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Dave Maes
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Are "ARs" the only firearm people are interested in?
Dave Maes
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I think not! But that's all I see on TV, and in magazines. I own AR rifles, and run them hard. But give us a break. I'm sure I'm not the only one tired of having the "modern sporting rifle" shoved down my throat. I'm not renewing my magazine prescriptions, till I see other types of firearms on the covers.
I know there is no life form on other planets. If there were, we'd be sending THEM foreign aid.
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Not everyone. I'm more of a handgun guy. The reason that I own a rifle is that the way things are going in our beloved country, it might not be long before I actually NEED a rifle. Otherwise, I'll stick to my 9mms.
BTW, my rifle is an AK74, not an AR.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Even though I plan to have an AR in the safe at some point, my money is going towards something that will keep the zombies out of the effective range Of an AR.
Even though I plan to have an AR in the safe at some point, my money is going towards something that will keep the zombies out of the effective range Of an AR.
Tell us more?
:bigevilgrin:
Shall I define the zombie apocalypse as well? Just throwing a bit of humor in there, that's all.
All of those covers are from 2013. All of them are NOT ARs.
Yes, there are a lot of AR-15 articles. It is the single most popular rifle selling right now. You want them to focus on what majority of people DON'T want to buy?
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
http://demigodllc.com/articles/introduction-to-f-class-1000-yard-competition/
I would tend to think a bigger chambering would be more effective.
I shot F-TR to 1000 yards for a few years with a tricked out AR-15 in .223. I did well enough to take 3rd place overall in Texas (TSRA) 2008 LR championships and I made Sharpshooter with it. I even wrote an article about this that was published in Rifle Shooter and reproduced in The Book Of The AR some years back. I moved to a .308 bolt in 2009.
Of course you can make 1000 yards with a .223, in an AR. The only thing is it will not be with any store bought ammo. As for effectiveness, JBM showed that my 80 grain bullet would have as much energy at 1000 yards as two 40gr .22LR bullets at the muzzle. I have no clue if that's good enough to put down a zombie, but I know that I would not want to be hit by that.
The answer is that most, if not all, competitors load their own. I will even go so far as to say that all ranked competitors, the ones who win or place at competitions, all load their own. I have competed with some folks who use issued ammo (snipers) or store bought stuff like FGMM but these were rare occurrences and the results on target spoke volumes. When somebody tells me they are using FGMM or similar at 1000 yards, I can pretty much tell you what the result will be and I pity the target puller; he's going to be working.
https://www.cmmginc.com/product_p/50ba663.htm
really.
I am interested in levers bolts and ARs
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Shotguns
Hand guns
And
ARs
I'm just in the market for a CC handgun and AR15 and AR10 at this point
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O.K. That's just stupid. Now if you put a 28"-34" octagon barrel on that puppy, I might be interested! :tooth:
― Douglas Adams
How about a Tactical Caplock?
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Now post one with covers of AR style rifles.. I too get bored with them and read the pistol articles with more interest..
Simple math says that we are in July, and the mags usually run 1-2 months ahead of the calendar... so say 9 issues in 2013 so far, and SIX had "Other Than ARs" on the cover. What's that, only 30% have ARs?
(And this one was actually a new innovation using AR-15 parts to run an AR-10)
(Another one that was actually new, not a standard AR)
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
I just puked a little in my mouth.
I think it's horridly awesome!!! Grotesquely beautiful even. I love it when people slaughter sacred cows and hope the traditionalist get absolutely BENT over it.
It's heinous. I love it.
Which is one of the reasons I have a red-dot on a Buffalo Classic:
And I'm going to thread it and have my suppressor on it for hunting season
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
1. Stupid muzzle brake/flash hider.
2. The barrel seems a wee bit short, and I wonder if SBR rules apply to muzzle loaders?
3. Big dumb rubber pad on the stock. I mean, c'mon, really?
4. I don't like M4 style stocks. Shoulda gone with an MOE at least. Give the thing some style!
5. The drop of the stock just looks wrong.
6. I'm getting really tired of the snake skin pattern. And the colors do nothing for me.
7. The Monopod is something I find of questionable utility.
Edited to add: All in all, if that was done to an AR, I'd still not like it.
some people are lemmings. also, when it comes to gun rags, they are like any other media, they follow or go with the trend or whats hot since the idea is to sell. there are +/- to the AR platform, but for me they are just another toy.
i with re to the gun rags, i will scan the cover for any interesting articles and go from there.
- Don Burt