Pre-SHOT SHOW 09 rumors, guesses, hopes, etc..

[Army Chief]

I honestly believe we're being given a half-truth there. If this rifle is to be made in America (or largely made in America), then the German production and export requirements are largely moot.

HK can justify the bait and switch however they like, but I am persuaded that, had they wanted to give us a semiautomatic 416, they could have done just that. This strikes me as more of a production efficiency measure with the convenient side benefit (from their perspective) that HK components will now only fit on HK lower receivers.

Oberland Arms AR pattern rifles aren't compatible with ours either, but that is because they are being made for the German domestic market. To further suggest that German-made components destined for the US market cannot conform to standard specifications because of German law is misleading at best: OA has done this for many years with impunity.

AC