Swing
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Well, I need to get it out there: I've never been a huge fan of the Armalite family of rifles. I had bad experiences many decades ago, went with other carbines for my personal arms, and never looked back. However, time marched on and the system has become, well, something else. It is the do everything rifle, the reliability issue appears to be a thing of the past, and almost everyone I know owns one. Still, they weren't for me, because the combination of my age and the state of my collection, there was no need.
Flash forward to now and I have a bug in my bonnet for an old school, traditionally styled AR. Question: who makes a reliable, original styled (think M16 or M16A1, minus the happy switch) in 5.56mm? It may be time to revisit the black rifle.
Flash forward to now and I have a bug in my bonnet for an old school, traditionally styled AR. Question: who makes a reliable, original styled (think M16 or M16A1, minus the happy switch) in 5.56mm? It may be time to revisit the black rifle.