Originally Posted by
UrsaMaior
I didn't meant that all solutions 'age out' with time (see diesel and otto motors), only that in 40 yrs better solutions may appear with the technical advance.
And "what" technical advance are you talking about? Gas pistons are a step backwards, imo.
Like Colt? ;) Come on. Under the current tech level IMHO (given most assault weapons use it for a reason) short stroke piston provides the best value for money. Give Colt or Springfield, Bushmaster whoever 6 months and I have no doubt they can come up with a good weapon. Sticking heads in the sand does not usually solve the problem.
Why don't you come on? We already OWN the Colts. Buying new, incredibly overpriced rifles is much more expensive than running what we have. And Colt doesn't have a history of losing weapons competitions and then trying to subvert the process afterwords. And tell me how, in your extensive "air soft" experience, you can say that "we" are "sticking our heads in the sand".
Dunno. Like ol' Murphy used to say $hit happens. And and if it does it is good to have a handy tool to fix it. I mean in the case of a highly unlikely jam it is better to have something which helps to solve it with two moves instead of having to disassemble you weapon in the midst of a firefight. No wonder why Delta went with the SCAR.
"two moves?" What the hell are you talking about?
Juts my civilian $0,02.