Pffffht, forget that gas-operated pansy piece and let us know when you're ready for a real gun...:biggrin:
Anaconda, .44mag
When I shoot I want to be able to feel it (and show the bruise afterwards)
... I have shot a .50AE DE though...
"...that bulk buying whether ammunition, computers or stationery is the norm for reasons of economy, and is especially sensible in the era of sequestration so zealously approved by Congress. D.H.S. says that its plan to buy about 750 million rounds in the next five years 80 percent for training purposes..."
So they plan on fireing 150 million rounds in active duty in the next 5 years, maybe someone could show them how to hit what they are aiming at or are they planning on killing 150million bad guys?
what are stripper clips?
As Wreckem said, it's function of supply and demand, free market capitalism. For the past several years you have had widespread panic buying of guns and ammo. Given the mindset of a substantial minority of the American public, I don't expect this to change in the foreseeable future or until some other fad replaces this one.
AR15 ammo? You mean peasly .223?
where do you guys get ammo for 38, 357, 40's ? How about reloads?
The 600mil is the training and recertification.
He was talking about the 150mil rounds fired in live active duty, which is not training and recertification.
care to explain?
I don't follow.
Related: I swung by a Walmart on the other side of the state. My local Walmart has always had plenty of ammo on hand. Apparently at the more rural stores, the same isn't true;
I'm getting ready to buy my first assault rifle. A co-worker of mine (a gun nut I trust) has suggested I buy a gun that uses 7.62x39. After firing his AK47 and his Saiga 12 I agree with him. He said it's much easier to find ammo and at a much cheaper cost. He's going to help me find one for about $600. I told him it must be Russian made, no cheap Chinese shit.
I'm getting ready to buy my first assault rifle. A co-worker of mine (a gun nut I trust) has suggested I buy a gun that uses 7.62x39. After firing his AK47 and his Saiga 12 I agree with him. He said it's much easier to find ammo and at a much cheaper cost. He's going to help me find one for about $600. I told him it must be Russian made, no cheap Chinese shit.
Google some custom AK47s.
Why the crap would you pay twice as much for a AR-15 with the expensive 5.56 ammo prices?
I have nothing against Soviet-Bloc firearms and may have one in the safe, but no serious enthusiast has trouble understanding where the AR platform is vastly superior.
Strange post.
Yeah because the 5.56x45 is such a man stopper and a reach out and touch you round?
It's not.
That's why the military started issuing M-14s to our service men in Afghanistan.
Since I am not kicking in doors in The Sandbox, and am already neutered to 10rd magazines (supposedly) which don't make good battle weapons anyway...I prefer the accuracy of the AR platform over the AK when I am destroying paper enemies at medium distance.
However, this thread isn't about that, and it is a beaten dead horse on the internet already.
You are welcome to your preference, but when you come into an AR-specific thread and state that nobody should by them, and that your preference is superior, it is a troll alarm.
I never said not to buy a AR. My dad, my brothers all bought ARs. It's about price per round. A round placed in the right spot will kill a man, period. I'm just saying that the AK round per round is the better price option, right now.
Yeah because the 5.56x45 is such a man stopper and a reach out and touch you round?
It's not.
That's why the military started issuing M-14s to our service men in Afghanistan.