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MarineCombatEngineer

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33. Oik then, let me speak with experience,
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 03:34 PM
Aug 2021

on my first deployment to Vietnam, we were issued the M-14, which fired the 7.62x51 mm round, that has somewhat of a kick, not too bad, but still a kick, especially when fired on full auto, on my second deployment to Vietnam, we were issued the M-16A1, which fired the 5.56x45 mm round and I will say with extensive experience that what the writer wrote in that article is pure bullshit, I could hardly believe the lack of recoil, and his statement that he was distracted by the spent shell casings flying by his face is another bullshit statement, unless he is left handed, the casings are ejected to the right side of the rifle, which means that no casings went flying past his face.

This author is full of shit on this subject.
And before you accuse me of being a "gunner", whatever the hell that is, I don't own any firearms, period, after 35 years in the Corps, I have no desire to have them around me.

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I agree the description is over-dramatized, but the AR15 concept was never meant for deer hunting. Atticus Aug 2021 #1
The AR15 platform can fire many different rounds. Some suitable for hunting deer. Kaleva Aug 2021 #7
I was responding to this in the OP: Atticus Aug 2021 #8
Ok. The .223 Remington is considered to be insufficient by many to cleanly kill deer Kaleva Aug 2021 #10
To be pedantic, .308 is not a chambering for the AR-15, but rather the AR-10. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #12
Actually, my headline wasn't technically accurate as the rifle in question was an HK, Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #11
Article does say it was an AR15 style rifle. Kaleva Aug 2021 #14
One presumes that had he been firing a 7.62x51, he would have Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #15
LOL! Kaleva Aug 2021 #18
He'd apparently would have passed out after firing my MosinNagant M-44 in 7.6254mmR lol EX500rider Aug 2021 #23
AR rifle intelpug Aug 2021 #26
Is he sure he didn't sarisataka Aug 2021 #2
I agree WA-03 Democrat Aug 2021 #3
These things are always so poorly done. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #4
Hmm... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #5
Wow. 220's in an M-1 wasn't a very wise choice. yagotme Aug 2021 #35
Sarge had a manual and a few hundred 220s to use up. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #37
Pass everything but a gas station??? yagotme Sep 2021 #40
What can I say? Gas was cheap. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2021 #41
The word of the day is melm00se Aug 2021 #6
This may be a little hyperbole. beemerphill Aug 2021 #9
A Pulitzer Prize winning author pushing an agenda? Now you're just being cynical. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #13
That's not the sad part. beemerphill Aug 2021 #21
It's happening as you read this. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #22
Not even an AR-50 does that. LiberatedUSA Aug 2021 #16
Let's not forget a journalist's description of his firing of an AR-15, some 5 years ago: Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #17
LOL n/t LiberatedUSA Aug 2021 #19
I just figured out what that reminds me of. LiberatedUSA Aug 2021 #20
journalist's description intelpug Aug 2021 #27
Thanks for treating journalists like shit, Gun Enthusiasts. Paladin Aug 2021 #24
Maybe this would help discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #25
This thread is pointing out the absurdity of 2 articles. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #28
Yeah, sure. Paladin Aug 2021 #29
Mea culpa. My apologies for introducing quantitative data. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #30
Behold the earth-shattering recoil of the AR-15! Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #31
You owe it to yourself to find a better spokesman. Paladin Aug 2021 #32
Oik then, let me speak with experience, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #33
When all else fails, attack the messenger rather than the message. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #34
LOL PTWB Sep 2021 #44
Have you fired an AR-15? yagotme Aug 2021 #36
Yes, I've fired an AR-15. Paladin Aug 2021 #38
Unique, to show a point... yagotme Sep 2021 #39
And here you are, all this time later, getting mileage out of trashing him. Paladin Sep 2021 #42
Just explaining my "unique" way of firing an AR-15, yagotme Sep 2021 #43
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