Subj : Re: Lever
To   : Moondog
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Sep 12 2020 08:04 pm

-=> Moondog wrote to Gamgee <=-

>  IJ> I had to go back and re-read .... your original question is on
>  IJ> lever... and cowboy look... If it's a self defense gun... semi
>  IJ> auto all the way.  BTW, you can go online and build an AR at
>  IJ> Palmetto State Armory and build an AR for ~ 4-500 bucks.... AND
>  IJ> even better get it chambered in 9MM .... I'd have all my self
>  IJ> defense guns chambered in 9MM .... I would buy boxes and boxes
>  IJ> and boxes of ammunition... Anyway... that's what I would do...

> An AR chambered in 9mm?
> Ummmmmm..... no thanks.

Mo> Pistol caliber carbines are pretty hot in Steel Challenge, 3-gun,
Mo> USPSA and now there's a PPC class in IDPA.  The receivers are now
Mo> made to accept Glock mags, which means you have a choice from 17
Mo> round to 33 round, and even up to the 50+ round drums.  The Sig
Mo> MPX and the modern CZ Skorpion are perfect examples of other
Mo> PPC's.  In the past a special magazine adapter was need to feed
Mo> Uzi or other subgun mags into an AR lower.  The 9mm operates on
Mo> blowback instead of direct impingement.

That may all be true.

The OP was talking about a "self-defense" AR.

Makes no sense to have an AR for that purpose chambered in 9mm.



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