What is an "assault rifle"?

[hunarcy]

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

 

[hunarcy]

That's because they aren't full auto. AR's are semi auto.

Totally incorrect. The original ArmaLite AR-15 was selective-fire (semi/burst/full auto). The M16 was semi/full auto, and the the current variants such as the AR15A4 are semi-auto only, but ALL variants have their roots in the AR15 family.

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

 

[Hale]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

 

[Lesh]

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Fuck you and your ignore. He had only two guns modified to fire like machine guns.

So the answer is TWO...maybe..and they didn't melt the barrels or malfunction

 

[Lesh]

That's because they aren't full auto. AR's are semi auto.

Totally incorrect. The original ArmaLite AR-15 was selective-fire (semi/burst/full auto). The M16 was semi/full auto, and the the current variants such as the AR15A4 are semi-auto only, but ALL variants have their roots in the AR15 family.

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Explain exactly how the civilian and military variants differ please

 

[miketx]

That's because they aren't full auto. AR's are semi auto.

Totally incorrect. The original ArmaLite AR-15 was selective-fire (semi/burst/full auto). The M16 was semi/full auto, and the the current variants such as the AR15A4 are semi-auto only, but ALL variants have their roots in the AR15 family.

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Explain exactly how the civilian and military variants differ please

It's been explained to your sorry lying ass over and over.

 

[hunarcy]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

You are stupid. You pretend that you have knowledge, but you present the AR-15 as if it is the same as the M-16 when the truth is that one is select fire and the other is ONLY sold as a semi-automatic rifle. You reword and repeat my post as if you are refuting something. Honestly, I feel sorry for you.

 

[hunarcy]

That's because they aren't full auto. AR's are semi auto.

Totally incorrect. The original ArmaLite AR-15 was selective-fire (semi/burst/full auto). The M16 was semi/full auto, and the the current variants such as the AR15A4 are semi-auto only, but ALL variants have their roots in the AR15 family.

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Explain exactly how the civilian and military variants differ please

One only fires one shot when the trigger is pulled. The other can fire multiple shots when the trigger is pulled. I KNOW you've read that before, which shows that you are not a serious poster, but just here to waste time.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Is one of these an "assault rifle"? If so, which one?

Cannot tell without seeing the bolt-carrier group.

Most likely neither are.

One is a Ruger Mini-something, the other could be any kind of AR, or possibly a government issue M4 "assault rifle" with select fire, too hard to tell what the AR-style rifle is.

 

[hunarcy]

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Fuck you and your ignore. He had only two guns modified to fire like machine guns.

So the answer is TWO...maybe..and they didn't melt the barrels or malfunction

You should share your proof with the news media and law enforcement.

"Law enforcement officials said Tuesday at least a dozen of the 23 firearms recovered in Las Vegas were semiautomatic rifles legally modified to fire like automatic weapons, using an alteration known as a bump fire stock."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-makes-machine-guns-different/?noredirect=on

Now, back to ignore and the shame of being stupid with you.

 

[Blues Man]

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Fuck you and your ignore. He had only two guns modified to fire like machine guns.

So the answer is TWO...maybe..and they didn't melt the barrels or malfunction

You do know that a bump stock can be taken off one gun and put on another don't you?

 

[Daryl Hunt]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

You are stupid. You pretend that you have knowledge, but you present the AR-15 as if it is the same as the M-16 when the truth is that one is select fire and the other is ONLY sold as a semi-automatic rifle. You reword and repeat my post as if you are refuting something. Honestly, I feel sorry for you.

In actual combat use, there is NO difference. In fact, there are some semi only M-16 in the US Army today. You will often times find them in a gate guards hands or something like that. And they are stamped M-16 as well. Since the common use of a M-16A4 or a M-4 is almost always on semi auto due to ammo waste, there is NO difference in their operation, handling and training. The 3 shot burst is pretty worthless really. Your first shot is on target but your next two are normally off target. You just wasted 66% of your ammo. Of course the old A-1 would waste a lot more being full auto using spray and pray.

Now, do your own research. The best research you can do is for you to go enlist, get trained and get into combat with the M-16 and then we can talk intelligently.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

Why the fuck does it matter?

The weapon sold to civilians is not the same fucking gun as the m16 or m4, by many factors and specification.

What's your fucking point?

.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

That's because they aren't full auto. AR's are semi auto.

Totally incorrect. The original ArmaLite AR-15 was selective-fire (semi/burst/full auto). The M16 was semi/full auto, and the the current variants such as the AR15A4 are semi-auto only, but ALL variants have their roots in the AR15 family.

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Explain exactly how the civilian and military variants differ please

One can shoot full-auto and has the components to withstand the stresses of doing so in a long fire fight with an enemy force (costing a minimum of $3,500).

The other LOOKS scary.

.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

You are stupid. You pretend that you have knowledge, but you present the AR-15 as if it is the same as the M-16 when the truth is that one is select fire and the other is ONLY sold as a semi-automatic rifle. You reword and repeat my post as if you are refuting something. Honestly, I feel sorry for you.

