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I worked for a gunsmithing shop that certified a couple of dozen M-16's for duty each year for PD's. Suffice to say I've never seen a gas tube glow, despite my best efforts.
Engineering *choices* are just that- choices. Was the M-14 perfect? Was the Garand? No, but they were decent for the era. The M-16 platform does a decent job considering its age.
Point by point- just like Bartholomew:
1) Yep. And it works.
2) If you had to design one from a clean sheet of apaer, what do you suppose the parts count would be?
3) Agreed. BS.
4) That people mill into bolts of rifles to replace other small, weak extractors.
5) That about a couple of hundred other guns use as well...
6) Never saw one or heard of one failing. Ever.
7) Riiiight.
8) The local SWAT guys seemed to make it work.
9) Maybe. Maybe. Perhaps the point ought to be "(insert .mil branch ere) doesn't replace damaged magazines"
10) Feeding? Accuracy? The full auto one I fired never missed a beat.
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