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For the term as used in the 1994 US Assault Weapons Ban, see
assault weapon.
.^ It was a miracle of God with the assistance of the Girandoni air rifle, that they were never directly attacked, a miracle that paid huge dividends for the United States".- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Whose trying to make the United States Secret Service look incompetent?- Man Carrying An Assault Rifle And Pistol Outside Obama Event | LiveWire 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As an organized force of 'constitutional activists,' the WTP Congress is organizing into 'ward republics' in every county, with a "Citizen Vigilance Center" in every State Capitol."- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
It fires the high velocity
5.56x45mm NATO cartridge.
.^ Futhermore select fire weapons are assault rifles, not any rifle in an AR15 configuration.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Zumbo states that, "To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing."- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Examples of assault rifles include the M16 rifle and the AK-47.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The SKS & AK style rifles are very reliable but one of the less acurate 'assault' style rifles - and even those are PLENTY acurate for hunting, as the above experience indicates.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The commonly owned AR-15 and AK variants are semi-auto only and hence not "Assault Rifles".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Definition
.^ When people buy "assault rifles" (a term of the truly ignorant) they are NOT buying from Remington.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ One looks "black and scary" as the gun-grabbers would have the public believe, making it an "assault rifle," or "terrorist rifle" in your own words.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Yeah, I own guns, I have some old lever actions, a revolver....OH, and a few 'assault rifles' (then a good laugh as you mock the term) .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Would you consider it an assault rifle?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ First it's so-called assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Its FUN! My 416 Rigby and 470 Nitro Express will never be considered assault rifles; but they do not border on "Fun" to shoot either.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The translation
assault rifle gradually became the common term for similar firearms sharing the same technical definition as the StG 44. In a strict definition, a firearm must have at least the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:
[2][3][4].^ Technically, they are not assault rifles as ALL assault rifles are machine guns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Would you consider it an assault rifle?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An AR-15 is technically an assault rifle...- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing "single shots" are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I have an AR-15 semi automatic rifle and I have a 5 round magazine to use with it for hunting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault weapon is a rifle that is capable of selective fire, I.E. semi and full auto or burst.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It is apparent that many Indians, if they had seen such an assault rifle in action, would have been anxious to get aboard the expedition boats to see if the group had a supply of these amazing guns.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Their first step was to locate a Girandoni air rifle that they could use to precisely guide their work, but no such specimen was immediately evident in America.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Just a technical point, unless the weapon's selector switch allows for full automatic, it's not an assault rifle, just a semi-automatic wannabe that looks scary.- Man Carrying An Assault Rifle And Pistol Outside Obama Event | LiveWire 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ They both shoot the same round, they are both semi-automatic, they both have detachable magazines.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ (F) A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and has— ‘(i) a second pistol grip; ‘‘(ii) a threaded barrel; ‘‘(iii) a barrel shroud; or ‘‘(iv) the capacity to accept a detachable magazine at a location outside of the pistol grip.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ AR-15: not an assault rifle.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That killing had more impact than any killings by lunatics armed with "assault" rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ By your definition of the rifles we used, at least.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Rifles - China Army armage [ Assault Rifles ] .- Assault Rifles - Military Pictures - Air Force Army Navy Missiles Defense 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.defencetalk.com [Source type: News]
^ Cowan also made one firing museum copy specimen of this Short Rifle for Dr. Mrs.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Just a technical point, unless the weapon's selector switch allows for full automatic, it's not an assault rifle, just a semi-automatic wannabe that looks scary.- Man Carrying An Assault Rifle And Pistol Outside Obama Event | LiveWire 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[5]
.^ Can you define "Assault Rifle" for me?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Zumbo states that, "To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing."- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ When people buy "assault rifles" (a term of the truly ignorant) they are NOT buying from Remington.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Термины и определения):
...
