Should You Own an AR-15?

Townhall.com ^ | August 21, 2016 | Bruce Bialosky

[Gaffer]

Don’t have that one. Although I had to look that one on my American Classic Rifleman’s poster of cartridges. Looks like a skinny, slightly longer version of a 45-70. Looks like a longer 30 carbine kinda. What do you have that shoots it?

Mine is a Marlin SS Guide Scout lever action.

[tumblindice]

“It’s all the “tacticool” accessories that come later that takes a bite to the wallet.”

Good point.
It isn’t really an issue with AKs that come `vanilla’ in the box, but if you plan to add, say, a floating keymod forestock to a $500 stock 16” barrel M4, you may as well pay a little more for it factory-installed and save yourself the work, time and money.
Patrick Sweeney and others have written good books on accessorizing the AR.

[Caipirabob]

Funny, my wife calls my outfitting my ARs paper dolls with the optics,ights, etc,etc.

We joke about it a lot. My wife's AR is called "Mother's little helper". :)

[Celerity]

I hate the AR15 platform.

I own a nice one.

Yes, everyone should own one. It’s critical that we do. The AR15 is the symbol of the American patriot.

My favorites above that are the Mini14, the FS2000 and the P90. But if I had to get rid of everything and keep one ? The AR15.

It’s more than the sum of it’s parts.

[Pontiac]

Winchester 94

But Marlin, Savage and Remington also made rifles in the caliber.

It was a popular cartridge in the 1890’

Veritas Radio Network .

[Gaffer]

Mine is what Marlin calls the 1895 SS Guide Scout.

[Gaffer]

Single action on a revolver means that when you want to shoot, you first have to pull back on the hammer to move the cylinder into alignment. You then pull the trigger, and it does not bring the next round in the cylinder into alignment. If you can rotate the cylinder by only pulling the trigger, it is not single action.

[oldasrocks]

Sure, It’s a good toy and when you want a real gun go to the Siaga 308.

[Bringbackthedraft]

#12, That has to be a Hillary supporter. ????

[Mr. Mojo]

A revolver, which is the kind of handgun you would see in a Western used by Wyatt Earp, is the kind of old-style technology that would cause someone to cock the trigger then pull each time and so a new round would load and fire.

1) that's PULL the trigger, not cock it. Hammers are cocked, not triggers.

2) Given the author's reference to Westerns, he's almost certainly talking about single action revolvers. But the difference between SA and DA is undoubtedly lost on him.

[CapnJack]

Should you own one?

Yes ... preferably 2 and lots of 30 round mags and ammo to feed them AND LOADED in the mags.

[Man from Oz]

My wife calls my 300 SBR canned setup the prom date. :)

[Geronimo]

I saw the whole kit except for rear sight online at Palmetto State Armory for $419.99 yesterday, with free shipping too.

http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-8-stainless-steel-freedom-rifle-kit.html?trk_msg=OLBLJ0RF0FQKTEHGLI2R4SLBOG&trk_contact=3QHL2MU5D7RTHTHKIMRECNMLOS&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fpalmettostatearmory.com%2fpsa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-8-stainless-steel-freedom-rifle-kit.html&utm_campaign=Daily+Deals+Email&utm_content=12%3a00+Email

If you’ve never built one I highly recommend it as not just a more affordable option to owning an AR but to getting a much better understanding of the various components and their function in the rifle.

It’s a terrific hobby and no more complicated than putting a model airplane together but as others have mentioned it’s the add-ons which can max out your credit cards. Red dot sights, key mod and mlok rails, vertical grips, angled grips, it gets addictive!..

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I do not like the AR-15 or the M-16. Both of which I have fired a lot. Personal preference. My criticisms?

1) Too fragile. I want better durability.
2) Too hard to properly clean. Seriously, if you want to do a good job, you have to use dental picks and dental mirror. It takes three or more times longer to clean.
3) Too difficult to maintain. Its “1 shop, 2 shop, 3 shop” maintenance overlaps too much.

Certainly it has some good stuff as well, but these drawbacks take a lot away from it.

[wjcsux]

Everyone ought to own at least one AR-15.

[PROCON]

I got mine!

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[Old Yeller]

I need something that doesn’t kick too hard.

My right shoulder is shot.

Any suggestions?

Something in a Red Ryder model?

[Bulwyf]

Heh, it’s a great round. No recoil with a brake, yet a true 1500 yard round.

[Bulwyf]

Good round too, sadly just not near as popular.

[Kickass Conservative]

Modern Revolvers are Double Action.

Pull the Trigger, they go Bang.

You just cock the Hammer for effect, like Dirty Harry always did before he recited the punchline.

You feel lucky Punk? Go ahead, make my day. LOL

BTW - My favorite Pistol is my Model 29 S&W. Fits my hand and it is a piece of Art. Absolutely beautiful Weapon.