(Yes I know you are talking about rifles, but couldn't resist.)
Both make the sound of freedom loud and proud. For me though, M4.
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(Yes I know you are talking about rifles, but couldn't resist.)
Nice article.
Just picked up a new AR-7.
A few weekends ago we started packing as a forest fire was coming down our mountain. The wind shifted and it blew the other way torching 12,000 acres and burning 28 homes with no loss of life.
Made me think I needed a ‘bug-out’ rifle.
No intent as a slide to your thread just a post about an ‘AR’ rifle.
Partial to M1As myself, but they are heavy.
Both the M-16 and the M-4 have there pluses and minuses! However, for myself, give me an M-14. Yes it is heavier, but it fires better as far as I’m Concerned!!
We are comparing apples and oranges here. The fully automatic M16 & M4 with the semi auto AR platform. It makes a big difference. For a semi If you are in an urban house-to-house environment you want the shorter weapon as you are going to be dealing with very short ranges and confined spaces. If you are in the open dealing with distances out to 150 yards then you want the longer barrel. Out past 150 yards I’d rather have the 30 caliber AR-10
My favorite "Franken-gun" is still a full 20" heavy barrel, but with a flat-top upper, JP brake, modded trigger, custom grips, and a steel... rather than aluminum, buffer tube for the 3 position stock. Topped with fold down BUIS set up to co-witness on my Votrex red dot... She's my favorite rifle and I can shoot it confidently out to 500 yrds easy, while still being short enough for "run-n-gun" work.
Set it up for the mission and change/swap what you need in minutes.
What's not to like?
M4.
If you are going to be shooting targets beyond 500 meters, you need to be shooting a 7.62x51 of some kind. An AR10 variant comes to mind.
Love my Bushmaster. Errr...I did until it fell overboard.