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Army Captain Slams New XM7 Rifle As "Unfit," Sig Sauer Says Otherwise

Summary by twz.com
Army Capt. Braden Trent has caused something of a stir this week, saying that data he has collected points to his service’s new 6.8x51mm XM7 service rifle suffering from serious reliability and other issues, including excessive barrel wear and regular breakages of key components. He claims, based in part on observations of live-fire exercises involving XM7-armed soldiers, that these problems, together with a host of other factors, make the gun “…
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twz.com broke the news in on Friday, May 2, 2025.
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