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USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« on: November 09, 2017, 05:15:25 am »
USA Today warned Americans on Wednesday of the possibility that a chainsaw bayonet could be strapped to an AR-15 rifle.

In a video posted to its Twitter page, the news publication attempted to explain the AR-15 rifle to its readership. The video detailed random components of an AR-15 like the trigger, buttstock, handguard, and sights but not other integral parts like the upper receiver, lower receiver, or grip.

It then showed a seemingly random collection of "possible modifications" to the AR-15, "some common, some rare." Examples included in the video were a 100-round magazine, shotgun attachment, and a novelty trigger crank. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the publication warned of the existence of a chainsaw bayonet.



http://freebeacon.com/issues/usa-today-warns-of-chainsaw-bayonet-ar-15-attachments/
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2017, 05:25:17 am »
Just wait till the nuclear grenade launcher and plasma cannon attachment comes out!  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2017, 05:34:07 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 09, 2017, 05:25:17 am
Just wait till the nuclear grenade launcher and plasma cannon attachment comes out!  *****rollingeyes*****
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Oh, I gots ta get me some of that!
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2017, 05:47:13 am »
Hey... Don't knock it... That'd be great for pruning back the orchard before the bears go to sleep....
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2017, 05:50:14 am »
Good thinking, yard work and catching dinner at the same time.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2017, 12:57:44 pm »
I liked the Pop Tart attachment I saw on Twitter.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2017, 01:01:14 pm »

And then there's this ...
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2017, 01:47:43 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 09, 2017, 05:25:17 am
Just wait till the nuclear grenade launcher and plasma cannon attachment comes out!  *****rollingeyes*****
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2017, 01:54:00 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on November 09, 2017, 05:50:14 am
Good thinking, yard work and catching dinner at the same time.
@RoosGirl

A chainsaw bayonet would require getting close to a person - a grenade launcher wouldn't.  Plus, one could attach anything they want to their weapon of any kind.  A lunchbox would be good to have food plus an attached canteen full of scotch would complete the outfit.
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2017, 02:22:54 pm »



Real attachment - not a joke.  Others that can be purchased, rated for ridiculousness found here....


https://ar15builds.com/reviews/8-ridiculous-ar-15-accessories/


You’d never catch me using the 5th attachment.  Awkward.
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2017, 02:25:27 pm »

There is a point of diminishing returns....
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2017, 02:28:59 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on November 09, 2017, 01:54:00 pm
@RoosGirl

A chainsaw bayonet would require getting close to a person - a grenade launcher wouldn't.  Plus, one could attach anything they want to their weapon of any kind.  A lunchbox would be good to have food plus an attached canteen full of scotch would complete the outfit.

Lady, yer crazy.  You never *never* mix liquor and grenade launchers.  Next thing you know your lunchbox is embedded in a bear.
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2017, 03:17:35 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on November 09, 2017, 01:01:14 pm

And then there's this ...
Meh. No cooler, no cup holder.
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2017, 03:19:12 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on November 09, 2017, 01:54:00 pm
@RoosGirl

A chainsaw bayonet would require getting close to a person - a grenade launcher wouldn't.  Plus, one could attach anything they want to their weapon of any kind.  A lunchbox would be good to have food plus an attached canteen full of scotch would complete the outfit.
Spirits go in the auxiliary camelback...
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2017, 03:29:18 pm »
Quote from: edpc on November 09, 2017, 02:22:54 pm



Real attachment - not a joke.  Others that can be purchased, rated for ridiculousness found here....


https://ar15builds.com/reviews/8-ridiculous-ar-15-accessories/


You’d never catch me using the 5th attachment.  Awkward.
Fun article, thanks!
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2017, 04:24:47 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on November 09, 2017, 01:54:00 pm
@RoosGirl

A chainsaw bayonet would require getting close to a person - a grenade launcher wouldn't.  Plus, one could attach anything they want to their weapon of any kind.  A lunchbox would be good to have food plus an attached canteen full of scotch would complete the outfit.

So, you would have to shoot them before you could get close enough to use the chainsaw?  Sort of a redundancy measure?
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« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2017, 05:58:23 pm »
Quote from: bolobaby on November 09, 2017, 05:56:07 pm
Is it wrong that I want one? You know... just in case of zombies?

Also available in flat black or two-tone OD/Black

https://www.panaceax.com/weaponized-chainsaw/
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Re: USA Today Warns Of ‘Chainsaw Bayonet’ AR-15 Attachments
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2017, 06:02:55 pm »
Quote from: thackney on November 09, 2017, 05:58:23 pm
Also available in flat black or two-tone OD/Black

https://www.panaceax.com/weaponized-chainsaw/

My Sig P229 has a pictinny rail under the barrel.

It would never fit in my holster, but if it might mount, the cool factor would totally overrule concealed carry.
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« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2017, 06:08:32 pm »
Quote from: bolobaby on November 09, 2017, 05:56:07 pm
Is it wrong that I want one? You know... just in case of zombies?

It doesn't seem to have an oiler.

And the same 800 bucks will easily buy you a Stihl with a 32" bar in a scabbard on your back.
mo bedda for zombies... And way more cool.
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« Reply #21 on: November 09, 2017, 06:21:28 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on November 09, 2017, 06:08:32 pm
It doesn't seem to have an oiler.

And the same 800 bucks will easily buy you a Stihl with a 32" bar in a scabbard on your back.
mo bedda for zombies... And way more cool.
And firewood.


Dude... the brain juices are the "oil." Duh.
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« Reply #22 on: November 09, 2017, 06:31:06 pm »
Quote from: bolobaby on November 09, 2017, 06:21:28 pm
Dude... the brain juices are the "oil." Duh.

Beat me to it.
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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2017, 06:31:26 pm »
Quote from: bolobaby on November 09, 2017, 06:21:28 pm
Dude... the brain juices are the "oil." Duh.
Oh, you must have a high percentage of zombie lawyers in your AO.
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