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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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.
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I too went through on the FN then transitioned to the C7. I actually found the C7 easier to maintain in the field. I found that the FN had lots of "tracks" inside that guided the breech bolt carrier. These could get clogged up with sand, oh the sand!! I rememebr just pouring breakfree down the barrel and then when you let the first round go it would blow back on you, once only once did you leave you eye open.
My recollection of the C7 is that it didn't have those issues. In short CC I disagree, the C7 was easier to keep clean in the field.
FN really gave you the ability to reach out and touch somebody, but a full combat load of ammo (haha, like we ever had that) was heavy. C7 a full combat load wasn't.
But CC the real bad assery was a C-6 with a SF kit. Oh yeah baby!