re: #149 shanec99

I carried an M-4 when I was in Iraq… sweet weapon, good for small tight spaces… but most people carried the M-16… longer barrel with all of its advantages.

From what I’ve seen, the longer barrel doesn’t really affect accuracy much. We were on the reactive ranges in Florida and I was dropping targets out to 300 meters without difficulty. Even got a sharpshooter medal for it, but I’m not allowed to wear it :)

Now, how much the barrel affects power, I’m not sure, since I’ve never used the M4 in battle. Punching through paper targets is one thing … whether it’d drop Omar the Bomb Maker at the same distance is a different question.