04-08-2012, 01:44 AM
A subjective example, but a lifelong friend is a career Army officer that related a conversation he had with another officer about a year ago. The second guy headed up what is essentially the Army's 'future small-arms' office. According to my friend, the head honcho was "not even a 'gun-guy'," and expressed that the Army has zero interest in a new cartridge. With the draw-down of our overseas deployments and with the crappy economy, I (sadly) foresee that Uncle Sam will continue as before.