Look, I'm of the belief that they're no logical reason to own an AR-15, but at the same time, I feel like if we give the slightest inch, the anti-gun people will demand more and more guns be made illegal until we cannot defend ourselves and end up in a Venezuela or Australia-like state where the state can impose their will without fear of rebuke. Think of it this way. We don't want kids to die in school shootings, but at the same time we shouldn't want them to grow up as prisoners to an overpowered political system. You can't simultaneously guarantee freedom and safety. Short term sacrifices hurt in the long term.
EDIT: Chill, people. I'm allowed to have my opinion, as are you, I'm not saying you can't own one I'm just saying I don't see the reason why you need one. Don't jump down my throat.
No logical reason?
Rifles are more accurate than handguns, cannot easily be taken off of you or dropped, cannot be concealed easily, less likely to accidentally shoot yourself, and have superior stopping power against someone trying to kill you.
There's a reason far more homicides happen with handguns than rifles.
I disagree. I love on a farm we "hunt" squirrels and wild pigs. For the squirrels the forman uses a shotgun. My uncle tried to use a 22 and hit nothing. He has recently and quite successfully moved up to a larger caliber. I don't know if he technically uses an AR-15 but it looks like that sort of gun. AR-15's aren't powerful enough to hunt boar with. You need serious stopping power for that.
Then there is the bigger reason for guns, defense against crazy people. Ive seem people walking through my land at night, it's scary as hell. They are probably idiot teens or drinks. So I like the biggest scariest looking thing ever. Then they will see me and leave. It's worked in the past.
I would guess "reasonable gun control" would distroy both my protection and pest control so I go with no thanks we keep all the guns.
AR-15 can be chambered in .458 socom, 450 bearcat, 300 blackout, 6.8, 6.5, 6.0, 5.56, 1.7 with just swapping parts. No special machining.
How many calibers do you need?
With modification to the mag well you have about a half dozen more choices.
you can feed .223s in a barrel chambered in 5.56 all day long,
but the working psi of the 5.56 exceeds the working psi of the .223 barrel, plus the forced infacement of the 5.56 cause the psi to spike even higher, if I recall +/- 40k psi.
Look, I'm of the belief that they're no logical reason to own an AR-15, but at the same time, I feel like if we give the slightest inch, the anti-gun people will demand more and more guns be made illegal until we cannot defend ourselves and end up in a Venezuela or Australia-like state where the state can impose their will without fear of rebuke. Think of it this way. We don't want kids to die in school shootings, but at the same time we shouldn't want them to grow up as prisoners to an overpowered political system. You can't simultaneously guarantee freedom and safety. Short term sacrifices hurt in the long term.
EDIT: Chill, people. I'm allowed to have my opinion, as are you, I'm not saying you can't own one I'm just saying I don't see the reason why you need one. Don't jump down my throat.
No logical reason? Then your logic is flawed.
Then why do cops carry them?
Keep in mind, cops don't have any more right to shoot people than you do. They only have a right to shoot in self-defense, the same as you.
So why do they carry AR-15s, if there's no logical reason to do so?
Maybe you need to learn about guns.
ARs are perfect for pigs.
No logical reason? Rifles are more accurate than handguns, cannot easily be taken off of you or dropped, cannot be concealed easily, less likely to accidentally shoot yourself, and have superior stopping power against someone trying to kill you.
There's a reason far more homicides happen with handguns than rifles.
I disagree. I love on a farm we "hunt" squirrels and wild pigs. For the squirrels the forman uses a shotgun. My uncle tried to use a 22 and hit nothing. He has recently and quite successfully moved up to a larger caliber. I don't know if he technically uses an AR-15 but it looks like that sort of gun. AR-15's aren't powerful enough to hunt boar with. You need serious stopping power for that.
Then there is the bigger reason for guns, defense against crazy people. Ive seem people walking through my land at night, it's scary as hell. They are probably idiot teens or drinks. So I like the biggest scariest looking thing ever. Then they will see me and leave. It's worked in the past.
I would guess "reasonable gun control" would distroy both my protection and pest control so I go with no thanks we keep all the guns.
AR-15 can be chambered in .458 socom, 450 bearcat, 300 blackout, 6.8, 6.5, 6.0, 5.56, 1.7 with just swapping parts. No special machining. How many calibers do you need?
With modification to the mag well you have about a half dozen more choices.
I mostly whine at others to get rid of the pigs. They could probably answer your question.
Sounds like pork chops delivered. :)
AR-15's are 5.56mm or .223 (only difference in those two is head spacing) which is nothing but a .22 caliber moving at a higher velocity.
Head space and pressure,
you can feed .223s in a barrel chambered in 5.56 all day long,
but the working psi of the 5.56 exceeds the working psi of the .223 barrel, plus the forced infacement of the 5.56 cause the psi to spike even higher, if I recall +/- 40k psi.
Problem waiting to happen.
Correct. 5.56 NATO runs hotter (higher chamber pressure) than .223 which is loaded to SAAMI specs.