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Post by Pete Carpentier jr on Jan 4, 2005 19:30:54 GMT -5
Here are some photos of the Designated Marksman Rifle that the Army is coming out with. The M16A4 Designated Marksman Rifle starts out life as a standard rack-grade rifle. The issue barrel is removed and replaced with a 20-inch Douglas stainless 1-8, heavy under the handguards but with 12 flutes to cut weight. The standard front sight A-frame is modified to use Allen screws (instead of drift pins) to center the front sight (against barrel flats) for windage. It uses a standard flash hider. Armorers remove the Knight's rail and install a free-floating Daniel Defense 12.0 rail with steel nut. A GG&G Sling Thing for rails is installed on the left side, and a Harris S-L bipod on ARMS #17 throw rail mount is clipped to the bottom front end. A KAC two-stage semi-only trigger replaces the standard burst trigger. Each rifle is bench-tested for a 1 MOA 10-shot group at 300 meters or is sent back for tweaking. The individual DM mounts his own optics (TA31F, TA01, TA01B, or TA01NSN ACOG) and the standard GI (MATech) BUIS.
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