Interesting things are happening in the world of military firearms, and with Independence Day coming up, the best protection for America\u2019s fighting men and women should be on all of our minds.<\/p>\n
A replacement for the current SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon)? The supplier makes great firearms, but is accuracy dominant over sustained firepower in the current assessment of needs on a two-theater front? Read THIS<\/a> and tell us what you think.<\/p>\n The FN SCAR (S<\/strong>pecial Operations C<\/strong>ombat A<\/strong>ssault R<\/strong>ifle) is a fine weapon: I for one have shot it and been impressed with it. A massive order for the 5.56mm version has been put on hold, ostensibly because the budget is limited and the need for other weapons is greater (such as 7.62mm NATO caliber SCARs). The 5.56mm SCAR reportedly outperformed the current M4 platform in sand-condition torture testing and got rave reviews from the relatively few troops who actually took it into the field. <\/em><\/p>\n Long-voiced complaints about the effectiveness of currently issued 5.56mm rifle ammunition in the anti-personnel function led to development of 6.5mm and 6.8mm rounds, none of which seem likely to be adopted. Instead, we are told that the US will issue a new 5.56mm round, which has tremendous performance and will also be \u201cgreen\u201d and lead free\u2026but specifics are in very short supply. Is it an all-copper projectile like the Barnes expanding bullet, with good tactical penetration and dynamic effects in flesh? Info is HERE<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0 Or something else? Does anyone know anything about actual TESTING of this new load? If so, please post here in \u201ccomments.\u201d<\/p>\n With Independence Day upon us, the best possible weaponry for our troops in combat has to be at the top of our priorities.\u00a0 This old civilian will spend part of the July 4 weekend shooting an International Defensive Pistol Association match \u2013 as the Supreme Court so recently reaffirmed, it\u2019s one of the freedoms that Independence Day is all about. And on the next day of Fourth of July weekend, while fireworks are rising into the sky, I\u2019ll be on my range sending some military rifle fireworks toward the berm in celebration of that cherished independence.<\/p>\n Have a great holiday, and feel free to weigh in here on the topics above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interesting things are happening in the world of military firearms, and with Independence Day coming up, the best protection for America\u2019s fighting men and women should be on all of our minds. A replacement for the current SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon)? The supplier makes great firearms, but is accuracy dominant over sustained firepower in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-firearms"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}