FN scores M4/M4A1 contract

[NongShim]

I carried a FN M16A4 in OSUT 16 years ago. ETA: IIRC, it was purple.

Mine was also purple. A little behind you though.

[markm]

Another announcement that doesn't mean jack shit for anyone not directly involved. After over 20 years in the AR realm, I've learned that none of this crap has anything to do with us end users.

Colt is stupid... blah furking blah...

[jackblack73]

I'd imagine PSA and other companies with contracts will still be able to get FN barrels.

If the cost is $500 each which is low that's less than 250k rifles over the next 25 years.

I'm curious what this means to the 6.5 rifles the military is anticipated to adopt soon.
These 5.56 rifles might be for non combat roles.

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25 years?

[omegajb]

25 years?

According to this article, but that does seem long.

https://www.guns.com/news/2020/02/14...my-m4-contract



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[Wake27]

FN selling the DoD M4s is not really news. I’ve seen lots of M4A1’s and M16’s with FN on the side. Hell, I’ve been seeing more FN M4A1s than Colt ones, lately, but that could well be sampling bias.

Or are y’all finding the scale of the contract surprising?

Yeah I’m pretty confident I’ve seen an even split, if not more FNs.


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[Slater]

According to this article, but that does seem long.

https://www.guns.com/news/2020/02/14...my-m4-contract



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The contract's estimated completion date is 2025, so 5 years from now.

[RHINOWSO]

Good for FN.

But I'm sure Colt will still get fed some smaller M4/M4A1 contracts for the DOD and FMS programs, as the Gov't never likes having all it's eggs in one basket when it comes to large programs like this.

For example from just over a year ago, both FN and Colt got $80M contracts for more M4/M4A1s.

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/201...2031541775138/

And some FMS stuff -

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...ales-contract/

https://thedefensepost.com/2019/09/2...-13-countries/

[Slater]

Just speculation, but as seemingly large as this contract is, it may take the Army to the 6.8mm transition with a large inventory of "just in case" carbines.

[omegajb]

The contract's estimated completion date is 2025, so 5 years from now.

I just quit my brains not working today. There's three types of people in this world those who can count and those who can't.

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[RHINOWSO]

Just speculation, but as seemingly large as this contract is, it may take the Army to the 6.8mm transition with a large inventory of "just in case" carbines.

Not to mention that the 6.8mm is one of those 'the check is in the mail' type things...

I'll believe it when I see it.