Leviathan024
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clearly it was a joke as i own all kinds of guns. what really shocks me is all the black rifle hate from Albertans. I was born in this province with pistols and black rifles in my blood
Will all hunting rifles be AR or AK type clones one day?
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clearly it was a joke as i own all kinds of guns. what really shocks me is all the black rifle hate from Albertans. I was born in this province with pistols and black rifles in my blood
I guess I missed the joke part. More black rifle hate from handgun owners than any group the last few years
Don't think there was black rifles when I was born or they we not called that, no such thing as prohibs and full auto's were OK to own. Not that long ago either
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If you mean restricted or prohibited and only acceptable on one or two ranges in all of Canada ...Probably, unless we pull together and smarten up and can figure out the best way to portray gun laws in Canada as what they truly are to the general voting public/ anti's.
Interesting musing, I am guessing its a boring weekend
I would agree, in the US the AR is king at the moment, and why not, its a better 'shooters' rifle than most of the 'traditional' rifles out there, and gives the people what they want.
It (they) will not replace a 'regular' hunting rifle for larger game, but in reality the 'traditional' rifle only exists in quantity in the minds of delusional old men who yammer on about pre64s in 270...blah blah blah. Look at what is selling today, stainless guns, synthetic stocks, savages (ewww), scopes that have a magnification level NASA don't even have, red dots, picatinny rails etc. IMHO the traditional rifle is dead, like the model T. People have more choices, and the majority are steering clear of a classically defined hunting rifle.
If you mean will it replace bolts actions in general, no, not in the Commonwealth, where there are to many restrictions, but in the US it seems to be happening. That said, while its interesting to see everyone in the US jumping on the AR platform bandwagon, its also interesting to see small gun makers popping up to fill the voids in choice left by the big makers. I mean 10 years ago who would have thought Nosler would have a rifle, or the other dozen or so similar small makers/assemblers. We live in the golden age of guns, there are more choices than ever before, as with cars, but senile old dodderers will continue to insist the good times have passed us by.
Ultimately no one can predict what will happen, lets face it, all it will take is some hokey US politician to ban or restrict more sales outside of the US and then where would we even get bolt guns?
I grew up in one of those butt#### Manitoba towns, lol! I'm happy to say it seems to me like there are more young hunters coming up now then there were when I was in high school a scant 15 (holy ####, haven't thought about that for a while, number's a lot bigger than it used to be) years ago. Feels like a mild resurgence only an hour out of Winnipeg. I've noticed in the last year or two more young twenty something's from the city and surrounding areas at work are into hunting and fishing too. Finally! Something interesting to talk about at coffee!
steamy teabag
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Inside Carneys Reich
I cannot understand why hunting with an AR is not legal now. It makes no sense to me and more importantly my kids. It’s a firearm, just like a lever (cowboy rifle is what my daughter calls it) or a bolt action. It’s like saying semi auto shotguns should not be used to hunt water fowl. Ancient thinking IMO.
Yup. The government got away with it because not everyone thinks this way. Too many of us see some guns as being inherently different. If every hunter had stood up and said "Absolutely not." back when C-17 and C-68 were being proposed we could all be hunting with full auto suppressed military style assault type machine guns.
Well, maybe not, as back then there was not the benefit of omnipresence of the internet and information sharing.
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
Let me take one into the bush so as I can try it out and see if it is a good hunting rifle or not
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
Interesting musing, I am guessing its a boring weekend
I would agree, in the US the AR is king at the moment, and why not, its a better 'shooters' rifle than most of the 'traditional' rifles out there, and gives the people what they want.
It (they) will not replace a 'regular' hunting rifle for larger game, but in reality the 'traditional' rifle only exists in quantity in the minds of delusional old men who yammer on about pre64s in 270...blah blah blah. Look at what is selling today, stainless guns, synthetic stocks, savages (ewww), scopes that have a magnification level NASA don't even have, red dots, picatinny rails etc. IMHO the traditional rifle is dead, like the model T. People have more choices, and the majority are steering clear of a classically defined hunting rifle.
If you mean will it replace bolts actions in general, no, not in the Commonwealth, where there are to many restrictions, but in the US it seems to be happening. That said, while its interesting to see everyone in the US jumping on the AR platform bandwagon, its also interesting to see small gun makers popping up to fill the voids in choice left by the big makers. I mean 10 years ago who would have thought Nosler would have a rifle, or the other dozen or so similar small makers/assemblers. We live in the golden age of guns, there are more choices than ever before, as with cars, but senile old dodderers will continue to insist the good times have passed us by.
Ultimately no one can predict what will happen, lets face it, all it will take is some hokey US politician to ban or restrict more sales outside of the US and then where would we even get bolt guns?
Well, Saturday was pretty miserable.
I was reading a piece of the web that rattled me with the comment that Camp Perry, is now dominated by ARs.
Bolt guns will never disappear altogether, don't get me wrong. But, as you alluded to, the profit margin when they are less popular isn't so great, so they become both less available, and more costly, as the big guys drop them, and they become more of a custom thing. Our current holdings, barring Liberals, will be in our hands for hundreds of years I would hope.
Interesting musing, I am guessing its a boring weekend
I would agree, in the US the AR is king at the moment, and why not, its a better 'shooters' rifle than most of the 'traditional' rifles out there, and gives the people what they want.
It (they) will not replace a 'regular' hunting rifle for larger game, but in reality the 'traditional' rifle only exists in quantity in the minds of delusional old men who yammer on about pre64s in 270...blah blah blah. Look at what is selling today, stainless guns, synthetic stocks, savages (ewww), scopes that have a magnification level NASA don't even have, red dots, picatinny rails etc. IMHO the traditional rifle is dead, like the model T. People have more choices, and the majority are steering clear of a classically defined hunting rifle.
If you mean will it replace bolts actions in general, no, not in the Commonwealth, where there are to many restrictions, but in the US it seems to be happening. That said, while its interesting to see everyone in the US jumping on the AR platform bandwagon, its also interesting to see small gun makers popping up to fill the voids in choice left by the big makers. I mean 10 years ago who would have thought Nosler would have a rifle, or the other dozen or so similar small makers/assemblers. We live in the golden age of guns, there are more choices than ever before, as with cars, but senile old dodderers will continue to insist the good times have passed us by.
Ultimately no one can predict what will happen, lets face it, all it will take is some hokey US politician to ban or restrict more sales outside of the US and then where would we even get bolt guns?
My heart goes out to you, One would have had to have lived what took place during the 60's and 70's to understand
Buying guns at the candy store with just a smile and being balls deep into cars during the muscle car era
The hemi's, 427 fords ,tri power 427 vettes we were surrounded by them and I drove them all . Just thinking about those days I still giggle same way when I remember shooting my dads full autos
The only thing golden in 2014 is my piss IMO
Cheers
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Nicely put.
