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AR all the way! 
Mini 30 or AR-15 ?
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MHBushmaster
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AR's in other calibers...
...folks, the AR is very modular as mentioned.
Try a .50 Beauwolf chambering for a Bear caliber rifle.
You just buy an .50 Beauwolf Upper from Alexander Arms, get some ammo and voila! You are ready for defending yourself against anything in North America.
Slap on your 5.56 upper and go back to the setup that everyone is talking about...Gotta love that, go with an AR15, it addresses all of your concerns/wants.
...folks, the AR is very modular as mentioned.
Try a .50 Beauwolf chambering for a Bear caliber rifle.
You just buy an .50 Beauwolf Upper from Alexander Arms, get some ammo and voila! You are ready for defending yourself against anything in North America.
Slap on your 5.56 upper and go back to the setup that everyone is talking about...Gotta love that, go with an AR15, it addresses all of your concerns/wants.
_N4Z_
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Be happy to give you my source Mr. Roberts Texas Moderator.
I was told/taught this in US Army small arms training. Primary Instructor at that time was SFC Northington, 11 Bravo (infantry), Special Forces patch on the right shoulder, savvy? This man was the definition of bada$$, knew his stuff, and by God, you would take what he said as the gospel. We trained, used and qualified with M16A1 rifles. I then used one for the next 8 years in the mighty fine Army. Safe to say I am somewhat familiar with the weapon and the round, atleast from that time period.
And now you proclaim all that stuff I learned and saw was just a bunch of myth smoke blown up my rear by the US military?
Sure your right. And a Mini 30 still will reach out to 300 yards.
Bartholomew Roberts
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I know it is difficult for many people to accept; but drill instructors don't always pass down the correct information for a variety of reasons.
Not all of it, just the two items I highlighted. There are plenty of links here to a lot of scientific studies on the subject that systematically prove that if you would like to read them. You can check the "Reading Library" link at the top for a good place to start.
By the way, there is something like 20-30 megs of official government reports on the adoption of the M16 in those threads and I have read all of them. None of them mention "more likely to maim" as a factor.
Not all of it, just the two items I highlighted. There are plenty of links here to a lot of scientific studies on the subject that systematically prove that if you would like to read them. You can check the "Reading Library" link at the top for a good place to start.
By the way, there is something like 20-30 megs of official government reports on the adoption of the M16 in those threads and I have read all of them. None of them mention "more likely to maim" as a factor.
_N4Z_
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Fair enough BR, no official documentation of said doctrine is readily available. It was though talked up by the drill heads, and in my time was accepted as fact by those I served with in regular line units.
May very well be BS, but as a means of removing enemy combatants from the field of battle, you have to admit it makes much sense.
May very well be BS, but as a means of removing enemy combatants from the field of battle, you have to admit it makes much sense.
Art Eatman
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N4Z, I imagine that "wounding" idea worked better for others against us than for us against others. WW I & WW II agaisnt the Germans, maybe, but in Korea the NKs and the Chinese weren't noted for their numbers of Corpsmen.
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