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Why Delta Force wanted a piston rifle and how the HK416 fared in the 2007 dust test

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Heckler & Koch HK416, Weapons Systems
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The XM8 scored the best, with only 127 stoppages in 60,000 total rounds, the FN SCAR Light had 226 stoppages, while the HK416 had 233 stoppages.
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