Father Nick:
In reply to helbent4 (msg # 966):
Yea, my contacts are done with everything but name. I know that in v2.2. contacts are undefined until you call out that this captain/trader is my contact and then it becomes locked in.
My apologies, my "contacts?" question was before I double-checked and saw that your PC was indeed fully complete. I forgot to take that out. Corrected! I agree, I think in this edition you don't specifically lock in contacts until needed.
Personally (and this is just my opinion) handguns are most useful for holding up a 7-11. You could argue that they are useful for self-defence while in a vehicle, but this basically does not apply where I live as no one else is likely to have a gun either. Or probably even physically attack you. And for home defence, again, I live in an apartment in a city. If I was living in a rural or wilderness area (which is like 90% of the country) I'd get a shotgun.
The Diemaco (now Colt Canada) C7 and C8 family are the best version of the M16 family, that I can tell. Far more accurate, durable and built to withstand harsh conditions than their forefathers (M16A1 and M16A1 carbine) or cousins (current M16 and M4 variants). I guess because they are developed from licence they are arguably the same system. But we do not have any AD since the ADATs were retired (quad Swedish missiles mounted on an M113 chassis) and our Hornets are extremely long in the tooth. At least we got some secondhand Leo 2s!
Tony