Re: Remington MSR
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BachelorJack</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KYshooter338</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: geezler</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chrisj</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Wrong and not worth repeating...</span></div></div>
I believe the rifle was not designed to switch barrels in the field - The intent was to enable user level barrel changes as they wore out vs. sending them back for depot level maint for several months thus taking the rifle out of the fight.Iif the Army goes to .300WM or .338LM the barrel will wear out much faster - i served 21 years in special forces and am SOTIC qualified have carried an M24 operationally and would have welcome this capability </div></div>
You both clearly dont know what your talking about. If the military operators didnt feel the need to have a switch bbl rifle then why did they contract a company to make them? This has nothing to do with bbl length it has to do with mission essentials. If the operator needs to work inside a certain distance with a suppressor there is no need for the extra inches of a 27" barrel when they can be using a 20"
There are to many variables to not want to have the versatility of this rifle platform. I think if you did some reading on it you would see that the barrel is easily changeable within a few minutes with the simple tools they include in the kit. You think that sending a rifle in for barrel work will take the sniper out of the fight? You must also believe that the military only has one rifle per person? They have a armory.... which makes new rifles. Most of the barrel replacements can be done on sight with a vise, action wrench and torque driver. Spin the barrel off, install the new one, headspace it and your ready to rezero.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">You sound like an idiot and not to long ago, I never would have expected you to. Are you OK?</span>
Geezler knows <span style="text-decoration: underline">EXACTLY</span> what he is talking about. A barrel swap vs returning a system to depot for a rebarrel. I can tell from your post you have ZERO idea how the .mil handles weapon systems in either allocations or reality. There isn't a big room of guns with a counter where you trade your old system in for a new one. When it comes to weapon systems if a unit has 3 out of 5 back at depot for rebarreling, and one is finicky or missing parts, then they have one. That's how it goes. There is no one to complain to. You can't borrow one. It's how the WHOLE .mil works.
Having the ability to switch barrels would allow units to have a spare barrel on hand. Systems could be quickly be returned to a serviceable condition and another replacement barrel would arrive when depot received the old one. Less work for depot would speed up return times on things depot had to do. More serviceable systems for deployment.
Just a FYI. Our guys don't carry spare barrels of different lengths out into the field because they are concerned about 7" in OAL. While it may seem cool in the movies, that extra weight would come at the expense of something more important being left behind. I'm not going to point out the whole different barrel lengths having different dope. The whole few minute barrel change requiring range time to verify zero thing. And especially how they might have more important or fun things to do with their downtime like gym, eat, or get some sleep vs playing gun legos and hitting up the range again... </div></div>
You said about 3 paragraphs full of shit that is common sense. I know damn well they dont have a place to go and plunk down their rifle and say "hey I need a new one". Im pretty sure the military travels with an armorer, or do they leave the US and say "good luck, hope your shit doesnt break". Im not saying they go out, change barrels in the field and go to work. Im saying they have the means to change barrels due to mission parameters. That would entail some significant planning and guess what you might have time to check your gear and check your zero.
Why would they design this rifle with a quick change barrel and then not use it?