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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:40 PM Original message |
"Assault weapons" for hunting? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Suggest you consider revising your second sentence to read "not talking about". n/t |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks, will do. (n/t) |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Doesn't this more depend on the "tumbling rounds"? |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wow. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. WOW |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. You're right. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. The point being to tumble AFTER it hits flesh |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That was my point |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The Buick O' Truth |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yup, light and fast means they aren't as stable... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The tumbling of the bullet is based on bullet design. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That, I think, is what I was getting at |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Suppose to be "more humane" |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Entry wound is small |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. There has been much improvement since the 70's. |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Hmmm.. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Short of a smooth bore |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. My guess is, that rifle in the deer picture above is an AR-10 |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. The bottom picture says pretty much what you can hunt with. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You make valid points..but |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. They make different-sized uppers for AR-15s, though |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. But as the barrel gets larger so does the cost. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Probably cheaper than buying a whole new gun, though |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If you have the AR already it might be economical. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Yeah, bolt actions run about half the cost of an AR |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Before the recent run up in prices.. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Sounds like a good deal. Did you mill the barrel yourself? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Nope, bought most of the parts online. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Remember the AR-10 is chambered for the .308 |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I would say a stock AR would be more adequate for deer. |
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sir pball (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. That's the exact rifle I've been hunting with for 5 years now. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. LOL Great Post... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. True, it causes voters who would vote for Democrats... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Agreed.. |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I have a sneaking hunch |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You are probably right... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. I used an AR-15 to hunt javelinas last year in AZ |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. What is lost on the anti-gun folks is this one simple fact. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Exactly, and in many states five rounds is all you can have... |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well... |
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Furyataurus (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. You don't go varmint hunting with a bolt action rifle |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Depends on where you live. This is a shot from the edge of my property |
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sir pball (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. On the rare occasions when I shoot coyotes.. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Fuds |
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