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One thing worth considering on the flip side of the MCR's pricing is that it still comes in at roughly 2/3 the cost of the FN Minimi/M249 and is half the weight of that platform as well. With 9' of Belt-lift, the MCR has plenty of the mechanical "torque" necessary for reliable belt-fed operation. As a result, the current MCR is a very reliable system. Mine never had a stoppage (that I can recall) that was attributable to the firearm. That was what took Jeffrey Herring, the designer and CEO of Fightlite Industries, 15 years to continually tweak and optimize.

Had any military unit adopted the MCR, even in limited numbers, I would probably still have mine. It is an excellent platform capable of sustained fire with its appropriately heavy MG-weight Barrels. However as a purely civilian Light Automatic Rifle/Light Machinegun, the MCR didn't really have a place within my collection of major military handgun, submachinegun and rifle designs of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. Plus it was a lot of hobby money to have tied up in what amounted to a novelty flex at the range....
 
I shot and handled the MCR few times in FA. Look at the attaching point of the ammo box, AR lower is like 2 or 3 inches lower than the FN or any MG.

Major ergonomic issue with the unmodified AR lower to work with MG ammo box is the combined height of the ammo box and the receiver. It needs a very long bipod and the ammo bag or box will be constantly dragging on the floor, and human only got arms that are so long, and people will end up resting the gun on the ammo box in a hurry - those with cheap 200 rd plastic FN box it will come off or break. This also means the gun cannot point up much either because the ammo box will bottom out on the ground unless the bipod is very tall......so if the gunner is on a flat ground or slightly depressed spot it is more difficult to point up.
 
To be completely honest, the Fightlite Mission-Configurable Rifle (MCR), had "acceptability issues" of its own resulting in a sudden (and quite unexpected) moratorium on the export of belt-fed firearms from the USA for civilian sales. I had expressed an interest in the (then) new Fightlite MCR to my good friend John Hipwell of Wolverine Supplies, the Canadian distributor for Fightlite Industries. Not too much time passed before my friend rang me up and told me that the slow export and reduced availability of Fightlite Upper Receiver Conversion Kits to Canada was an impending US State Department moratorium on the export of belt-fed firearms intended for civilian sales. At the time, John had only 1 complete FIghtlite system in-hand in Canada, which he had intended to keep as a demonstrator. However, there would be no use for a demonstration rifle if there were to be no further export of Fightlight belt-fed Upper Receivers from the US into Canada. This left John with exactly 1 unit available for sale in all of Canada. Needless to say, I jumped on that set-up right away.

The Fightlite MCR is/was an excellent AR15 Conversion Kit for dual belt and magazine feeding. As a belt-fed unit, the MCR never faltered on the many 5-round belts that I fired through it. Not a single stoppage in hundreds of rounds effortlessly fed and fired! The MCR worked exactly as described with zero "hype" - it turned out that all of the company's performance claims were 100% truthful. It was an incredible achievement on the part of Jeffrey Herring and his company Fightlite Engineering that had taken over 15 years to perfect.

Just as you regret not buying a Fightlite in the first place, I regret selling mine in a moment of weakness well before the May 2020 ban came into force. Same old story - I needed the money for another gun project that eventually netted me a decent payday, but it spelled the end of a very interesting and uniquely-capable rifle within my collection. Such is the challenge of the collector - some things must inevitably go in order to free up funds and/or make room for new, attractive items....

Ah well, no regrets - it was a total hoot while I had it - hopefully the new owner is on a piece of land where he/she can still discharge that rifle without drawing unwanted attention!


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NOTE: For those who get excited over such things, the "belt" of "ammunition" in the gun is comprised of plastic cartridges and rubber links. Therefore, no harm/no foul has been committed against silly Canadian capacity laws by linking together more than 5 inert "rounds" at a time for display puposes....

Wow, I have never seen that weapon till now! Just watched the company's video for it, and aside from the barrel changes being a little more finicky than it is on a c9, that looks like a way better piece of kit for carry and functionality! Its even got the option of switching back to the magazine, and it looks more reliable than the c9 in that regard. Just wow, I wonder if the CAF has considered this as an option?
 
Yeah, I hear you…but that’s wishful thinking. Money is no concern to this federal government. They’ll just print more, devalue the Canadian dollar further, and increase the national debt.
IT should be a concern if debt manangement isn't tackled soon it will be devastating for this country economically just look what Trump's tarrifs are doing to the industries right now. Trudeau was a narcissist just like Nero in Rome would't take much for the deck of cards to fall
 
Nice collection you got there...
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Sorry, sorry... had to... lol
EXACTLY!
 
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With a Dissipator the gas block can be back under the handguard and the front sight is not used as part of the gas system
You're talking about the more modern version, which is carbine or mid-length. In those you're correct, the fsb is not part of the gas system
This one is a true dissipator, and yes it works.

Bayo lug interferes with a proper dissipator length barrel, and swivel always seemed unnecessary to me. Slip ring could arguably be either style, I chose the early parts for the vibe.
 
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