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    Quote Originally Posted by ZRH View Post
    Nothing can make people proactive. Standard maintenance usually doesn't get performed, I can see RFIDs costing tons of money and no one ever looking at round counts except to fill out paperwork.
    Individual soldiers generally won't have to be proactive. Unit armorers, however, will. Sure you can make them proactive; there are these things called NCO's

    Anyway, it would just be scanning the rifle every time it was turned into the armory and nothing more. If it needs something changed out they'd just tag it like with any other gun that needs work and an armorer would take care of it at some point.
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    Its well known that the rifle length is considered the most durable and softest shooting and that the carbine system with its shortened gas tube and buffer spring combination speeds up the cyclic rate also increasing recoil and increasing wear . If we are keeping the M-4 platform's basic layout of 14.5'' barrel and carbine gas system. And keep a high degree of parts interchangeability.

    BCG: LMT enhanced BCG . The carrier is specifically ported to the carbine gas system, one problem solved. It also works good for suppressors big +. The bolt has relief cuts to help alleviate bolt lug cracking. It also has dual extractor springs [This does not increase extractor tension as most think] instead the springs lower the K-rate so they have a longer service life.

    Barrel: Hammer forged nitrate lined bore and chamber and Heavy Metals suggestion polygonal rifling . Longer service life.

    Vltor A5 buffer system: You are using a rifle buffer spring and a buffer that weights the same as the rifle length buffer. Second problem solved. Now you should have a balanced system very close to the original design.

    Ditch the burst go back to FA better trigger pull.
    Last edited by Thomas M-4; 06-01-11 at 23:23.

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    N4 barrel profile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by orionz06 View Post
    N4 barrel profile.
    ^^^This^^^

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    Throw it all out and start over with the SCAR with some modifications

    Beef up the SCAR barrel a bit.
    Ditch the proprietary SCAR-H mags for SR15 pattern mags

    Voila!

    Last edited by variablebinary; 06-02-11 at 04:34.
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    Heavier Barrel
    ..some people, especially trendy people, won't like this one...
    Why?

    I seen no need for a barrel heavier than the M-16A1 and the M-14 on a general issure infantry rifle. Dead weight is just that, dead weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heavy Metal View Post
    Cold Hammer forged, nitirded, polygonally rifled barrel.
    This.......As much as i like it, its time to do away with chrome lining. I just finished reading another thread about accuracy expectations of an M4 type and the consensus was 2-5 MOA under the best conditions. Meaning match ammo, good rest, good optic. I would be pissed off if my AR could only shoot 3-4MOA but everyone seemed to be in agreement of the expectations.

    So, the only reason i can think of for this is chrome lining. I haven't yet shot my CL DD for accuracy but all of the sudden i have a feeling im going to be disappointed. My cheap non-chromed Dstar M4 and my non-chromed Sig 556 (which aren't known to be accurate) shoot dramatically better than that (with a tool bag for a rest and an awful NcStar scope)

    I always heard CL'ing slightly hurt accuracy but i had no idea it was that bad.

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    My understanding is the nitriding goes deeper into the steel and produces a more benign wear pattern than chrome which tends to check and flake at the throat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heavy Metal View Post
    My understanding is the nitriding goes deeper into the steel and produces a more benign wear pattern than chrome which tends to check and flake at the throat.
    That's how I understood it also. Accuracy was just one of the reason's I prefer nitriding.

    I understand the "pratical accuracy" claim to an extent but realistically better accuracy is, well, better. Another problem with the "pratical accuracy" claim is that it's assuming the soldier is aiming dead center mass in combat which isn't the case. Wonder how many shots to the arm could be to the torso etc.

    Also, I have no knowledge of CL vs. Nitride cost but once the facilities are in place, do you think nitriding would be easier/cheaper?

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