PL>There lies the gist of the differences between the M16 and AK design:
PL>one is more adept at putting out X's on paper targets, the other will
        Putting the bullet where you want it is what it's all about. EP
PL>still work with mud and dirt all over the rifle. COmparing them is like
PL>comparing apples and oranges. Also, if the M16 design is so good, why
PL>don't more nations license or copy it ?  I am not deriding the M16
        Why would anyone copy or produce a rifle they can get from the
        U.S. free or nearly so? Lots of people use the M-16 just as it
        comes. EP
PL>design, I am saying that it may have been misapplied. Besides, if you
PL>are a civilian owner, don't you love to have to know how to repair the
PL>anodized Aluminum receiver to make it look like new ?  ON blued steels,
PL>I can fix it fast with touch-up blue. On Al, I am stuck because most
PL>people like me do not have the means to re-anodize Aluminum. And why do
PL>so many called it parkerized Aluminum ? Did I miss anything ? Thx.
        Well, I'll admit that's something that hadn't occured to me.
        Then again, I'm not sure why it occured to you.  Ernie P.
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