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I've said several times in this thread that I am not attempting to make any point. I just asked a question. Seems the people responding aren't capable of understanding that. I don't blame them. They were probably home schooled.I'm beginning to believe you don't have a point...Please link to anything that might imply any desire I might have to demonize any rifle, scary or not.
The problem is when lawmakers are utterly ignorant about guns and still make laws about them.An assault weapon is whatever a given lawmaking body determines it to be – not the military, not gun manufacturers, and not message board posters.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
Not sure where I said I was looking for any kind of debate in this thread. Please linkSo you know what the answer is, and you lied when you said you wanted honest debate.Got it. You don't know the answer, so you think a dumb remark will cover up your ignorance.Well if you exclude the ammo then an M-4 is just a spoon. Don't be ridiculous.You are absolutely right. That is why I specifically excluded that capability from the discussion in the OP. Are you saying that the M4 and the AR15 are equivalent in everything but the multi-fire capability?Part of the actual definition of an assault rifle is that it is able to fire in fully automatic mode. AR-15s are simi-automatic and incapable of fully automatic fire. Weapons 101. A very high percentage of all firearms are simi-automatic and not assault anything. This is basic knowledge and essential for any rational discussion of firearms use.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
Just like I said. A lame GOTCHA.
Yes, I know about the select fire option. That is why I excluded that from the discussion. I'm trying to find out differences other than the obviously main difference.The select-fire option is the basic difference. You seem to be trying to make the case that the average AR-owner is capable of the gunsmithing necessary to create a full-auto weapon. The truth is that these rifles are used in fewer killings than hammers or knives, or fists and feet, for that matter.Aren't there any smart gun enthusiasts that can answer my question?
Here's a question right back atcha -
Is THIS an "assault weapon"?
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It's a Ruger mini-14. It fires the same rounds as the AR and just as rapidly - one round for every pull of the trigger. The gaslighting bullshit about AR or AK-styled weapons is just that. When the government comes for the guns, they won't be stupid enough to try to grab them all at once. They take the AR/AK platform first, wait a while then come for all semi-autos of a certain caliber range, THEN they'll get around to the serious business of collecting the true tool of slaughter - semi-auto handguns.
*SPOILER ALERT* IT DOESN'T END WELL FOR THE DOOR KICKERS.
I have specifically refrained from making any case for anything. I just asked the question, and perhaps lightly discussed some of the answers.
I've shot a mini-14. but don't know enough about it to comment.
I see you have concerns about the government taking our guns, but that has nothing to do with my question.
Then it's a good thing I asked the question, then, isn't it? Please restate the differences, other than the completely legal, untracked parts we have already mentioned.Just to be clear, you are saying that there is no real difference between an ordinary Ar15 and a fully automatic AR15, other than a few easily changed parts, right?Interesting, but not very specific. I'll go at it from a different angle. which of those parts can't be easily purchased without some sort of special license, permit, or other special permission. The ones that Joe Blow, on the street couldn't easily purchase.How many of those parts are easily and legally available for purchase? How much of that list can be found on the shelf of any large gun shop? Next, please list any parts that aren't easily purchased.If you have a file, pretty much any double action gun can be made full auto. The trouble is you can't stop it after you pull the trigger. AR's are simple to convert if you have the selector.I's not hard or expensive to convert an AR15 to full auto capability. It's illegal as hell, and you should be ready to spend a lot of time in prison, but it's not that hard to do.well and the whole auto fire thing that you keep ignoringThe point is to find the material differences between the two rifles. In this thread I have learned the M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped so a grenade launcher can attach to it. Other than the auto capability, that is the only difference anybody has been able to mention.That is the only attempt at an answer in the entire thread.Figure it out, EinsteinYou should start a thread if you are looking for that answer. This thread is about the M4 and the AR15.I'm not seeing your point.
What is the material difference between this military issue M24 sniper rifle...
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...and this extremely popular Remington 700 deer rifle...?
