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Why I do not like the AR-15 2017-03-04 05:20:11 Post No.33190616
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Why I do not like the AR-15
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I know the AR-15 is very popular these days, so I know I am probably in the minority when I insist that it has certain unacceptable drawbacks.
>5.56/.223
A rifle is only as good as its bullet, and this caliber is questionable at best. It seems to inflict devastating wounds, but ONLY when the bullet tumbles. If the bullet fails to tumble upon impact, it will do no more damage than stabbing with an icepick, and there are trauma doctors who will back me up on this. It usually has a low sectional density and ballistic coefficient, causing its stopping power to rapidly decline at longer ranges. Short barrels make this problem even worse.
Before you jump on me about how there are ARs in other calibers, remember that ARs sold in 223/5.56 are by far the most common. Also remember that the short action length obviates many of the best rifle cartridges.
>direct impingement
This action seems to work OK, but it gets very dirty very fast. Cleaning any gun is a pain in the ass, at least for me.
>pistol grip
Perhaps it's just me, but I find traditional stocks more comfortable.
>forward assist
Why would you want to jam something in there if it doesn't want to go in there?
>magazines
AR owners often underload their magazines to make them work better. If a magazine is supposed to hold 30 rounds but works better with only 29 or 28, that sounds like a design flaw to me.
>weight
The AR-15 is lightweight by design, but many owners and manufacturers defeat that with heavy barrels, heavy rails, and a long list of aftermarket accessories.
>and the biggest problem of all, reliability
People will deny it at the top of their lungs, but I have seen with my own eyes that ARs jam. They have had that bad reputation for many, many years.
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>>33190616
>Before you jump on me about how there are ARs in other calibers, remember that ARs sold in 223/5.56 are by far the most common.
So what? Alternative ammunition is readily available.
>Also remember that the short action length obviates many of the best rifle cartridges.
Then it sounds like you don't want an assault rifle in the first place.
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>>33190716
>assault rifle
>AR-15
>Being this liberal
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>>33190737
Well the guy is complaining about the caliber, the pistol grip, shorter barrels. He's obviously talking about lighter rifles firing an intermediate cartridge, an assault rifle as opposed to a battle rifle.
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Who drinking and reloading up in here?
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>>33190462
No one because people who drink and reload, can no longer do either
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>>33190462
reloading is a net loss for me, as i make more money to buy ammunition by just working for the hour rather than reloading.
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>>33190462
>>33190589
>at innadoor range
>overhear guy on phone talk about revolver kerplow
>hangs up
>ask him what happened
>opens his bag to show me
>cylinder in halves
>says daughteru was shooting it when it blammed
>ask if she's ok
>points her out
>cute college freshman girl waving.jpg
>oh im glad
>hey was that factory ammo?
>no it was reloads
>you dont say
this post is not a bump btw
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Cool pic of the sentinel at Vandenberg AFB.
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Shittier version of B-2?
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>>33190443
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>>33190487
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While pistol and rifle ammunition has improved in many ways over the last century, defensive shotgun loads have remained essentially the same. How can they be made even more effective?
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>>33190361
>defensive shotgun loads have remained essentially the same
Maybe for normies.
I have...
Dragonbreath
Rocksalt expresso
Tungsten slugs
Magnesium party poppers
Beanbag funbags
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>>33190393
>no bees
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>>33190568
TWF I can't shoot nig nogs with bees and watch him stung to death.
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anyone else surprised how quickly people can die from a bullet.
like what part does it have to hit to?
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>>33190057
Central Nervous System
>Brain Stem/Spinal Cord.
>Time to Incapacitate
Instant.
>Heart
>Time to Incapacitate
5-12 seconds
>Time of death
3-5 minuets.
>Lung shot
>15-30 mins
>Liver
>10-30 mins
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.308 win anywhere in the head will pop your medula oblongata like a fucking grape.
.22 to the nape will kill you real quickfast too.
Head stuff. That's why the first armor we gave soldiers in the era of firearms was a brain bucket.
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>>33190057
If you bring the right weapons it's a non issue.
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Post strange weird shit. 2017-03-04 04:33:27 Post No.33190020
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This is the Chrysler TV8.
