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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Captaincrunch summed it up pretty good.
- It's a light weapon and it really is a point and shoot. It's not a traditional assault rifle that will spray all over the damn map, but it's relatively easy to control. Very easy to modify too, and they look awesome.
- "Protection". People think they can protect their homes with it in case of invasion, and they look awesome.
- They look bloody sweet. I've handled a few of them and I gotta tell you, you feel like ####ing Rambo holding them. I also had two glocks and you do feel awesome. I almost understand to a point where mass shooters get their rush from. Holding those things makes you feel like Hulk. Did I mention they look awesome?
I go back to my point earlier in this thread that the only argument for gun nuts is that they like guns ( hunting rifle or shotgun notwithstanding). There is no rational argument for having an AR-15, and UZI or high capacity hand guns in a civilian population, especially one like the USA. |
I've never personally handled the AR-15, however I went through the transitional training when the forces started adopting the C series of weapons.
On the plus side, I was way more accurate with the C-7, it had better siting, it didn't beat the crap out of your shoulder when you shot it,, it was way lighter then the 12 pound fully loaded FN-C1, I could basically carry it all day, and it had the cool chest sling for quick deployment.
What I didn't like about it, maintaining and cleaning the FN was a breeze, if I remember right there were really 5 parts to it that you pulled out to clean, and all of those parts were big enough that you didn't worry about losing it in the mud, when I saw the C-7 I didn't like the cleaning cycle.
The FN was indestructible, you could literally beat the hell out of it and drag it through the mud and you were confident that you could fire it, I never felt that way when I was training with the C-7.
The FN had a nato 7.62 round and had massive stopping power if someone was hiding behind a vehicle or a barricade there was a good chance that you could shoot through it.
With the FN if you were a disciplined shooter, that thing was like a medium distance sniper rifle even with the old iron sights. and again, you could reach out and touch someone from a long ways away.
But the C-7 you could get the weapon in a firing position faster, and it was almost made for in close fighting and shooting semi auto was great.
Oh, the thing that I liked the most about the FN, the barrell matched the depression in the grenade simulators at the time. So in a exercise, where you were using a blank, you would take off your BFA, cram the grenade simulator on the end of the barrel, ignite the fuse and fire and put that little piece of explosives about 100 yards down field (probably closer to 50 if done right, but it was like having a grenade launcher.
But if you got caught doing it, big trouble.