Post the Covington event, I think that we are all staring at the prospect of some type of civil war.
Post the Covington event, I think that we are all staring at the prospect of some type of civil war.
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Even The Federalist is getting on the bandwagon.
“Top 10 Characteristics And Components Of A Defensive AR-15”
“The best AR-15s cost less now than the cheapest ones will, if the Democrats’ gun-ban legislation gains steam.”
11. Know where the shipping containers are.
Not a bad article. I cant ‘disagree’ with it, but I think there are additional schools of thought that have been left out. Its hard to fully cover a topic this broad in the length of the given article. For example, for the AR platform, I am a proponent of single point slings, and the article implies a two point sling is essential. Should have just said a sling was essential, and qualified that for when its not appropriate to have a sling.
Terrific article. Disagree, though, with “never use reloads for defensive purposes”. Never is a long time. Some people know how to reload to higher specs than manufactured.
This is an email I sent to a friend linking this article
Buy Low, Sell High
to XXXXXX
This is something everyone should do, on anything.
The reason I am mentioning this is that when these things go UP, they go into the statosphere.
What I am talking about is the AR 15. EVERYONE SHOULD OWN AT LEAST ONE. Even if you have no interest at all in shooting or shooting sports, they are like gold when societal instability hits.
Trump has absolutely KILLED the price of these things. You can buy a good quality entry level AR for less than $500. When the politics change (and they will), they go up crazily. After the school shooting in Rhode Island happened, I considered selling one of mine for $2500+. AK (the commie version of the AR, but on a different platform) was selling for $2000+.
My opinion is that EVERYONE should have one of these rifles. They are cheap, accurate, reliable, and ammo is dirt cheap (for now). They are the most popular rifles in America. They are hated by the left loons with a fanatical passion. Believe me, if the political spectrum swings back to the left in 2020 (it well may) you will have an easy three bagger.
My strong advice is to buy AT LEAST ONE of these (and never sell it!), and practice with it maybe every three months or so. Great fun, and you will meet the oddest, most eclectic, and fun bunch of people you have ever known (gun freaks are delightful!). My stronger advice is buy THREE of them, and dump two of them if you see the prices go $2500+.
I would recommend buying them private party, (no records).
If you want to talk about this more, we can talk via phone.
This is both practical (in case someone comes into your home in the future) in that an AR is certainly an effective anti personnel weapon, matched only by a 12 gauge shotgun at close quarters), a great hunting tool, and, again, loaded with the kind of political baggage that makes it a better play than gold or silver. If I could buy a futures contract on “the AR 15 rifle” I would certainly do so.
Think about it.
"We fight, and win or lose, our battles with the equipment that has been deployed in quantity.
We may lust for ARs and monometal projectiles but the battle in the trenches will be decided with 10/22s, Marlin 795 semi-autos and bulk packed .22LR ammo and Mossberg 500 pump shotguns."
Thanks, bfl.
Good article.
I like the 300 Blackout for short range. The AR15 is a great rifle....it’s no wonder the communists/libs hate on it so much. Too bad....for them.
Anything that approaches the cost of a Leopold compact scope is busting the budget.
What an incongruous mishmash.
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About the only thing I disagree with is his opinion on handloads. We have fed our ARs several hundred each of a load with a 62 grain soft point. I bought 16 pounds of military surplus Winchester powder just for that.
I picked lot of 6,000 soft points last year for cheap. I added a similar number of primers so we are good to go there. We have about 7,000 or so loaded rounds put back including all the factory stuff. We could crank out a couple thousand more over a dedicated weekend.
We’ve got a couple thousand green tip put back but about all I use that for is practice ammo so we can reuse that fine Lake City brass.
It takes a little extra work removing the primer crimp, but it’s about the best stuff out there IMO.
Just my two cents. YMMV.
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Don’t forget to stock up on Magpul PMAG’s... 👍
What’s up with the Army’s “new” 6.8mm?
Thinking about getting a 20 inch upper.
Many thanks for posting !
