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The AR-15/M16 is the B52 of rifles, its not perfect, but there is nothing on the forseable horizion that does what it does better. Try as they may to replace the M16, the government allwaysseems to end up updating the black rifle instead of retiring it.
They ought to bring back an updated version of the M-14, IMO, that was a great rifle, and when they made the switch from M-14 to M-16, all the generals opposed it, it was McNamara's fault we switched, but not his fault we're still stuck with it.