Posted on 06/09/2022 6:21:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
The AR is an extremely light rifle; less than five pounds. This, along with it having virtually no recoil (kick), makes it very easy for a woman or any low-strength person to handle.
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"Just consider what anti-gun activist Josh Sugarmann admitted in 1989 about AR-15-style rifles.
“The weapons’ menacing looks,” he said, “coupled with the public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons — anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun — can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."
Public perception is that the AR-15 is a machine gun and "AR" stands either for "Assault Rifle" or "Automatic Rifle" - instead of the real meaning of "AR": "ArmaLite Rifle."
No more 5lbs with all that crap tacked on.
Mine is so accurate with the iron sights I’ve never bothered attaching a scope.
I think the AR is a very attractive, well designed gun. I have two so they can keep each other company.
I put a microwave on mine, so I can grab a snack when in the woods.
I don’t have one - - yet — but after reading this would really like one - as a small, senior citizen female. My long gun are a bit unwieldy so this sounds like a perfect fit for me.
I moved up the food chain, making a 300 blackout with eleven inch barrel on an AR frame. Excellent for CQB.
Nice!
Love is a warm barrel.
To: zeestephen'nuff saidMusk is a brilliant man, but obviously he does not know everything.So let me explain why I have an AR 15.
Why an assault weapon?
First it is not an assault weapon. It is a modern firearm.
Why do I want one?
For half the price of a conventional or old fashioned hunting rifle, I get a rifle that is more accurate.
It is much lighter, shorter and easier to carry. It is especially appreciated when climbing a ladder to a deer blind or walking through dense brush.
The older style rifle is very awkward to handle in a tight area, such as climbing a ladder or removing it from a car.
It is much easier to prevent dropping or scratching due to the pistol grip that gives the gun grabber chills.
Many a conventional rifle has misfired when dropped from a tree stand, some with fatal results.
Many have injured themselves when crawling through or under a fence.
All of the above much more easily and safely done with the AR series rifles.
No one needs a 30 round magazine? No, usually we don't. But it is a clean safe way to carry ammunition. A pocket full of loose ammo gets the ammo dirty, plus it is very uncomfortable.
And for those who hunt wild hogs or any other dangerous game such as bears, lots of ammo is a must. When such game is shot from a blind at a distance and the hunter has the opportunity to rest the rifle so as to get a very careful shot, one shot kills are relatively easy and frequent. It is another story when on foot out in the open and dangerous game is charging. Very few one shot kills take place when dangerous game is charging.
A wounded bear or wild hog presents an extreme danger and hunting ethics require the hunter to track down any game he has shot and that has run away wounded. And that is extremely dangerous if it is a hog or a bear.
The AR series are very easy to clean. Spare parts are low cost, easy to find and very easy to install.
If the hunter or home defender needs lights, bi-pods, special scopes or specially designed sights, the AR series will accommodate them with no special gunsmithing and can be installed in minutes. And there are countless variations of both available over the counter.
In short, the AR is the best general purpose rifle.
As for me, I teased my neighbor when he first showed up with an AR 15 to hunt deer. “Why do you want to hunt with that ugly thing when you have all of those beautiful rifles with walnut stocks….beautiful guns?”
And one day my daughter got me to buy one. A long story as to why, but she got me to buy one.
Now I have three simply because that first one was the best gun I ever owned.
Now my older conventional rifles with the walnut stocks are retired. Just like my neighbor's.
20 posted on 5/25/2022, 7:10:29 PM by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
I need a grenade launcher.
Handy if a deer gets in the house.
Funny you should bring up a microwave, do you by remember Beverly Hills Cop 3? The fictional gun the “Annihilator 2000” actually had a microwave oven among many other absurd features, and if memory serves me correctly the prop itself was built on an AR. Closer to life imitating art over the years.
Excellent tool for repelling boarders, too.
I tend to think that it is loved because it has all those nice rails that you can spend a fortune buying things to attach to. :)
I do wish the Garand supported a scope, easily.
I shot one back in 1980 on our Florida cross to the Bahamas. It was a safety check, we had it on board with a shotgun as defense against the many reported boat pirating’s occurring at that time.
Nice crack sound to it, and minimal kick. It was the old style with the full rifle butt. It was purchased specifically for this and other trips.
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