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.
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.