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Remington Model 700 - Wikipedia
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AR-15 Vs. M4: Which Weapon Is More Formidable? AR-15 vs M4
AR-15 vs. M4 are two varying rifles with striking similarities. AR-15 is easily accessible to civilians. Whereas, the M4 is fully automatic.www.custom-ar15.com
1. Barrel - The M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped to receive a grenade launcher.
2 Ammo. - The Ar15 can be chambered for several different shells, but the M4 is only capable of 5.56.
3 Automation - Until 1986, both rifles were legally capable of full automatic fire, but the AR15 was modified in 1986. Conversion back to auto fire is neither hard or expensive, but is illegal. ------------this was noted in the OP.
4 manufacturer
5. legality. This has been discussed, but is not a material difference in the guns, or the way they work. other than the already mentioned full auto capability.
6 Category. This is how they are referred to on paper, and has nothing to do with material differences between the rifles, other than the auto capability.
You did point out that the barrel is shaped a little different, but the purpose of that was to attach grenade launcher. Hardly a material difference in the accuracy, speed, or capability of long term continuous use. You got anything else to add to your list? The rest of the differences in your link are really just distinctions without any real differences.
Yeah...other rifles are also convertible to full automatic fire....
See the North Hollywood shootout where the rifles were converted to fully automatic fire...yet, in the shootout...the two robbers, firing fully automatic at the police didn't manage to kill anyone.....both, however, were killed by police using semi-automatic weapons...
So again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location...in the North Hollywood shootout, the people they shot at were in the open, not in a building, and were behind cover.....so no one was killed by the fully automatic rifle fire.....however, again, both perps, even with their fully automatic rifles, were killed by police with semi-automatic weapons....
It isn't the weapon, it is the target location that makes all the difference....
Case in point...the 1984 FBI shooting, the two criminals had a mini-14 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle, and a pump action shotgun.....they managed to kill 2 FBI agents and wounded 5 others......
Again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location.....in this case, the shooters were good shots.......the FBI weren't so good...
I am curious as to your point...where you would like to go with this....
No, they aren't. As someone who actually HAS, legally converted an AR-15 into a M-16 it is actually quite easy if you have a full machine shop. Quite the opposite if you don't. And you need much more than just the selector lever, you need a disconnector, you need to drill the hole for the safety sear in EXACTLY the right position, if you're off by more than a couple of thousandths you're SOL. You have to change the bolt carrier, you have to change the firing pin, and, if you want it to work well, you'll need to upgrade the buffer, and buffer spring.
So, no. If you don't have access to a machine shop, it ain't easy.
All of them are legal. Except for in the state of californication. As far as availability goes, they aren't very available. When you can find them, they are expensive. And, because they are hard working parts, you can't just make them in a cheap 3D printer either.
Actually, I was VERY specific. No special permission is required to buy ANY of those parts. They are just difficult to find because there is no demand, so why make something that has low demand?
Not what I said at all. But hey, lying is about the only thing you are good at.
You should give up trying to be condescending. You're not good at it.I've said several times in this thread that I am not attempting to make any point. I just asked a question. Seems the people responding aren't capable of understanding that. I don't blame them. They were probably home schooled.I'm beginning to believe you don't have a point...Please link to anything that might imply any desire I might have to demonize any rifle, scary or not.
Don't be silly.No. I didn't list every sub category of the M4. There are a few.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
First of all the M4 comes with three round burst and single shot.
The M4a1 comes with single shot and full auto.
At least do a little research before posting.
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The rifle you described doesnt exist.
This is why we dont take you anti gunners seriously.
The problem is when lawmakers are utterly ignorant about guns and still make laws about them.An assault weapon is whatever a given lawmaking body determines it to be – not the military, not gun manufacturers, and not message board posters.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
My favorite stupid politician when it comes to firearms......
3:00 minute mark.
Okay, so you didn't want debate. You just wanted someone to parrot your own opinion, which is that AR rifles should be banned.Not sure where I said I was looking for any kind of debate in this thread. Please linkSo you know what the answer is, and you lied when you said you wanted honest debate.Got it. You don't know the answer, so you think a dumb remark will cover up your ignorance.Well if you exclude the ammo then an M-4 is just a spoon. Don't be ridiculous.You are absolutely right. That is why I specifically excluded that capability from the discussion in the OP. Are you saying that the M4 and the AR15 are equivalent in everything but the multi-fire capability?Part of the actual definition of an assault rifle is that it is able to fire in fully automatic mode. AR-15s are simi-automatic and incapable of fully automatic fire. Weapons 101. A very high percentage of all firearms are simi-automatic and not assault anything. This is basic knowledge and essential for any rational discussion of firearms use.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
Just like I said. A lame GOTCHA.
