Can vouch.
10/10 definitely recommend grabbing one. Absolutely fuckin excellent rifle, I LOVE mine.
Really want to pick up CR308 to go with it.
And I aint even a major fan of piston AR's. Generally prefer DI simply due to the exponentially larger aftermarket available to them, along with DI's
usually being a bit more accurate, all else being equal...
But the Haenel CR-series is LEGIT. Their attention to small details is pretty incredible.
Their RS9 also beat out AI for the Bundeswehr's sniper
C.G.Haenel GmbH in Germany is most famous for their hunting rifles.However they have now been chosen to supply their RS9 sniper rifle to the German Army, and gone from hunting-boring to tacti-cool in an instant.The German Bundeswehr designation is “G29”, and is most likely already in service...
www.thefirearmblog.com
The 416 is still a completely badass carbine, with major street cred among tier 1 units across the globe. But HK hates us and will only sell us a watered down civvie variant(unless you're in Europe/have access to the MR223).
Haenel doesn't hate us, and will sell us exactly what they'll sell to the Bundeswehr(minus a happy switch).
Can't wait to throw a can on this bad boy. Go with Surefire SOCOM RC2 or...?
@j-huskey you used to do some suppressor testing for .gov no? If you were picking up a 5.56 carbine can today, what would you go with?