Why is the AR15 so popular?

[Sam7sf]

The ar15 is very versatile. I can pop targets,critters, they make great ranch guns. High capacity incase a horde of varmints try to jump you. I can cook with it. No can or wrapper I can’t open with it.

 

[Big Green]

I wasn't an AR fan until after I joined the Corps on '04. I had zero experience with them prior (AWB was also still in place) and disliked them for all the reasons people have said for years. After training with it and enjoying it I starting building them. It's like Legos for big boys. Choose your caliber, barrel length, gas system length, type of trigger, etc., you can make it as YOU as you want. They can be extremely accurate and reliable and do whatever task you need of them depending on how it's built.

 

[FireInTheWire]

I'm not as knowledgeable as most of the good folks on here. But I'm really starting to really dig mine due to the fact I just found out you can 'tune' an AR by playing around with barrel lengths, BCG weights, gas tube lengths, gas block tuning and buffer spring stiffness. That's where I'm at with mine. I'm hoping to have it all together in a couple weeks.

I also like like mine for predator hunting because you can have a fast follow up in case of a miss.

 

[easy rider]

It's almost like putting a puzzle together, except it takes less time.

 

[AustinN4]

They can be extremely accurate and reliable and do whatever task you need of them depending on how it's built.

Like adding a SBS for breaching or a grenade launcher.
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...0.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.Crl_8Ax7HXs

 

[avvidclif]

It's almost like putting a puzzle together, except it takes less time.

Sure but each spot has multiple pieces that will fit. Once the puzzle is assembled and all of the pieces match color you have it. Wrong color for a piece change it.

 

[Moonpie]

Let me introduce you to the song of my people.

 

[easy rider]

Like adding a SBS for breaching or a grenade launcher.
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...0.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.Crl_8Ax7HXs

Don't forget a chainsaw bayonet:
https://www.panaceax.com/weaponized-chainsaw/copy-of-zxcs-chain-saw-in-coyote-brown

 

[diesel1959]

Let me introduce you to the sound of my people.

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Moonpie robbed me of my PING!

 

[cb51]

So what do you like to shoot? Many of us also really enjoy other types of rifles... but my go-to ranch defense against 4 or 2 legged critters is one of my ARs. (no legged critters it's usually snake shot in a .45ACP pistol)

Mostly Smith and Wesson revolvers and Marlin lever action rifles. My favorite combo is my old Model 19 and the Marlin 1894 in .357. Like keeping the ammo supply simple. All my Marlins have the Williams foolproof peep sight with the screw in aperture removed for ghost ring shooting quick in low light conditions.

I'm not trolling, but am just really curious about the AR. I defend any gun owners right to own and shoot whatever you want. Some people like scotch for some reason, some like bourbon.

 

[easy rider]

Mostly Smith and Wesson revolvers and Marlin lever action rifles. My favorite combo is my old Model 19 and the Marlin 1894 in .357. Like keeping the ammo supply simple. All my Marlins have the Wiliams foolproof peep sight with the screw in aperture removed for ghost ring shooting quick in low light conditions.

I'm not trolling, but am just really curious about the AR. I defend any gun owners right to own and shoot whatever you want. Some people like scotch for some reason, some like bourbon.

Those are beautiful types of guns and I like them too, but AR's can be a hoot to shoot, and if you want to shoot different targets quickly AR's would be much faster and hold more ammo.

 

[diesel1959]

sounds like the OP doesn't like semiauto.

 

[Frank59]

sounds like the OP doesn't like semiauto.

Nuttin wrong with that!!

 

[cb51]

sounds like the OP doesn't like semiauto.

Growing up in the 1950's I watched a lot of westerns and cop shows. Had a bad influence on me. Later on it was Joe Friday and Reed and Malloy.

 

[diesel1959]

Nuttin wrong with that!!

Nuttin' wrong with liking old school AND new school. Don't need to settle for one or the other.

 

[diesel1959]

Growing up in the 1950's I watched a lot of westerns and cop shows. Had a bad influence on me. Later on it was Joe Friday and Reed and Malloy.

Yeah, well the Joe Fridays and Reeds and Malloys of today don't carry wheelguns as their primary duty weapons. Time moves on. And yeah, I grew up watching The Rifleman; Wanted: Dead or Alive; Bonanza; One-Eyed Jacks; etc., but I like modern technology.

 

[Dancing Heretik]

The AR is very easy to disassemble and reassemble and easier to shoot for some.

The main reasons my brother gives for choosing the AR are:
1) He's getting old and can't handle the recoil of a hunting rifle, like a 30-30 or 30.06.
2) Easy to find interchangeable parts to keep it up and running for years to come.

 

[AustinN4]

I defend any gun owners right to own and shoot whatever you want.

 

[Moonpie]

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[SQLGeek]

Nuttin' wrong with liking old school AND new school. Don't need to settle for one or the other.

Exactly! This is what I was saying in the choose your pistol type thread.

I love my 1944 Springfield M1 and my AR pattern carbine. They both have qualities I appreciate.