It gave him PTSD.Yes, I know about the select fire option. That is why I excluded that from the discussion. I'm trying to find out differences other than the obviously main difference.The select-fire option is the basic difference. You seem to be trying to make the case that the average AR-owner is capable of the gunsmithing necessary to create a full-auto weapon. The truth is that these rifles are used in fewer killings than hammers or knives, or fists and feet, for that matter.Aren't there any smart gun enthusiasts that can answer my question?
Here's a question right back atcha -
Is THIS an "assault weapon"?
View attachment 489862
It's a Ruger mini-14. It fires the same rounds as the AR and just as rapidly - one round for every pull of the trigger. The gaslighting bullshit about AR or AK-styled weapons is just that. When the government comes for the guns, they won't be stupid enough to try to grab them all at once. They take the AR/AK platform first, wait a while then come for all semi-autos of a certain caliber range, THEN they'll get around to the serious business of collecting the true tool of slaughter - semi-auto handguns.
*SPOILER ALERT* IT DOESN'T END WELL FOR THE DOOR KICKERS.
I have specifically refrained from making any case for anything. I just asked the question, and perhaps lightly discussed some of the answers.
I've shot a mini-14. but don't know enough about it to comment.
I see you have concerns about the government taking our guns, but that has nothing to do with my question.
These are the words we should be focusing on......
"I've shot a mini-14. but don't know enough about it to comment."
Good job. I'm sure that was your best effort.I'm sure you have unassailable proof to back up your claim, but it would be nice to see your actual link.It’s a stupid point anyway.If you have a file, pretty much any double action gun can be made full auto. The trouble is you can't stop it after you pull the trigger. AR's are simple to convert if you have the selector.I's not hard or expensive to convert an AR15 to full auto capability. It's illegal as hell, and you should be ready to spend a lot of time in prison, but it's not that hard to do.well and the whole auto fire thing that you keep ignoringThe point is to find the material differences between the two rifles. In this thread I have learned the M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped so a grenade launcher can attach to it. Other than the auto capability, that is the only difference anybody has been able to mention.That is the only attempt at an answer in the entire thread.Figure it out, EinsteinYou should start a thread if you are looking for that answer. This thread is about the M4 and the AR15.I'm not seeing your point.
What is the material difference between this military issue M24 sniper rifle...
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...and this extremely popular Remington 700 deer rifle...?
View attachment 489684
Remington Model 700 - Wikipedia
AR-15 Vs. M4: Which Weapon Is More Formidable? AR-15 vs M4
AR-15 vs. M4 are two varying rifles with striking similarities. AR-15 is easily accessible to civilians. Whereas, the M4 is fully automatic.
1. Barrel - The M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped to receive a grenade launcher.
2 Ammo. - The Ar15 can be chambered for several different shells, but the M4 is only capable of 5.56.
3 Automation - Until 1986, both rifles were legally capable of full automatic fire, but the AR15 was modified in 1986. Conversion back to auto fire is neither hard or expensive, but is illegal. ------------this was noted in the OP.
4 manufacturer
5. legality. This has been discussed, but is not a material difference in the guns, or the way they work. other than the already mentioned full auto capability.
6 Category. This is how they are referred to on paper, and has nothing to do with material differences between the rifles, other than the auto capability.
You did point out that the barrel is shaped a little different, but the purpose of that was to attach grenade launcher. Hardly a material difference in the accuracy, speed, or capability of long term continuous use. You got anything else to add to your list? The rest of the differences in your link are really just distinctions without any real differences.
Yeah...other rifles are also convertible to full automatic fire....
See the North Hollywood shootout where the rifles were converted to fully automatic fire...yet, in the shootout...the two robbers, firing fully automatic at the police didn't manage to kill anyone.....both, however, were killed by police using semi-automatic weapons...
