[quote=@TheMadAsshatter]
Reviving this thread with news of FNH making a [url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/04/10/fnh-usa-release-semi-auto-version-m249-public/]civilian version of the M249[/url].
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There's already a semi-auto M1919A4 on the market in .30-06.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFd0bQmA_Sk]Have fun with that thought[/url].

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7UR1cYZmm8]This one, too[/url].

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxvpx_1L0YI]Full auto is more fun to watch, though[/url].