On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 11:30:27 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 1/9/16 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:42:13 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 21:43:07 -0500, Alex wrote:

I like unique firearms and this is one for the collection but also one
that I will also shoot and maybe use to hunt. They Steyr AUG is the
classic bullpup but this is more refined and easier on the eyes...

http://iwi.us/TAVOR/TAVOR-TSIDF16


I still prefer the Ruger Mini-14.

American Rifleman did a segment on how the French have embraced the
mini 14 as their go to small arm for police and paramilitary
organizations. They made some minor alterations like putting the "USA"
markings under the wood on the receivers. Some were selective fire.
Other European countries have followed


Based upon limited observations, I would say the Mini 14 is
significantly more reliable than many of the similarly priced "AR15"
type rifles I see at the range. The Colt and other medium to high end
ARs are reliable, but some of the el cheapos seem to have issues with
feeding from standard polymer magazines and jamming generally. The Mini
14s seem to fire just about every time with no issues. It is worth
pointing out, though, that a small percentage of the jams I've seen at
the outdoor range are with the ****ty Russian "steel cased" ammo.

It might be because the russian ammo is so dirty.
I was around in the ordinance biz when they were having all of the
M-16 problems and a lot of it was powder selection, along with the
lack of a chrome lined barrel. The short term fix was just using a
cleaner powder and teaching GIs how to clean the gun.