So again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location...in the North Hollywood shootout, the people they shot at were in the open, not in a building, and were behind cover.....so no one was killed by the fully automatic rifle fire.....however, again, both perps, even with their fully automatic rifles, were killed by police with semi-automatic weapons....
It isn't the weapon, it is the target location that makes all the difference....
Case in point...the 1984 FBI shooting, the two criminals had a mini-14 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle, and a pump action shotgun.....they managed to kill 2 FBI agents and wounded 5 others......
Again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location.....in this case, the shooters were good shots.......the FBI weren't so good...
I am curious as to your point...where you would like to go with this....
No, they aren't. As someone who actually HAS, legally converted an AR-15 into a M-16 it is actually quite easy if you have a full machine shop. Quite the opposite if you don't. And you need much more than just the selector lever, you need a disconnector, you need to drill the hole for the safety sear in EXACTLY the right position, if you're off by more than a couple of thousandths you're SOL. You have to change the bolt carrier, you have to change the firing pin, and, if you want it to work well, you'll need to upgrade the buffer, and buffer spring.
So, no. If you don't have access to a machine shop, it ain't easy.
We all know your purpose here is to demonize the scary looking black rifles.Of course, there are several different types of guns that fire the same caliber as others. What makes you think I'm unaware of that? I acknowledged the difference between assault weapon and assault rifle, because assault rifle is a specific term used by the military, and assault weapon is not. Real and verifiable answers to the material differences between those two rifles is pretty specific. If you are unable to offer any of those, or just want to whine about what you imagine my purpose for this thread might be, then you are free to go elsewhere. This thread is not a debate. I made no claims about the differences between the two rifles, other than to discuss claims by others.No, it’s the same damn thing. And it’s the reason you’re not getting the answers you’re looking for. The same round the AR15 fires can also be fired from a much less scary looking brown hunting rifle. These are the kinds of details you clearly don’t understand, which make your position on this entire debate weak.I already acknowledged my mistake in using the term "assault weapon" instead of "assault rifle" earlier in this thread. Does the use of "assault rifle" make the question any more palatable to you?It’s not an honest question because the term “assault weapon” is not honest to begin with. There’s no such thing as an assault weapon. It’s literally the same thing as saying a butter knife is just a knife but a butcher’s cleaver is an assault knife. It’s just stupid.It's an honest question. All I want is an honest answer.This GOTCHA attempt is so lame, we need to call in a veterinarian and have it put down.
Yup. We all know it, bulldoggy thinks she is smart. But she's not.
My unassailable proof is your stupid thread here.
The problem is when lawmakers are utterly ignorant about guns and still make laws about them.An assault weapon is whatever a given lawmaking body determines it to be – not the military, not gun manufacturers, and not message board posters.The M4 is the main rifle used by the US military, and no one could question that it is an assault rifle. The M4 is capable of full automatic fire, and 3 round burst, and the AR15 is not. Of course, it would be illegal, but the AR15 can easily be converted to allow those types of fire. Other than that difference, what makes an M4 an assault weapon, and an AR15 not?
My favorite stupid politician when it comes to firearms......
3:00 minute mark.
Do you agree with her, Jones? Once high-capacity magazine clips, which are bullets, are fired, they will no longer be available?
Remember, she's a lawmaker.
What's the definition of an assault rifle? Ugly and black? The AR 15 could be converted to fire fully automatic with some gunsmith and as a matter of fact you can convert just about any gas operated rifle to fire fully automatic (some easier than others) but it is illegal. The M4 is equipped to fire 3 round bursts so it would properly be an assault rifle.
Most AR lowers are not M-16 cut. In order to make them like M-16s the lower receiver needs to be milled out on the inside and the shelf lowered. Then a hole drilled in the exact right place and a M-16 FCG put in.
It is possible to do if you have the right equipment and know what you are doing. However, the fact that it is illegal as hell to do it dissuades any law abiding citizen from doing it. Only those with criminal intentions would do it.
Having used a M-16 in a war and decades of range time with an AR as a civilian in my opinion the F-A function is fun thing to have but is not necessary.
My son who was in combat in Iraq said they never used the Burst function on their M-4s. He said their fire discipline was to use the machine guns for F-A suppression fire and the semi auto M-4s for more directed fire.
