“... I’m not in the Army so their definitions are irrelevant....
...I don’t think i said that the AR15 is “superior for every task” either. It is a good one-gun solution for just about anything that a private citizen will encounter. ...”
Military requirements gave rise to the AR-15 family of firearms, and have driven every development. Civilian adaptations are minor variants. This means that military definitions are just the opposite of irrelevant: they control and constrain everything Bryanw92 will be able to purchase, modify, or build.
If by “one-gun solution” Bryanw92 means a rifle/cartridge combination the average individual can master, with effective range no greater than that at which the average can score an acceptable percentage of hits, then I agree: an AR-15-style rifle isn’t a bad compromise.
But the moment the range lengthens beyond that, the AR-15 user is at a disadvantage, especially against an opponent firing a reasonably accurate rifle chambering one of the original bottle-neck military cartridges charged with nitro propellant introduced in the period 1886-1906. The bolt action rifles issued by the Euro powers, US, and Imperial Japan will outshoot the AR-15. Each and every one will: every time.
A Glock 17 is a great choice to go with the AR-15, not so by the way.
>>If by “one-gun solution” Bryanw92 means a rifle/cartridge combination the average individual can master, with effective range no greater than that at which the average can score an acceptable percentage of hits, then I agree: an AR-15-style rifle isn’t a bad compromise.
I don’t know why you are trying to turn this into an argument that I’m saying that the AR-15 is a good rifle from CQB to 1000 yds.
But if you are trying to educate me, then you totally miss my thesis: the AR-15 IS a good compromise, as you admit. That’s all I’m saying. It is good compromise that is very reliable for a citizen, effective at reasonable distances, and can put out a volume of fire that meets the needs of a citizen trying to, as an example, take down a solo shooter from across a parking lot.
>>The bolt action rifles issued by the Euro powers, US, and Imperial Japan will outshoot the AR-15. Each and every one will: every time.
If the bolt-action is so superior and the Army knows that, then explain the Garand.