From: Barking@The.Moon   
      
   > The M-60 is not the worlds best machingun, but, I wouldn't want to be on   
   the   
   > wrong end of it.   
   > And, the bugs have been worked out of the M-16, which is now one of the   
   world's   
   > best service rifles.   
   > When I was in the Army, even before they finished fine tuning the M-16, I   
   was   
   > knocking down targets at three hundred meters. Do you know what a man   
   sized   
   > target looks like at three hundred meters through iron sights? It looks   
   like a   
   > fucking pencil lead. The target appears to be the same size as your front   
   > sight. I used to have a semi-auto civilian version of the AK-47, and, I   
   > couldn't get that kind of accuracy out of that rifle.   
   > The civilian version of the M-16, (the AR-15) if build right, is a   
   tremendously   
   > accurate, long range rifle, which also has the firepower, if you can get   
   ahold   
   > of the high capacity magazines.   
      
   It is much more accurate than the AK, no doubt. But the front sight was   
   designed by a drunk. I like HK's sight designs much more. The only thing the   
   M16 is good for is beating people like a bat. It's a fucked up bangstick.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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