To: holymoly; Joe Brower
"St. Petersburg police officers have added the Colt AR-15 rifle to their inventory to counter the expiration of the assault weapons ban and the appearance of more heavily armed criminals."What an inflammatory piece of editorializing crap!
"IMO They'd be better armed with the M1 .30 Carbine."
M1 .30 Carbines aren't as good as AR-15. M1 .30-06 rifles are a different story; that baby packs a punch. :)
14 posted on
04/26/2005 12:15:46 PM PDT by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: blackie
M1 .30 Carbines aren't as good as AR-15. M1 .30-06 rifles are a different story; that baby packs a punch. :)
I fully agree the AR-15 is preferable to the M1 Carbine. While the .30-06 packs far more punch than the .223, I prefer using the AR-15 in an urban environment. In close quarters it is far easier to carry, and one can certainly carry a lot more .223 ammo than .30-06.
26 posted on
04/26/2005 12:22:54 PM PDT by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: blackie
M1 garand.
M1 clip (.30-06) next to .223 (AR-15) ammo.
104 posted on
04/26/2005 3:45:26 PM PDT by
ol painless
(ol' painless is out of the bag)
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