07-17-2011, 10:23 AM
I just returned from a 2-day course I ran, and had an opportunity to shoot one of the guy's HK416's with a 10" barrel. It feels nothing like an AR in recoil-more like a semi-auto 12 ga. It literally feels like the upper and lower are trying to twist apart or something-very strange and uncomfortable compared to a DI AR. I shot it suppressed and unsuppressed, and it is the same. I actually am wondering if even an AK handles more smoothly now, but didn't grab one of the guy's AK's to do a side-by-side.
I wonder who will start making a Direct Impingement drop-in system for the HK416, since it has a higher op-rod hole in the upper...
On another note, we encountered several situations where pretty dense vegetation was partially-obstructing most of the targets on the patrol lanes (by design). We were wondering how these obstacles in the path of 5.56 might affect shot placement, so I had one of the guys get down and purposely shoot through tall grass and weeds that were between him and the target. POA-POI was on, with no signs of key-holing that we could detect on targets from 24m out to about 60m. Everyone had 10-16" barrels on the AR's, wit most being 11.5" or 14.5". I didn't notice any key-holes throughout the two days of high-volume shooting on any of the targets, and every target in the patrol lanes had vegetation partially-obstructing it.
I wonder who will start making a Direct Impingement drop-in system for the HK416, since it has a higher op-rod hole in the upper...
On another note, we encountered several situations where pretty dense vegetation was partially-obstructing most of the targets on the patrol lanes (by design). We were wondering how these obstacles in the path of 5.56 might affect shot placement, so I had one of the guys get down and purposely shoot through tall grass and weeds that were between him and the target. POA-POI was on, with no signs of key-holing that we could detect on targets from 24m out to about 60m. Everyone had 10-16" barrels on the AR's, wit most being 11.5" or 14.5". I didn't notice any key-holes throughout the two days of high-volume shooting on any of the targets, and every target in the patrol lanes had vegetation partially-obstructing it.