How many AR's in private hands?

[dom1104]

all good points Armed Bear

I, too, have a .22LR upper. It's fun. But I can't claim that I got it because it was the least-expensive option for plinking...

I agree, but I dont think I would buy a 600 dollar complete upper. I went with the 189 dollar conversion kit that you can slap in super easy. came with 3 mags too.


189 bucks to shoot 22 out of a gun that you already have to shoot .223? yes maam.

Also, I ride a motorcycle, the gun comes apart in two peices to fit in my backpack, and the 22lr conversion fits in a little tube.

For me, its pretty much ideal.

I am a fan of conversions tho, kadet conversion for the CZ pistols, AR conversion for the AR..... I love em. get a trigger job for either, it affects both guns, familiarity etc.. bring it on!

But I think we hijacked the thread.

 

[H2O MAN]

How many AR's in private hands?

None in these private hands.

 

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THE DARK KNIGHT

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The tremendous boom in AR sales in the last few years should make another Assault Weapons ban nearly impossible as the black rifle has become so mainstream

Um, NO?

Say half the houses in America have a gun, maybe a fifth of those half have an AR. There's still a vast majority who do not have an AR and would love to see a ban. In fact, there are many gun owners who support things like registration, "Assault Weapons" bans, handgun bans, etc.


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This administration will do anything to disarm the populace.

Really? I haven't seen them try anything so far. In fact, they did something positive for 2A with national parks, and even came within an inch of creating a national CCW reciprocity.

Since November 4, 2008 the only reason any gun or ammo has not been available to me was because either a dealer jacked the price or a crazed buyer beat me to it.

Um, Sorry but I can't go along with the notion that this admin. is not a clear danger to the 2A. The only thing in their way is the amount they have piled on their table already.
As for the popularity, you are probably correct in your statement that the AR doesn't fill half of Americas personal arsenals but as I said a whole generation has grown up in service to this country with one of the evil things attached to them. The rest of America has watched these same young brave Americans at work with the same and while they are proven deadly they also have been shown to not be possessed by the evil some polititons have claimed.
We as a country have become accustomed and some even endeared to the ugly black rifle.
Our opinions differ for sure I feel that the gun is ubiquitous in America but still won't trust the admin. to leave it alone. You seem to think it is much less popular, yet we have no worries because the admin. has no designs on our 2A rights.
I like my view so we will have to agree to disagree.

 

[ArmedBear]

In fact, they did something positive for 2A with national parks, and even came within an inch of creating a national CCW reciprocity.

Do you have any idea that there's a difference between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch, DARK KNIGHT?

 

[CYANIDEGENOCIDE]

armed bear i have to disagree with your comment about serious rifle shooters don"t shoot .300 winmag exclusively. I think you would find that they do. The most serious guys shoot one rifle with one load and don't like to pick up another weapon because it begins to change their muscle memory. I'm not talking about the "operators" with their ar-15's but the over 1000 yard shooters
I also have to disagree with your comment about a marlin mod 60 being more accurate than any shooter, if such were the case why don't we see mod 6o's in the olympics?

 

[ArmedBear]

You didn't read what I wrote. I didn't say it was more accurate than any shooter. I said it was more accurate than anyone can hold it. Note that I was talking about practice and plinking.

I'd be more than happy to have a 50 yard match where an Olympic shooter with a Model 60 shoots offhand, and I shoot one from a machine rest.

You won't see any semiauto .22s in the Olympics, so you wouldn't see them even if they could shoot 0.1 MOA. You also won't see any AR conversions, or even dedicated uppers, at the Olympics, which is what we were discussing...

i have to disagree with your comment about serious rifle shooters don"t shoot .300 winmag exclusively. I think you would find that they do.

I talked to a 1000 yard record holder at the range a few months back. He was shooting a few different calibers, and testing a crazy-accurate load for 6mm BR. By no means did he spend all his time blasting away with a .300 WinMag.

 

[kamagong]

I'd say that there are a few million at least. It's estimated that there are at least 250,000 ARs in California alone.

 

[stchman]

Enough that they are not as cool as they used to be. Same goes with AKs.

 

[3pairs12]

At least 100,000, just based on AR15.com membership alone.

I know several members on that board that have 10+. My guess would be in the nieghborhood of 5,000,000

 

[RP88]

considering how many guns those 30 manufacturers (90% of which seemingly solely produce ARs) must have sold to where they are still in business and thriving enough to where they have a branched and structured business, you can probably figure at least in the neighborhood of ten million. At least, that is what I would figure.

 

[Nugilum]

How many are "at the bottom of rivers and lakes"?

 

[Schleprok62]

Probably more than they can account for... (Like as in ACTUAL numbers) Taking into consideration that things break and get replaced, etc...

This is a good read... very interesting perspectives from several people... and while we're at throwing in twists...

Since the AWB '94 expired, it seems to me that the buying frenzy not only affected the AR (& variants), but also the AK (& all variants), FAL, SKS, CETME, etc... pretty much anything available in a semi-auto centerfire "assault - look" configuration... Do you all think the combined numbers of all of those weapons would put it into the kind of numbers to make them "common" enough to ward off another ban???



Food for thought... huh??


Cheers...

 

[12131]

I know several members on that board that have 10+. My guess would be in the nieghborhood of 5,000,000

That's why I said at least, just based on the membership alone.

 

[General Geoff]

Also, are you including AR-10s (.308/other long action calibers) in these speculative figures?