What's a "black" or "green" rifle?

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Sorry if this is a dumb question but I figured the newbie forum would be the best place to post it!

I've seen people write stuff about "black" rifles or "green" rifles...can someone tell me what this means?
 
= Guns that scare Soccer moms & Liberals therefore must be classed as Restricted. They're only good for mowing down vast columns of nuns holding babies.

Scary stuff... ;)
 
It means so called tactical or assault type rifles such as AR-15s - typically but not exclusively restricted long rifles.

In a sense it is unfortunate that there is this separate division in the forums since it perpetuates the myth that there is something fundamentally "different" about these types of firearms when really they are mere cosmetic differences in many cases. This only affirms the government's decision to restrict and prohibit rifles based on their appearance.

A black or green rifle is in many cases precisely that: a rifle that appears black or green!
 
wherermykeys said:
ok, that's kinda what I thought they meant but wasn't sure...

what if you have a pink AR15, does that count? :D
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Lots of guys across the border like them pink ones for their daughters. :) Unfortunately, I only have a niece and she's into girlie things and not stuff like shooting... :(
 
skirsons said:
It means so called tactical or assault type rifles such as AR-15s - typically but not exclusively restricted long rifles.

In a sense it is unfortunate that there is this separate division in the forums since it perpetuates the myth that there is something fundamentally "different" about these types of firearms when really they are mere cosmetic differences in many cases. This only affirms the government's decision to restrict and prohibit rifles based on their appearance.

A black or green rifle is in many cases precisely that: a rifle that appears black or green!
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Always seemed weird that the AR-10T, Remington 750, and M14S/M305 wouldn't share the same forum.

Also it seems that if new posters are going to be jumped on for referring to guns as 'assault rifles' or 'SMGs', then perhaps the subforum description should be changed to something other than:

"Black and Green Rifles
Assault rifles and SMGs for people with good taste."
 
wherermykeys said:
hang on, you can actually buy a pink AR???
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Yep. And blue.....yellow....camo....and occasionally purple. I believe that it was Cavalry Arms in the US that started the trend with a rainbow of different colored receivers, uppers and grips.


A quick search in the photos forum here or on Google images will turn up quite a few.
 
wherermykeys said:
hang on, you can actually buy a pink AR???
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This is always the classic example:

KittyRifle.jpg
 
There's really no corolation between colour and function....accept that the rainbow ones tend to attrack more attention and that's a good thing.
 
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