U.S. Army looking for a new rifle...

[tortoise1956]

23. "Colt Combat Masterpiece"?

Wrong manufacturer - everything I have found points to S&W being the proud maker of the "Combat Masterpiece". And how in the hell did he become "certified" (whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean) on an AR-15 in the Air Force, unless he served specifically between 1962 and 1964? Sounds like horse apples to me.

As for the rest - it's amazing that a rifle that is considered to be under-powered for deer hunting could "destroy much of the meat of a targeted animal". I don't know what to say to that, except to wonder if the poster is related to the reporter that was scared by the powerful recoil of an AR-15.

One last thing - he describes shooting at a 55 gallon drum full of water, and the horrendous effect it had when it exited the back. Surprisingly enough, I was able to find a video online showing someone blowing the crap out of a 55 gallon steel barrel full of water with an Ar-15:

As you can see, not even one round exited the barrel, let alone "made a hole in the back of the steel drum much bigger than the size of my fist".

I call BULLSHIT on this post. Too much wrong and misidentified crap to engender any faith in the veracity of the material contained therein...