Question re AIA M10 No 4 mk IV origin

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I recently bought a longbranch one at CGN as my first rifle, looking foreward to getting my paws on it. Steve makes some good points but his conspiracy theory website seemed a little too much for me to swallow. I'm new to the shooting scene but it seemed to me AIA just wanted its transition to a new market to go as smooth as possible and it backfired on them. (the dismal reports I have read about the 7.62x39 platform probably didn't help either) No big mystery there. I suspect that the .308 will do well and eventually the market will accept it for what it is, another good rifle.
As for liability, what do you think would happen if a norinco M14 blew up in someones face? Far more likely in my opinion, but hasn't dissuaded too many shooters.

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I recently bought a longbranch one at CGN as my first rifle, looking foreward to getting my paws on it. Steve makes some good points but his conspiracy theory website seemed a little too much for me to swallow. I'm new to the shooting scene but it seemed to me AIA just wanted its transition to a new market to go as smooth as possible and it backfired on them. (the dismal reports I have read about the 7.62x39 platform probably didn't help either) No big mystery there. I suspect that the .308 will do well and eventually the market will accept it for what it is, another good rifle.
As for liability, what do you think would happen if a norinco M14 blew up in someones face? Far more likely in my opinion, but hasn't dissuaded too many shooters.

That conspiracy theory thing was WAY overblown. I found it less than fair personally.