Well perhaps not.....really it reminds me of the saying.
This really goes with the explain the Ruger #1 thread only another way....I think I might feel the same way about the AR as the #1 guy feels about the #1....I really don't get it. Yea you can make it anything you want it really is like that meme says...it is the barbie doll for men.
I own an, yes just one AR, and I bought it back the first time around when they said that they are going to take it away from us. It is also just like it was when it came out of the box all those years ago. And you know in the 80's 90's I shot it quite a bit....did matches with it, plinked with it....shooting a souped up 22 is kinda fun.....then I am not sure what happened, but it became a cult gun and the last time mine was out of the safe was when my son shot it at a cmp match about 7-8 years ago. I still shoot and load for 223 just shoot it out of a bolt gun.
So troll why did you start this tread....well I was reading the explain Ruger #1 thread and the 45-70 thread (something that I own each of) and in the 45-70 thread there is a post of a...guess I will say replacement....for the 45-70 that you can shoot out of an AR platform....really....sorry guys but I see that as really stupid.
Ok I get because of laws or personal finances you may only own, have space for, wife will only "allow" one gun, (get to training that wife if this is the case) and I get that.
But past that, why are people so married to the AR platform....I just do not get it. Some guns are a work of art, fantastic wood and blue can make them just....well art. Ever see wood on an AR....nothing looks more out of place...and really ugly....ever see a case hardened parts on an AR...same deal, just looks stupid.
Perhaps it is the same reason people love plastic....yes PLASTIC hand guns, (yea I hate those as well and will never personally own one) it is a tool....but you know, my 1903 Colt is a tool, and it has never ever failed me and I would and do trust my life to it going bang....sure it is old and a little more heavy, but it does have something new plastic fantastic guns will never have class. Look at a fine 03 springfield, #1, even modern CZ bolt guns or....you pick.
Really the only reason I think the platform is so popular is two reasons....a little like the 10/22 it allows people to play pretend gunsmith and screw one together and chances are they will not blow themselves up, and it is the tacticool factor.
This really goes with the explain the Ruger #1 thread only another way....I think I might feel the same way about the AR as the #1 guy feels about the #1....I really don't get it. Yea you can make it anything you want it really is like that meme says...it is the barbie doll for men.
I own an, yes just one AR, and I bought it back the first time around when they said that they are going to take it away from us. It is also just like it was when it came out of the box all those years ago. And you know in the 80's 90's I shot it quite a bit....did matches with it, plinked with it....shooting a souped up 22 is kinda fun.....then I am not sure what happened, but it became a cult gun and the last time mine was out of the safe was when my son shot it at a cmp match about 7-8 years ago. I still shoot and load for 223 just shoot it out of a bolt gun.
So troll why did you start this tread....well I was reading the explain Ruger #1 thread and the 45-70 thread (something that I own each of) and in the 45-70 thread there is a post of a...guess I will say replacement....for the 45-70 that you can shoot out of an AR platform....really....sorry guys but I see that as really stupid.
Ok I get because of laws or personal finances you may only own, have space for, wife will only "allow" one gun, (get to training that wife if this is the case) and I get that.
But past that, why are people so married to the AR platform....I just do not get it. Some guns are a work of art, fantastic wood and blue can make them just....well art. Ever see wood on an AR....nothing looks more out of place...and really ugly....ever see a case hardened parts on an AR...same deal, just looks stupid.
Perhaps it is the same reason people love plastic....yes PLASTIC hand guns, (yea I hate those as well and will never personally own one) it is a tool....but you know, my 1903 Colt is a tool, and it has never ever failed me and I would and do trust my life to it going bang....sure it is old and a little more heavy, but it does have something new plastic fantastic guns will never have class. Look at a fine 03 springfield, #1, even modern CZ bolt guns or....you pick.
Really the only reason I think the platform is so popular is two reasons....a little like the 10/22 it allows people to play pretend gunsmith and screw one together and chances are they will not blow themselves up, and it is the tacticool factor.
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