US Army Considers Adopting an Interim Battle Rifle in 7.62NATO: eventually adopt 6.5

[85_Ranger4x4]

Big, yes. But, awkward? I must disagree. I used to have an M1A with an E2 stock. Looked exactly like that in the photo below. It had the best fit, feel, and handling of any rifle I've ever fired.







It was somewhat longer and heavier than I preferred, though, so I had planned to install a shorter flash suppressor and shorten the barrel a bit, sorta like this:





Of course, select-fire would be even better...

[video=youtube;N06ySsT2EKU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N06ySsT2EKU[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N06ySsT2EKU

I have only played with Garands and have never fired one. They do sight nicely but are kind of like holding a fence post. They don't put M1A's on the use rack at Sheels yet lol.