Of course that was different for us in Vietnam. We hardly ever clearly saw the little sonofabitches so we used F-A for pray and spray.
NO AR-15 lower is cut like an M-16. If they were, they are automatically ILLEGAL.
Then it's a good thing I asked the question, then, isn't it? Please restate the differences, other than the completely legal, untracked parts we have already mentioned.Just to be clear, you are saying that there is no real difference between an ordinary Ar15 and a fully automatic AR15, other than a few easily changed parts, right?Interesting, but not very specific. I'll go at it from a different angle. which of those parts can't be easily purchased without some sort of special license, permit, or other special permission. The ones that Joe Blow, on the street couldn't easily purchase.How many of those parts are easily and legally available for purchase? How much of that list can be found on the shelf of any large gun shop? Next, please list any parts that aren't easily purchased.If you have a file, pretty much any double action gun can be made full auto. The trouble is you can't stop it after you pull the trigger. AR's are simple to convert if you have the selector.I's not hard or expensive to convert an AR15 to full auto capability. It's illegal as hell, and you should be ready to spend a lot of time in prison, but it's not that hard to do.well and the whole auto fire thing that you keep ignoringThe point is to find the material differences between the two rifles. In this thread I have learned the M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped so a grenade launcher can attach to it. Other than the auto capability, that is the only difference anybody has been able to mention.That is the only attempt at an answer in the entire thread.Figure it out, EinsteinYou should start a thread if you are looking for that answer. This thread is about the M4 and the AR15.I'm not seeing your point.
What is the material difference between this military issue M24 sniper rifle...
View attachment 489683
...and this extremely popular Remington 700 deer rifle...?
View attachment 489684
Remington Model 700 - Wikipedia
AR-15 Vs. M4: Which Weapon Is More Formidable? AR-15 vs M4
AR-15 vs. M4 are two varying rifles with striking similarities. AR-15 is easily accessible to civilians. Whereas, the M4 is fully automatic.
1. Barrel - The M4 has a shorter barrel, and is shaped to receive a grenade launcher.
2 Ammo. - The Ar15 can be chambered for several different shells, but the M4 is only capable of 5.56.
3 Automation - Until 1986, both rifles were legally capable of full automatic fire, but the AR15 was modified in 1986. Conversion back to auto fire is neither hard or expensive, but is illegal. ------------this was noted in the OP.
4 manufacturer
5. legality. This has been discussed, but is not a material difference in the guns, or the way they work. other than the already mentioned full auto capability.
6 Category. This is how they are referred to on paper, and has nothing to do with material differences between the rifles, other than the auto capability.
You did point out that the barrel is shaped a little different, but the purpose of that was to attach grenade launcher. Hardly a material difference in the accuracy, speed, or capability of long term continuous use. You got anything else to add to your list? The rest of the differences in your link are really just distinctions without any real differences.
Yeah...other rifles are also convertible to full automatic fire....
See the North Hollywood shootout where the rifles were converted to fully automatic fire...yet, in the shootout...the two robbers, firing fully automatic at the police didn't manage to kill anyone.....both, however, were killed by police using semi-automatic weapons...
So again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location...in the North Hollywood shootout, the people they shot at were in the open, not in a building, and were behind cover.....so no one was killed by the fully automatic rifle fire.....however, again, both perps, even with their fully automatic rifles, were killed by police with semi-automatic weapons....
It isn't the weapon, it is the target location that makes all the difference....
Case in point...the 1984 FBI shooting, the two criminals had a mini-14 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle, and a pump action shotgun.....they managed to kill 2 FBI agents and wounded 5 others......
Again, it isn't the weapon, it is the target location.....in this case, the shooters were good shots.......the FBI weren't so good...
I am curious as to your point...where you would like to go with this....
No, they aren't. As someone who actually HAS, legally converted an AR-15 into a M-16 it is actually quite easy if you have a full machine shop. Quite the opposite if you don't. And you need much more than just the selector lever, you need a disconnector, you need to drill the hole for the safety sear in EXACTLY the right position, if you're off by more than a couple of thousandths you're SOL. You have to change the bolt carrier, you have to change the firing pin, and, if you want it to work well, you'll need to upgrade the buffer, and buffer spring.
