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F*O*A*D

On 9/2/14 1:37 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:20:24 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 9/2/14 12:50 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:51:10 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

What percentage of our troops over there are carrying and shooting high
caliber rifles,

I think you have totally missed the point. We were just trying to say
the 7.62x51 was more capable at long range than the 5.56,

You are the one who tried to make this a conversation about why most
of the soldiers are still issued AR variants. I doubt more than 30 or
40% ever actually shoot at anyone anyway.

I neither missed the point nor argued that one rifle is "more capable"
than the other, although I did argue that the AR was more capable than
the AK because it was more accurate.

You have never heard me say much about the AK. It is a tool for
peasant warriors in 3d world countries. Most of their targets will be
less capably armed.
It is interesting that the Soviet army made the choice to go with a
5.45 MM round in the AK74 (the rifle you saw Bin Laden carrying)
The tip off is the orange magazine.

I've "handled" and shot a Colt LE 901. Damned thing weighed more than 10
pounds with a mag and all the usual "tactical" crapola on it. Not a
rifle to be shot off hand.