I tend to resist any temptation to replace the Stoner 63 system. It is iconic of the Project. It is easy to simply say that Project planners in the 60s and 70s bought/stole/somehow acquired the original machinist drawings from Eugene Stoner and their armorers were able to solve the reliability issues. Hell, maybe they recruited Eugene Stoner, himself.
But no, the Stoners, the Browning Hi-Powers, and the XR-311s are part of the Project zeitgeist for me. Over the years folks have taken to the internet with "improved" weapon loads (one fellow in particular must have owned stock in H&K or something because his Project was all H&K, all the time), lots of HMMWV variants suggested, etc. Nope. Keep the Stoners, the Brownings, and the 311s. It keeps the "feel" of the Project firmly in the realm of "A Bunch Of Eggheads Trying To Be The Peace Corps With Guns", rather than drifting into "Full-Blown Paramilitary Organization That Claims To Have Altruistic Goals".
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