[Oerets]

Originally Posted by bobabode

IIRC the M16 fires a three round burst in auto mode. Seems that soldiers were wasting ammo and warping barrels in the earlier full auto models.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle

Goes further back then that. In the Civil War (What's so civil 'bout war anyway?) when the repeating rife was never fully embraced because the want of saving money on ammo.
Same on the 1903 bolt action having a selector for single action load one at a time leaving the mag untouched.

Bean counters have been dictating policy for a long time.



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