans also bought them and were apparently satisified. Neither country was known for having highly trained troops or having forgiving conditions.
The current crop of AR-10 type rifles are almost boutique pieces.
You can have durable and reliable, or you can have hyper accurate, and usually those two features won't come together.
Last edited by TOrrock; 12-10-08 at 16:45.
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