In actual combat use, there is NO difference. In fact, there are some semi only M-16 in the US Army today. You will often times find them in a gate guards hands or something like that. And they are stamped M-16 as well. Since the common use of a M-16A4 or a M-4 is almost always on semi auto due to ammo waste, there is NO difference in their operation, handling and training. The 3 shot burst is pretty worthless really. Your first shot is on target but your next two are normally off target. You just wasted 66% of your ammo. Of course the old A-1 would waste a lot more being full auto using spray and pray.

Now, do your own research. The best research you can do is for you to go enlist, get trained and get into combat with the M-16 and then we can talk intelligently.

The 3-round burst is way more effective that you suggest. In fact, full-auto is most effective in bursts of 3-5 rounds.

.

 

[Hale]

Why the fuck does it matter?

The weapon sold to civilians is not the same fucking gun as the m16 or m4, by many factors and specification.

What's your fucking point?

You are simply wrong. The ONLY differences between Colt AR15/M16/M4 are minor features (barrel length, stock configuration, sights) and the fact that civilian versions do not have burst fire/full auto.

They are all mil-spec, there is no difference in metallurgy or quality.

But feel free to keep embarrassing yourself, it's quite hilarious.

 

[hunarcy]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

Why the fuck does it matter?

The weapon sold to civilians is not the same fucking gun as the m16 or m4, by many factors and specification.

What's your fucking point?

.

They can't stand that the talking points they were given are being refuted. They were so sure that the things they were told to say were winners and are embarrassed that their ignorance is exposed and they look stupid.

 

[miketx]

Why the fuck does it matter?

The weapon sold to civilians is not the same fucking gun as the m16 or m4, by many factors and specification.

What's your fucking point?

You are simply wrong. The ONLY differences between Colt AR15/M16/M4 are minor features (barrel length, stock configuration, sights) and the fact that civilian versions do not have burst fire/full auto.

They are all mil-spec, there is no difference in metallurgy or quality.

But feel free to keep embarrassing yourself, it's quite hilarious.

How do you propose to know these "facts". liar?

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

Why the fuck does it matter?

The weapon sold to civilians is not the same fucking gun as the m16 or m4, by many factors and specification.

What's your fucking point?

.

They can't stand that the talking points they were given are being refuted. They were so sure that the things they were told to say were winners and are embarrassed that their ignorance is exposed and they look stupid.

Not only do they LOOK stupid....

 

[iceberg]

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Is this fast enough? "Only" about 300 rounds per minute, but no real difference from full auto in effectiveness.

Until the barrel melts because it's not made to fire like that for long. Of course, you didn't know that, did you?

and the gun will malfunction before the barrel melts

Really?

I wonder why that didn't happen in Vegas when Paduch killed 50 and shot 500

See, this is why you're on ignore. The Vegas shooter had 23 rifles. He did not fire 500 rounds through one rifle. All you had to do was google Las Vegas shooter and you wouldn't have made a fool of yourself. Try harder.

Fuck you and your ignore. He had only two guns modified to fire like machine guns.

So the answer is TWO...maybe..and they didn't melt the barrels or malfunction

Wrong and you know it. Or prove he ONLY used 2 guns.

This is exactly why we can't compromise on gun laws. Crap like this.

 

[hunarcy]

And you think that the AR-15 that is sold to civilians is the ArmaLite AR-15 that was sold to the military as the M-16??? When you actually know so little, why do you feel that you should post on this subject? ArmaLite was going broke, so sold the rights to the rifle to Colt. Colt continued to use the AR-15 trademark for its line of semi-automatic-only rifles marketed to civilian and law-enforcement customers, known as Colt AR-15. The select fire Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was discontinued with the military's adoption of the M16 rifle.

Armalite designed the AR10/AR15, but their bid for government contract was rejected in favor of the M14 in 1959. They sold the rights to their AR10 and AR15 designs to Colt in that same year, and never produced these weapons for the military.

Colt went on to produce many versions of these designs, including over 5 million M16's. Though other companies were licensed to meet production demands, Colt still made the vast majority of AR15/M16 variants. The patents expired in 1977, and until that time Colt maintained primary production and oversight of ALL.

Stop pretending you know something, your gaslighting is useless against actual facts.

You are stupid. You pretend that you have knowledge, but you present the AR-15 as if it is the same as the M-16 when the truth is that one is select fire and the other is ONLY sold as a semi-automatic rifle. You reword and repeat my post as if you are refuting something. Honestly, I feel sorry for you.

In actual combat use, there is NO difference. In fact, there are some semi only M-16 in the US Army today. You will often times find them in a gate guards hands or something like that. And they are stamped M-16 as well. Since the common use of a M-16A4 or a M-4 is almost always on semi auto due to ammo waste, there is NO difference in their operation, handling and training. The 3 shot burst is pretty worthless really. Your first shot is on target but your next two are normally off target. You just wasted 66% of your ammo. Of course the old A-1 would waste a lot more being full auto using spray and pray.

Now, do your own research. The best research you can do is for you to go enlist, get trained and get into combat with the M-16 and then we can talk intelligently.

The 3-round burst is way more effective that you suggest. In fact, full-auto is most effective in bursts of 3-5 rounds.

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These silly trolls don't know that the Military doesn't utilize fully automatic M-16s now because they are inaccurate and ammo wasters. M-16s and M-4s today are either utilized as single fire or 3 round burst weapons. Automatic fire is provided by the Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW).