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I don't see this taking off. With the budget crunch coming, and it is, cuts will have to made across the board, and that will include defense. Do you really think the GOP will commit political suicide by cutting Social Security and Medicare?
They won't, and something will have to give, and that will be defense. Frankly, it should be cut. It's full of waste.
This new .277 is a fine example of that waste. They will not fund the billions it will take to replace all the weapons, and the retooling it will take for the ammo. Too many other competing programs that will have higher priority that trying to fix something that ain't broke...like the service small arms.
Sorry to bring politics into it. Not wishing to derail anything, but that is a factor that can't be ignored.
Just remember too...a big reason we got the Garand was because John Garand was smart enough to know...the war department wasn't going to invest in a new cartridge when they already had everything for 30/06.
History will be repeating itself with this.
Frankly...it is dang ridiculous. Yes, the 277 may perform a little better...but not enough to justify the costs and all the yet unknown problems that WILL come up.
They won't, and something will have to give, and that will be defense. Frankly, it should be cut. It's full of waste.
This new .277 is a fine example of that waste. They will not fund the billions it will take to replace all the weapons, and the retooling it will take for the ammo. Too many other competing programs that will have higher priority that trying to fix something that ain't broke...like the service small arms.
Sorry to bring politics into it. Not wishing to derail anything, but that is a factor that can't be ignored.
Just remember too...a big reason we got the Garand was because John Garand was smart enough to know...the war department wasn't going to invest in a new cartridge when they already had everything for 30/06.
History will be repeating itself with this.
Frankly...it is dang ridiculous. Yes, the 277 may perform a little better...but not enough to justify the costs and all the yet unknown problems that WILL come up.