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Old 03-07-2009, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Nyles View Post
Just the standard handguards, with the heavy barrel it's all you need. Here's some info on it if you're interested: http://www.casr.ca/101-rifle-c8fthb-carbine.htm They touch on the naming issue on there, but they're calling it C8A2 in battalion. Most of the ones we have out here are green though.
Yeah, I heard about the designation change a couple weeks ago. "C8A2" most definitely runs off the tongue much better than "C8FTHB".

Slightly off topic, but how does performance of the C8A2 (other than the increase in accuracy from the longer barrel) compare to the M4/M4A1?
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