great title GT. There was an article on this in G&A a while back too
Black Rifle of yesterday = sporting rifle of today
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Ar180shooter
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- Ottawa, ON
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- Ontariariario
Yup, right here
Sweet! What's she weigh with the wood handles?
Thats such a joy!
- Location
- St. Paul AB
I'm such a Scrooge when it comes to losing brass cases, I'm not sure I could use a semi-auto for hunting. It even feels wrong to not pick up the steel cased .30 Russians that puke out of my SKS. That's 'cause I hate leaving stuff lay around.
Agreed with Calum, the original "assault rifle" is the pistol cartridge firing levers. But they use the guise of the romantic "good 'ol bad days" to slip under the radar.
Agreed with Calum, the original "assault rifle" is the pistol cartridge firing levers. But they use the guise of the romantic "good 'ol bad days" to slip under the radar.
you bet me too!
Back to the point of this thread,
What as registered legal firearms owners can we do to get these guns off of the restricted list? Theres nothing i cant do with my sks that i cant do with an AR. How can we show this and have it make an impact to those who have the power to make a change?
tremor_14@hotmail.com
Im sure this has been asked thousands of times, but im fairley new to this and really dont want all guns top be restricted by doing nothing to support our legal sports and hunting.
What as registered legal firearms owners can we do to get these guns off of the restricted list? Theres nothing i cant do with my sks that i cant do with an AR. How can we show this and have it make an impact to those who have the power to make a change?
tremor_14@hotmail.com
Im sure this has been asked thousands of times, but im fairley new to this and really dont want all guns top be restricted by doing nothing to support our legal sports and hunting.
- Location
- Ontariariario
I have noticed that whenever its brought to the lawmakers attention that a nonrestricted firearm is just as "useful" as a restricted firearm their response is to restrict the one that wasn't.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Funny, an AR with wood furniture leaves me as cold as the first time I saw an FN with plastic.
The AR platform makes perfect sense for those who spend much time in the wilderness. As stated in the video, the requirements of light weight, reliability, and accuracy are the same for the hunter as for the military.
Just because the hunter strives to take his game with a single shot does not mean he should be restricted to a single shot rifle, as follow-up shots are frequently required. If you can fire a follow-up shot with better control due to lessened recoil, without single loading the next cartridge, and without manipulating the action, is that not a good thing if it can be achieved without loss of a quality trigger, without loss of intrinsic accuracy, or by having to rely on a reduced cartridge? An AR in .308 doesn't leave much to be desired as a practical hunting rifle.
The AR platform makes perfect sense for those who spend much time in the wilderness. As stated in the video, the requirements of light weight, reliability, and accuracy are the same for the hunter as for the military.
Just because the hunter strives to take his game with a single shot does not mean he should be restricted to a single shot rifle, as follow-up shots are frequently required. If you can fire a follow-up shot with better control due to lessened recoil, without single loading the next cartridge, and without manipulating the action, is that not a good thing if it can be achieved without loss of a quality trigger, without loss of intrinsic accuracy, or by having to rely on a reduced cartridge? An AR in .308 doesn't leave much to be desired as a practical hunting rifle.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
On a related note Ruger has joined the AR fraternity with their new SR-556, which for now is only available in .223 and appears to stay truer to the battle carbine concept than it does a hunting rifle.