So, no. If you don't have access to a machine shop, it ain't easy.
All of them are legal. Except for in the state of californication. As far as availability goes, they aren't very available. When you can find them, they are expensive. And, because they are hard working parts, you can't just make them in a cheap 3D printer either.
Actually, I was VERY specific. No special permission is required to buy ANY of those parts. They are just difficult to find because there is no demand, so why make something that has low demand?
Not what I said at all. But hey, lying is about the only thing you are good at.
The engine is far from the only difference between a stock car and a NASCAR car, but if it makes it easier, then consider my question as one that asks the difference between those two types of race cars. We know the engines are different. but you couldn't put A NASCAR engine in a stock car and join the NASCAR circuit. I'm not so sure swapping parts would leave the same limitations for guns. That's why I asked.The difference between the AR15 and the M4 is the full auto/3 shot burst feature and the shorter barrel. To change the AR15 into full auto or shorten the barrel is an offense that will land you in prison for 10 years, at least.
But the actual definition of an assault rifle includes the ability to fire in full auto mode. So as long as the AR15 is not modified, it is not an assault rifle.
And the comparison is much like comparing a stock car and a NASCAR race car. The biggest difference is the engine. But the engine makes all the difference.
And?Yes, I know about the select fire option. That is why I excluded that from the discussion. I'm trying to find out differences other than the obviously main difference.The select-fire option is the basic difference. You seem to be trying to make the case that the average AR-owner is capable of the gunsmithing necessary to create a full-auto weapon. The truth is that these rifles are used in fewer killings than hammers or knives, or fists and feet, for that matter.Aren't there any smart gun enthusiasts that can answer my question?
Here's a question right back atcha -
Is THIS an "assault weapon"?
View attachment 489862
It's a Ruger mini-14. It fires the same rounds as the AR and just as rapidly - one round for every pull of the trigger. The gaslighting bullshit about AR or AK-styled weapons is just that. When the government comes for the guns, they won't be stupid enough to try to grab them all at once. They take the AR/AK platform first, wait a while then come for all semi-autos of a certain caliber range, THEN they'll get around to the serious business of collecting the true tool of slaughter - semi-auto handguns.
*SPOILER ALERT* IT DOESN'T END WELL FOR THE DOOR KICKERS.
I have specifically refrained from making any case for anything. I just asked the question, and perhaps lightly discussed some of the answers.
I've shot a mini-14. but don't know enough about it to comment.
I see you have concerns about the government taking our guns, but that has nothing to do with my question.
These are the words we should be focusing on......
"I've shot a mini-14. but don't know enough about it to comment."
What's the definition of an assault rifle? Ugly and black? The AR 15 could be converted to fire fully automatic with some gunsmith and as a matter of fact you can convert just about any gas operated rifle to fire fully automatic (some easier than others) but it is illegal. The M4 is equipped to fire 3 round bursts so it would properly be an assault rifle.
Most AR lowers are not M-16 cut. In order to make them like M-16s the lower receiver needs to be milled out on the inside and the shelf lowered. Then a hole drilled in the exact right place and a M-16 FCG put in.
It is possible to do if you have the right equipment and know what you are doing. However, the fact that it is illegal as hell to do it dissuades any law abiding citizen from doing it. Only those with criminal intentions would do it.
Having used a M-16 in a war and decades of range time with an AR as a civilian in my opinion the F-A function is fun thing to have but is not necessary.
My son who was in combat in Iraq said they never used the Burst function on their M-4s. He said their fire discipline was to use the machine guns for F-A suppression fire and the semi auto M-4s for more directed fire.
Of course that was different for us in Vietnam. We hardly ever clearly saw the little sonofabitches so we used F-A for pray and spray.
NO AR-15 lower is cut like an M-16. If they were, they are automatically ILLEGAL.
Actually you can have a M-16 cut lower or you can legally cut one yourself. It only becomes illegal if you drill the sear hole.
Not common but there are several companies (like DSA) that sells AR-15 lower receivers with the straight walls and lower shelf. I have several of them and they are perfectly legal. Just like having a M-16 BCG is legal.
