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Originally Posted by WillyPete
True.
Any kalashnikov based rifle appeals to me. with better machining they are just as reliable and more accurate.
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the first runs of Kalashnikov's were machined, because the ruskies could'nt get the stamping down...
as soon as their industrial capabilities caught up, they started stamping them so as to gain significant weight savings...
a milled weapon would not be a light one, and thus wouldn't qualify under your criteria
but the new XM8 is a gas operated piston design, ala AK, as opposed to the direct gas impingment (I think thats what its called) of the M-16...