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When picking a gun, what would your primary consideration be?


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ALBY

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Guys comparing FAL,G3,and M14 which is the best?
 

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@ Farhaan bro thats easy...:cool2::rolleyes:

Its either Dera Ismail Khan made AKs-74u Krinkov or Dera Ismail Khan made AKMSU......:lol:

What ever it is its a bad weapon against our guys equipped with X-95 Micro Tavors.... Seriously Our forces in J&K have MASHALLAH moments when u guys equip the above looking weapons to LASHKARS n MUJAHADEENS...... I've personally seen many die with the above looking weapon during encounters with J&K police....
Dude even though its not a russian made krinkov and could be possibly pakistani made krinkov chambered for M43 round,it wound be unfair to undermine its performance compared with that of x95 as M43 round is way better than any 5.56 nato round in terms of stopping power.Plus in terms of reliability a tavor would come only come second after AK.
 

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Guys comparing FAL,G3,and M14 which is the best?
I will say M-14 because I qualified with the weapon in US Army basic training. I am familiar with FAL and G3 and would also rate them highly, although have not qualified with them.
 

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I will say M-14 because I qualified with the weapon in US Army basic training. I am familiar with FAL and G3 and would also rate them highly, although have not qualified with them.
Eventhough M14 is a proven one,the design of it is just a sightly refined one of garand where as the designs of FAL and G3 is superior to it.Considering the scope for modernising i think G3 is the best compared with FAL.
 

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Eventhough M14 is a proven one,the design of it is just a sightly refined one of garand where as the designs of FAL and G3 is superior to it.Considering the scope for modernising i think G3 is the best compared with FAL.
I was familiar with Garand in ROTC as a rifle for drill, and could easily see the M14 similarity in function to the Garand M1. Grand was clip-fed and fired .30-06 ammo; M14 had 20 round magazine and fired 7.62 NATO.
 

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My 2 Cents..

I have the M14 and FAL. No experience with the G3 but for what its worth, my vote goes to the Springfield M14/ M1A

amazing accuracy and surprisingly soft recoil for a 7.52X51 rifle.

I like the FAL as well but Its not as accurate as the M14
My experience with these is mainly semi-auto though so it might differ with you military folks
 

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UAE's new Assault Rifle -- CAR-816
 
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IWI Developing A 7.62mm
Tavor X95 Rifle



The IDF and IWI are developing a version of the Tavor X95 rifle chambered in 7.62mm. YNet reports (Translated into English by Joe) "¦ "In addition to Tavor, the IDF continued attempts to improve it. This is what the micro version, which used by the fighters and includes Elite units. In addition, there will be an experiment to improve the level of lethality by the bullets by replacing the regular 5.56mm to 7.62mm, the same bullet in the MAG that is currently used – and the weapons will become more lethal. "One of the main things the U.S. Army learned from the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, is that the 5.56mm is not lethal enough, and sometimes not at all," he explained to Ynet from the army. "Second Lebanon War, we also increased the need for increased lethality. If the experiments are successful, the change over to 7.62mm and putting them in the magazines [of the soldiers in the field] will be fast. Nowadays, DMR infantry can get with 5.56,, an effective damage range of 300 meters, with 7.62mm he could reach -450-400 meters and can be deadly enough to neutralize the goal"



IWI Developing A 7.62mm Tavor X95 Rifle | The Firearm Blog
 

Kunal Biswas

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A 7.62 Nato would be very good DMR chambers in a Bullpup design ..
 

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there is a reason weapon are using 5.56 or similar round, more bullet less weight for solidier
 

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A 7.62 Nato would be very good DMR chambers in a Bullpup design ..
I t would be better if the DMRs are chambered for Russian 7.62 ammo than the 7.62 NATO coz russian ammo is heavier than nato so clearly more punching power plus thee accuracy of russian ammo is same as that of NATO ammunition .
 

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Indeed if you are talking about 7.62 x 54r not 7.62x39M43 ..

I t would be better if the DMRs are chambered for Russian 7.62 ammo than the 7.62 NATO coz russian ammo is heavier than nato so clearly more punching power plus thee accuracy of russian ammo is same as that of NATO ammunition .
 

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Though most famous 7.62X39 Sniper is Iraqi tabuk..





For ranges upto 350m its a good Marksman Rifle with low recoil..
 

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Indeed if you are talking about 7.62 x 54r not 7.62x39M43 ..
I was mentioning about the 7.62x54mm ammo,the same in use in SVD.Eventhoughh m43 ammo hhas loot of punchhing power iam not much confident about its range or accurracy in the role of a DMR.BTW how was tabuk generally considered as a designated marksman rifle.AFAIK its production had been ceased after the fall of saddam.
 

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