AR's the wave of the future....................

[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

Are AR's the wave or just a fad to be the cool or tacticool guy? Either way they'AR fun! I went against my better judgment and ordered a 7-08 AR10 barrel. Better judgment being not a fan of that caliber, let along the cartridge. A friend of mine has been shooting this cartridge for decades and it's his go-to kill all cartridge. With a 6.5prc AR10 barrel on order it'll be interesting getting it to shoot. IF it works out, then I'll be ordering more short mag AR barrels. I will be subjected to 2.830ish on length which isn't a big deal. What cartridges do some of you have that are not a normal chambering in AR's (10's or 15's).

 

[deemus]

6.5 CM

 

[popper]

AR is the modern levergun. Like semiauto pistols, world is changing.

 

[Maverick44]

They've been around for 67 years.

If it's a fad, it's a looooooooooooong one.

 

[Txhillbilly]

A fad? There are a lot of us that have been shooting AR's since the 1980's. I've got several from 22lr, 223, 6.8 SPC II, 260 Rem., and 308 Win. I also had a 6.5x6.8 wildcat, and a 458 SOCOM in the past.

 

[V-Tach]

Glocks are a fad...................

 

[Army 1911]

A fad? There are a lot of us that have been shooting AR's since the 1980's. I've got several from 22lr, 223, 6.8 SPC II, 260 Rem., and 308 Win. I also had a 6.5x6.8 wildcat, and a 458 SOCOM in the past.

Listen Child, the adults have been shooting them since the 1960s.

 

[Wiliamr]

FAD? where have you been? The M - 16 was adopted in 1963 after McNamara halted production of the M - 14 in January 1963. The AR 15 was the semi auto version available in stores in 1964.

 

[gll]

Listen Child, the adults have been shooting them since the 1960s.

Just curious, when did you actually buy/own your first AR and what was it's model?

 

[rickt300]

Just curious, when did you actually buy/own your first AR and what was it's model?

Mine was a Colt SP1. I guess that was in the 70's. Didn't shoot it a lot because it couldn't be scoped but it was fun to plink at the river with.

 

[A1Oni]

Are AR's the wave or just a fad to be the cool or tacticool guy? Either way they'AR fun! I went against my better judgment and ordered a 7-08 AR10 barrel. Better judgment being not a fan of that caliber, let along the cartridge. A friend of mine has been shooting this cartridge for decades and it's his go-to kill all cartridge. With a 6.5prc AR10 barrel on order it'll be interesting getting it to shoot. IF it works out, then I'll be ordering more short mag AR barrels. I will be subjected to 2.830ish on length which isn't a big deal. What cartridges do some of you have that are not a normal chambering in AR's (10's or 15's).

the AR platform has been the bee's knees since 1956, many have tried to replace it and many have failed and will fail.

 

[Wiliamr]

A fad? There are a lot of us that have been shooting AR's since the 1980's. I've got several from 22lr, 223, 6.8 SPC II, 260 Rem., and 308 Win. I also had a 6.5x6.8 wildcat, and a 458 SOCOM in the past.

Sum of us done been shooting the "platform" since 1969, from Ft. Benning to Pleiku

 

[zackmars]

FAD? where have you been? The M - 16 was adopted in 1963 after McNamara halted production of the M - 14 in January 1963. The AR 15 was the semi auto version available in stores in 1964.

Worth noting that the M14 was halted because Springfield built it on a house of cards and no one could build 2 good rifles in a row. Actual production had been stopped for a while at that point.

The M16 was intended to be a fad. A few guns to hold the military over until SPIW produced a workable design. 60 years later, not really a fad at that point.

 

[Wiliamr]

Worth noting that the M14 was halted because Springfield built it on a house of cards and no one could build 2 good rifles in a row. Actual production had been stopped for a while at that point.

The M16 was intended to be a fad. A few guns to hold the military over until SPIW produced a workable design. 60 years later, not really a fad at that point.

No.

 

[zackmars]

No.

Sooo... Are you going to explain, or, nah nevermind. Here.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sofrep...-terrible-service-rifle-an-in-depth-analysis/

And https://looserounds.com/the-m14-not-much-for-fighting-a-case-against-the-m14-legend/

 

[Eastexasrick]

Sooo... Are you going to explain, or, nah nevermind. Here.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sofrep...-terrible-service-rifle-an-in-depth-analysis/

And https://looserounds.com/the-m14-not-much-for-fighting-a-case-against-the-m14-legend/

Well now, that sure clears some smoke and myth for the venerable M14 for me.

 

[majormadmax]

I guess by that logic the AK is a "fad" as well!

 

[zackmars]

Well now, that sure clears some smoke and myth for the venerable M14 for me.

It was a government agency trying to justify it's existence. The Italians figured out how to modernize the M1 in like 4 years. It took us close to 20 to adopt the shortest lived service rifle in US history.

SA had to bring John C. Garand out of retirement multiple times because they screwed up his design in various ways.

 

[SARGE67]

As a Marine enlistee in May 1967, I trained with the M-14 all summer in San Diego and Camp Pendleton including the range. Once in 'Nam in October I was issued an M-16 with no training on it. I looked at it and thought what is this? Somewhere I learned the basics of it but it damn sure wasn't the same. That it wasn't nearly as heavy as the M-14 was a big plus. It was plastic and felt like a toy

 

[Eastexasrick]

It was a government agency trying to justify it's existence. The Italians figured out how to modernize the M1 in like 4 years. It took us close to 20 to adopt the shortest lived service rifle in US history.

SA had to bring John C. Garand out of retirement multiple times because they screwed up his design in various ways.

It is a story emblematic of so many governmental agencies who's energy is mostly spent justifying their existence rather than achieving their stated goal, and sunset, once completed.