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Originally Posted by Farmer17
I always liked most of the rifles and pistols HK made and Sig rifles seem to be excellent also so I'm quite surprised Germany picked a copy of our M16/M4 that MANY Americans harshly criticized for its first 40 years of military service.
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It's not a copy. It uses a short stroke gas piston system in operation that fixes the "poops where it eats" issue of the M16/M4.
Now, if you want to complain about the wisdom of shooting 5.56 NATO from short barrels, I'll back you up.