Diemaco C-7 Assault Rifle Canadadian Variant Rifle

The basic Diemaco C-7 Assault Rifle is in fact a product-improved version of the basic M-16A2 Assault Rifle and depending on the customer, may be had with a 3-round burst setting or a full-automatic fire setting. The Diemaco C-7A2 Assault Rifle is basically the Canadian equivalent of the M-16A3/A4 Assault Rifle , being a C- 7 with the top of the receiver redesigned. In place of the carrying handle/rear sight combination, the C-7A1 Assault Rifle has a raised rear sight and a MIL-STD-1913 rail to allow the mounting of a large variety of optics. The rear sight is removed and stored in the stock if some sort of optical or night sight is mounted.

Diemaco C-7 Assault Rifle

 As an option, the MIL-STD-1913 Assault Rifle rail may be removed and replaced with a Weaver or RARDE rail if older optics are going to be used. The C-7A1 Assault Rifle is normally issued with a light optical sight made by Elcan; this is included in the cost listed below. Like the M-16A2 Assault Rifle, they have barrels which are 20 inches long. The Diemaco C-7A2 Assault Rifle is the mid-life upgrade for the C-7 Assault Rifle and C-7A1 Assault Rifle; it features a telescoping stock like that of the C-8. This stock also has a butt pad which acts as a shock absorber and an anti-slip device. The buffer was modified by replacing one of the steel weights in the buffer mass tube with a tungsten weight; this slight additional mass prevents light strikes on the bolt carrier group which might otherwise cause a misfire.

The cyclic rate is somewhat reduced (but has no practical effect in game terms) to increase reliability, controllability, and wear and tear. The C-7A2 has an ambidextrous magazine catch, ambidextrous charging handle release, and ambidextrous selector lever.

Diemaco C-7 Assault Rifle and Diemaco C-7A2 Assault Rifle

The Diemaco C-7CT Assault Rifle (Custom Tactical) is meant for designated marksmen and other such “non-sniper” sharpshooters. The C-7CT Assault Rifle is basically similar to other members of the C-7 series, but has numerous special features to suit its role. The barrel is heavy and target-quality (though still 20 inches in length), free-floated, cold hammer-forged, and equipped with a muzzle with threads allowing the C-7CT Assault Rifle to use anything from target crowns to silencers. Atop the receiver is a MIL-STD-1913 Assault Rifle rail, and atop the gas block is another small rail, allowing the C-7CT Assault Rifle to use any sort of optics.

The round aluminum handguards have a sling swivel as well as a light adjustable bipod mounted beneath the front of the handguard. The stock includes a handgrip on the bottom and also has a space to insert counterweights as necessary. The pistol grip is ergonomic with a hand stop/weight at the bottom. The triggermechanism is replaced with a two-stage trigger that has no capability for automatic or burst fire.

M-16A2 Assault Rifle

The C-7 Assault Rifle started life as a license-produced version of the M-16A2; but the engineers at Diemaco (now called Colt Canada) tinkered with the base design, correcting many of the shortcomings of the M-16A2 Assault Rifle, such as sensitivity to dirt, and the problem that often occurs with case ejection on the M-16A2Assault Rifle. They also managed to lighten it somewhat by using more modern materials that are also tougher, and the barrel is cold-forged to give it added strength and durability. The result is basically a product-improved M-16A2 Assault Rifle, and the Canadians began to issue it to their troops in 1984. In the late 1980s, the Danish and Dutch issued it to their troops, and it is rumored that the special operations units of several other European countries are also using the C-8A1 Assault Rifle and C-8A2 Assault Rifle versions of this rifle. Colt USA has also quietly incorporated most of the improvements into their production M-16-series rifles.