It makes me convulse in laughter mostly. I just don't get it. Basic platform for the 5.56 many moons ago was a nimble killer out to 300+ meters. They worked fine up close and personal as well. Once they got the bugs fixed it was reliable, light weight and low maintenance. We carried pistols to do a pistol's work. Way I see it something not broke was fixed in a curious way. To be clear, I'm not talking about military weapons, though I'd not want an M4 for a field weapon in the Mideast, it might be the schizzle for CQ, house to house stuff. I'm looking at the civilian offshoots.
