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mystery-ak:
April 30, 2024
How popular is the AR-15?
By Mike McDaniel

On April 13, American Thinker posted Should I Buy An AR-15? That article generated 99 comments, and suggested there are some 30 million ARs in private hands in America. I also suggested one of the best reasons to buy an AR-15 is the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration (MMPA) doesn’t want you to have one, that and you’re a free American and want one. It seems tens of millions of Americans agree:



The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) recently released a “Firearm Production in the United States and the Firearm Import and Export Data” report which indicates that 28,144,000 modern sporting rifles (MSRs) have been put into circulation since 1990. MSR production increased 32 percent from 2020 to 2021 alone.

“Modern sporting rifle” has become the standard term for the AR-15 and its several variants, though it arguably encompasses such arms as the Ruger Mini-14, even semiautomatic AK-47/74 variants. “AR,” by the way, is not an acronym for Assault Rifle, nor for “Assault Weapon,” a designation that does not exist in firearm nomenclature, but is an invention of the anti-liberty/gun Left designed to scare the uninformed into thinking semiautomatic AR-15s are machineguns. The AR-15 platform was invented by Eugene Stoner, who then worked for Armalite, thus “AR,” Armalite Rifle. Stoner invented the AR-10 first, chambered in .308/7.62 NATO, but scaled it down to the AR-15 in .223/5.56 NATO for the Air Force, the first military branch to adopt it, with its iconic triangular handguard, in M-16 form.

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GtHawk:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on April 30, 2024, 02:17:01 pm ---April 30, 2024
How popular is the AR-15?
By Mike McDaniel

On April 13, American Thinker posted Should I Buy An AR-15? That article generated 99 comments, and suggested there are some 30 million ARs in private hands in America. I also suggested one of the best reasons to buy an AR-15 is the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration (MMPA) doesn’t want you to have one, that and you’re a free American and want one. It seems tens of millions of Americans agree:



The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) recently released a “Firearm Production in the United States and the Firearm Import and Export Data” report which indicates that 28,144,000 modern sporting rifles (MSRs) have been put into circulation since 1990. MSR production increased 32 percent from 2020 to 2021 alone.

“Modern sporting rifle” has become the standard term for the AR-15 and its several variants, though it arguably encompasses such arms as the Ruger Mini-14, even semiautomatic AK-47/74 variants. “AR,” by the way, is not an acronym for Assault Rifle, nor for “Assault Weapon,” a designation that does not exist in firearm nomenclature, but is an invention of the anti-liberty/gun Left designed to scare the uninformed into thinking semiautomatic AR-15s are machineguns. The AR-15 platform was invented by Eugene Stoner, who then worked for Armalite, thus “AR,” Armalite Rifle. Stoner invented the AR-10 first, chambered in .308/7.62 NATO, but scaled it down to the AR-15 in .223/5.56 NATO for the Air Force, the first military branch to adopt it, with its iconic triangular handguard, in M-16 form.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/how_popular_is_the_ar_15.html

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I have to wonder at the estimates for AR platform rifles in America, does their number come from completely assembled rifles sold by FFL's only? Because if it doesn't include any in that number that are from 'parts', like pre ban or 80% lowers, uppers completed or not and parts kits to assemble a complete rifle then they are waaay underestimating the numbers.

unite for individuality:
I've always thought that the .223/5.56 NATO is too small to be sufficiently effective.
The old .308/7.62, and the older .30-06 are a good size for hunting bear,
but are too large (too much recoil) for tactical use.

They're now introducing the .277 Fury, which is a little larger than halfway between the two.
I was thinking that a .270 would be about right, but the military wants longer range.

The .277 Fury has a chamber pressure of 80,000 psi!
I suspect that those rounds will be reserved for the military,
and that a lower pressure version will be sold to the public.
(That, and the full pressure round is likely to cost about $2.00 each!)

Elderberry:
The number of ghost guns that were AR-15s and not handguns, that should have been in the count of AR-15's are down in the noise.

Elderberry:
There are many rounds these days that are good for hunting in an AR-15. I own 2, a 6.5 Grendel and a 358 Yeti.

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