Seven to nine pounds is the norm. Variants designed for match shooting and sniping variants will have a three to five pound trigger pull.
Upper Receiver: Bolt Carrier Group: Gas System Lower receiver: Trigger Group
This will vary from gun to gun. An M16 Military rifle has a trigger pull of about 5 pounds, it is a single stage trigger which mean steady pressure on the trigger will release the sear and fire the weapon. A two stage trigger requires the shooter to take up slack in the first stage of pulling the trigger and then apply slightly more pressure to the final process of releasing the sear. In the M14 rifle and M1 Garand the two stage trigger is still about 5 pounds. In hunting rifles most are single stage triggers ranging from 1 to 4 pounds. An Olympic Target rifle or pistol may have a trigger with a pull of just a few ounces, while a combat pistol may have a trigger pull of around 5 pounds. Uncle John Foremost Hunting.com
With the selector switch set to semiauto, the rifle fires one shot per pull of the trigger. This is in contrast to "burst" mode, where the rifle fires several shots per pull (usually 3) or "Full Auto", where the rifle fires until trigger is released.
The M16 assault rifle is chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATOintermediate rifle cartridge. It can also accept .223 Remington rounds.
Nobody. The M16 is not a sniper rifle, and it did not enter production until 1960.
1959
The Black Rifle by Blake Stevens
The M16 sieries of rifles are individual combat weapons.
The weight of an M16 rifle without a magazine or sling is approximately 7.2 pounds.
@ 1960
uh well there completly different guns...the m16 is a assualt rifle and the l96 is a bolt action rifle. m16 is probly the better choice if your trying to survive on a battlefield.
The US Army/Marine M16 was originally designed for jungle warfare in South Vietnam; therefore, ANY assault type rifle that is NOT used in jungle warfare will probably be better than the M16. The M16 was NOT designed for warfare outside of jungle warfare. Jungle fighting entails firing your weapon with leafs/branches/vines/etc. actually touching your barrel/reciever/magazine/flash suppressor/trigger/trigger housing/sights/etc. In Vietnam, the enemy was seldom seen...it was "spray and pray." The M16 did that pretty well.