It was a nuclear powered tank prototype developed in the early 50s.
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the australians wanted to see if their Sentinel tank can handle the recoil of a 17lbr.
So they stuck two 25lbr howitzers into the tank turret and fired it, since the recoil of 2x 25lbrs > 17lbr recoil
it actually worked. and then the Sentinel never saw combat because the US was literally shitting out enough shermans for everyone to have some.
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>>33191372
>the Sentinel never saw combat because the US was literally shitting out enough shermans for everyone to have some.
but australia never used any
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>>33191597
>but australia never used any
You're right that we never used Shermans, but we did use lend-lease Stuarts. Also used Grants, Crusaders and a bunch of captured ones. They killed the need for a native design.
Shame really as the Sentinel was GOAT.
>>33190020
It was also supposed to be Amphibious.
The traverse would have been glacial given the entire crew, engine, ammo storage etc was in the turret.
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What would be a good gun for home defense? I just bought a nice house but its by a sketchy neighborhood. I figure if I don't buy a gun I'm pretty much screwed. I don't want anything like a judge or a shotgun, a handgun would be preferred. I live in New Mexico now, and I've heard the gun laws here are pretty lenient.
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>>33189803
AR-15, Glock (17, 21 or 20), AK.
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>>33189803
AR-15 in the bedroom, Glock 19 or 17 hidden somewhere in the living room.
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FNX45 - 15+1 .45 is never a bad thing
Where in NM? Las Cruces here
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Where can I find WW2 weapons from the USSR?
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>>33189652
gunborker
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>>33189652
I know a couple of places, but they're both in Maine...
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>>33189652
if you live in the US, Mosin-Nagants are everywhere. Try not to pay more than $200 for one.
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How accurate would you say this is /k/?
I watch a shitton of foreign WWII movies and this is what I'm getting.
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>>33189612
Not accurate at all.
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>>33189770
t. Brit
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>>33189612
Nanking Nanking wasn't such a bad ww2 movie made by the Chinese. They had some decent combat scenes in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKZItn7m5Dk
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When is it wrong to yolo for a chance at glory?
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>>33189413
When yolo is punching the Lt in the balls to impress all your squad mates.
Or joining ISIS.
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>>33189463
A corporal I know kicked a shithead second lieutenant in the nuts. first sergeant saw it.. and laughed so hard he convinced the major not to punish us.
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>>33189490
yep definitely shadman
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Luftwaffe Thread
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>>33189375
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This is now a Luftstreitkräfte thread
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If you had 50,000 dollars randomly show up in your bank account with a note saying, go buy something fun, would you buy a refurbished tank?
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>>33189332
yes
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>>33189332
seeing as how MI sells its T-34s, T-55s and T-72s for roughly same price (give or take a few thousand burgerbux), I'd have a hard time deciding which one I'd take.
there's also the fact that that they sell UAZs for about $3k each, you could get a sizeable fleet for the price of a tank.
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>>33189332
what, you wouldn't?
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War breaks out between US and NK. How long would it last, who would win, what happens.
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This thread pops up at least once a week. North Korea gets fucked like they did almost 70 years ago. China stays out of it this time. Massive humanitarian problems that the UN or whoever else has to clean up.
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>>33189228
Squish
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>>33189228
China would take over or start a coup if they thought Korean War 2 was even a remote possibility.
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Nevada Thread
Any /k/ommandos in Las Vegas, Nevada?
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>>33189132
How are the gun laws there in Las Vegas? I'm possibly moving out there.
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>>33189132
Me and my old platoon buddy's are having a reunion in Las Vegas in 2 months. How far from the Strip are you?
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>>33189132
Heyyyyyyyoooo, Henderson here, Green Valley.
>>33189417
There are none (actually there are, but nothing you would notice, easily among the best gun laws in the nation)
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How does /k/ feel about Ohio? Also brushgun general.
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>>33188705
Looks like my home state of Washington with way less underbrush.
10/10 would dig a fighting position
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>>33188705
Boring.
>source: im an ohioan
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Ohio's Motto: "The Worst State"
I have lived here my whole life and I fucking hate it.
But gun laws and stuff are OK here I guess