In a world ruled by Cheap Chinese Clones does this 2005 model 249 have a chance?
First of all, let me say that I am in absolute love with this gun, I recieved it about a month ago and have skirmished with it 4 times already.
First of all, a little bit of real steel history on the M249 SAW
(from wikipedia)
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The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (M249 SAW) is the US Military designation for a sub-family of the FN MINIMI Squad Automatic Weapon . Both are 5.56 NATO light machine guns manufactured by FN and its subsidiaries.
The MINIMI is manufactured by Fabrique Nationale in be