My AR15 Adventure at Bass Pro

[CyberJCM]

We're similar out here in CA for handguns to what Kent described for HI. Pay $25 to take a test to be allowed to purchase, $35 for DROS and the background check, sign some stuff, wait around, buy the gun, wait two weeks to pick up, go pick up, sign more stuff, do a safe handling demo and finally you're off!

As far as AR's go out here, they are crazy hard to get! My local shop said they have a list of 200, half committed to buy and the other wait list, and they aren't taking more names.

I feel like I want one of these... Honestly mostly because "they" don't want me to and who knows what will happen. But can you guys tell me, as my being mostly a casual recreation and concerned HD shooter, what having an AR would do for me? I ask because I know little to nothing about it. I grew up around my grandpas firearms, but he was a very traditional gun owner. Nothing fancy, high tech, polymer about anything he had. So I guess the big question, why would I want one?

 

[dreadpirate]

We're similar out here in CA for handguns to what Kent described for HI. Pay $25 to take a test to be allowed to purchase, $35 for DROS and the background check, sign some stuff, wait around, buy the gun, wait two weeks to pick up, go pick up, sign more stuff, do a safe handling demo and finally you're off!

As far as AR's go out here, they are crazy hard to get! My local shop said they have a list of 200, half committed to buy and the other wait list, and they aren't taking more names.

I feel like I want one of these... Honestly mostly because "they" don't want me to and who knows what will happen. But can you guys tell me, as my being mostly a casual recreation and concerned HD shooter, what having an AR would do for me? I ask because I know little to nothing about it. I grew up around my grandpas firearms, but he was a very traditional gun owner. Nothing fancy, high tech, polymer about anything he had. So I guess the big question, why would I want one?

My 2 cents worth; The AR 15 is an extremely accurate semi-auto rifle. It is also versatile You can switch out just about every component on that rifle; barrel, stock, trigger, hand guards, event change the caliber from 223 to 6.8 SPC or 6.5 Grendal. There is also an AR 10 platform; which is basically the same except you can fire larger calibers (e.g., 243 or 308). You can (if legal in your state) use a 30 round mag, or a 5 round mag, what ever suites you.

Because of it's flexibility and accuracy, this rifle (imho) is a sporting rifle, and not only a military rifle, like (e.g.) the old Soviet era SKS. Nothing wrong with an SKS; they look like a hoot to shoot; just not (imho) in the same kind of sporing rifle as an AR15 / AR10.

OBTW - I was in the Army 10 years and loved shooting my M16.

 

[dreadpirate]

Well - today is the day. I put it together and laser bore sighted it. She sports a Vortex Viper HS 2.5 - 10 and a red dot reflex sight. Here she is.




An astute observer will notice something about this rifle. I got the thing home, popped in the magazine, tried to eject the magazine. No can do. ***? Low and behold; the release is a bullet button!! It's a CA compliant AR!! You need a bullet or similar pointed tool to eject the mag.

You know what - I'll just get another release, or add one of these

http://www.riflegear.com/p-489-ar15-bullet-button-wrench.aspx http://www.riflegear.com/p-497-vamfire-freelock-mini-kit.aspx

It's still a bad *** rifle as far as I am concerned. Off to the range to site her in.

 

[paco664]

nice.........

 

[Kentos]

Since it's not black is it a sporting rifle?.

 

[goatee]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sig-Sauer...gMethod=Recommendation:wm:RecentlyViewedItems

under $900 and fires both cart.

 

[Kabong30]

^
True, but good luck finding one. That's why he went with the rifle he chose.