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In reply to the discussion: U.S. Army looking for a new rifle... [View all]lostnfound
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        Time was, when the .223 was considered underpowered for anything larger than woodchucks.
        Paladin
        Jun 2017
        #20
      
        
        "(M)y guns are gathering dust in a closet." Have the courage of your convictions...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #74
      
        
        A most amusing OP about the danger of 5.56 caliber rifles by a self-proclaimed 'expert':
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #22
      
        
        There was indeed a large amount of pious fraud in those two threads...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #36
      
        
        You might maybe want to lay off on the 'argument from authority' you've been using...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #37
      
        
        I am interested to have my mistake pointed out to me, since I cannot find it.
        ExciteBike66
        Jun 2017
        #40
      
        
        Their concern may very well be genuine, but is often expressed in a less-than-honest way...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #48
      
        
        Your main error was and is believing that your former status is somehow relevant...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #65
      
        
        re: " My point is that gun-controllers are right to label it "high-powered", for more reasons..."
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Jun 2017
        #52
      
        
        I'm glad you mentioned definitions of different powered rounds and rifles:
        ExciteBike66
        Jun 2017
        #68
      
        
        That's the NRA, *not* the Army-the organization where you got the technical expertise..
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #70
      
        
        I'm afraid the other military on the thread don't really back your argument:
        ExciteBike66
        Jun 2017
        #78
      
        
        "(I)t is certainly capable of killing unarmored civilians" As are almost all types of ammunition
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #85
      
        
        Anti-gun threads and subthreads by self-described ex-military have gone awry before
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #73
      
        
        I would counter thusly: 1) Squee may not have, but gejohnston certainly did...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #67
      
        
        Your 'former employer' disagrees with you- and so do all his other 'ex-employees'...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #72
      
        
        Is there any 7.62 rifle round that is not technically an "intermediate" round?  nt
        ExciteBike66
        Jun 2017
        #95
      
        
        The accepted differentiation between "high-powered" and other rounds...
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Jun 2017
        #83
      
        
        Your arguments have been all over the map. What, specifically do you object to?
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2017
        #88
      
        
        Think they'd be interested in a model designed around the old Gyrojet-type model?
        Decoy of Fenris
        Jun 2017
        #31
      
        
        The gun experts here have constantly been claiming certain cartridges are
        ExciteBike66
        Jun 2017
        #109
      
        
        rabbit trail??? more like Alice's rabbit hole and through the mirror...
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Jun 2017
        #123
      
  