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.
... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
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