I might know what it is if I saw it, can't think of what it is though off top of my head. I fired many weapons, most I do not even know what they are or were. My unit had us shooting everything our enemies had as well in case we had combat with them and found their weapons, we could use them. I think it was Russian pistol took a chunk of my hand when fired first time.

Sorry about that, I misread your profile information as you being active USMC...my mistake.

I also said G-36; though I haven't fired it in a combat setting, the range time I had with one was outstanding. My one complaint is the boxy forward grip; it doesn't fit my hand very well.

It boils down to the AR/AK debate if you go to warrior talk they are all about the AK, and I agree with Gabe Suarez most of the time. The AK used by a trained soldier is an extremely potient weapon the AR must be used by a well trained warrior or it will not function.

I am still in the process of building an AR from the ground up, I have the lower done, it has an Ace stock and a megga lower the one with the skull and cross bones also it has a pretty nice single stage trigger group in it when the trigger breaks it fires no slack in the trigger. It needs an upper, money has become an issue maybe I will sell off one of my AKs and get a nice upper for it.

THe only one of that list I have used (on an extremely limited scale) is the Steyr AUG but if I had to choose one based on "trust" it would be the G-36 as I have a great deal of faith in the quality of German weapons especially small arms.

The K2 is a hybrid of the AR and the AK. It's got an AK gas operating system and it's never jammed on me, ever. Didn't even seem to require that much cleaning. My weapon was always good but there were some individuals with rifles in pretty horrid states (had to sort them out) but their weapons still fired straight and true.

Only rifles I've ever used, (while in the service), was the old SLR and the Steyr... I actually find it hard to pick between the two, I liked the feel of the L1A1 and it had some real put-down power, but I also appreciated the fact that I could use the F88 in left-handed mode, (which improved my shooting a lot, being able to shoot in a more natural position).......

That being said, there's a number of rifles listed here, that I would be only too happy to send some rounds downrange with

Depends of situation and objective. For long-lasting, intensive combat operation in hard conditions (humidity, low/high, temperatures, dust, limited time for maintenance) I'll take AK-74 or even AKM. For short operation, or in moderate conditions I'll take M-4A1 or G-36K. For open terrain, where range is essential - FN FAL or G-3...

LOVE It!

AK-74. Lasts a lifetime.

Can anyone comment on their use of the M-16 pattern weapons in either A-stan or Iraq? I hear a lot about jamming due to fine-grain sand, but we buried an M-16A4 for a few hours at Camp LeJeune (ejection port open) and then put 750 rounds or so through the fouled barrel without any problems. Is there a different quality to the sand and dust conditions in the Gulf AOR, or was that just luck?