.^ Originally, it was planned to have one such wheeled air machine for each five air rifles, plus the little hand pumps, but only two of the wheeled pumps actually were produced [9] .- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Am I a worse companion in the woods than the guy that only shoots two rounds a year through his wood-stocked deer rifle?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "arms" referred to in the 2nd amendment generally designated flintlock muskets, pistols with poor aim and really slow loading rifles.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
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35. Carbine — lightweight rifle with a shortened barrel.
.^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ FYI, the AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle and is NOT an "assault rifle", a name grafted on these weapons by the gun grabbing press.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Awhile back M-1 Carbines and M-14's were considered assault rifles, at one point an M-1 Garand was an assault rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
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Assault rifles vs. Assault weapons
.^ They are semi-automatic rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Semi auto only rifles are NOT Assault Weapons.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ After all no hunters use semi automatic weapons.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ According to Wilipedia, the definition of an Assault weapon is: .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Jim, call Senator McCarthy, and jump on her bandwagon to renew & make permanent the Clinton Assault Weapons ban!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
It defined the rifle type of assault weapon as a semiautomatic firearm with the ability to accept a
detachable magazine containing more than 10 rounds, and two or more of the following:
.^ Technically, they are not assault rifles as ALL assault rifles are machine guns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I hope you people know that machine guns have been banned and/or heavily regulated since 1935!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I then moved to civilian law enforcement.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ But to lump owners of such firearms in with terrorists?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I am a proud Law Enforcement Officer, gun owner, and shooter.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
History
The changing face of infantry combat
From ancient times, light
infantry had fought in dispersed formations, while heavy infantry had fought in tightly packed formations. This continued as the
sling and
spear were replaced by
musket and
bayonet.
.^ I don't care if it's black or white or red all over.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Or, I can color anodize the receivers blue, red, green, teal, or about any other choice, and install furniture that is painted in any color of the rainbow; this rifle will look like a fair portion of the rifles used for benchrest, position, and silhouette shooting; this rifle will also look like a "sporting rifle".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ In Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux , Carrie Lyford notes that red, yellow, and black were the only natural dye colors used by the Sioux on quillwork before the advent of the white man.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ And it would leave all surfaces of the reservoir with at least traces of the brazing metal!- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In addition, there would be a specially trained journeyman gunsmith for each 100 airguns and a large supply of replacement seals, air reservoirs, mainsprings and other parts.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All of these machine run Linux 100% of the time and for every single one of these machines I had to pay for a Microsoft Windows license that was never used.
Tight formations also aided
officers in controlling their men during combat.
.^ Fred Baer (1973) suggested that t he power could be in the .38 Special area of modern firearms, or even into the range of the .45 ACP cartridge, famous in pistols and submachine guns favored by police, gangsters, and the military for several wars of the 20th century.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The only specimen of a Staudenmayer Girandoni-system air rifle known to have been in America prior to the mid-20th century is shown in Wolff (1958).- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Fortunately, I had the advantage of having read Baker and Curries first study of the Girandoni military air rifle before disassembling the gun.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The ever greater call for higher sustainable rates of fire lead to the bolt action single shot and later bolt action repeaters.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Their first step was to locate a Girandoni air rifle that they could use to precisely guide their work, but no such specimen was immediately evident in America.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Thus this gun could fire most unexpectedly from the half-notch position.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Thus a shooter, familiar only with flintlocks, could cause just two clicks on the airgun and think that he is in the full cock position and ready to fire.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Originally, it was planned to have one such wheeled air machine for each five air rifles, plus the little hand pumps, but only two of the wheeled pumps actually were produced [9] .- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I would like a high end, small form factor machine like the Dell Studio XPS 13 .
^ Officials at the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Army War College have indicated that they feel that Lewis' airgun was the most important individual gun in American history.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Bolt Action rifles are "Terrorist" rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Shotguns at close range are even more destructive than bolt action rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I will no longer support Outdoor Life as long as they provide you a tool to convey your disparaging remarks and I know plenty others feel the same way.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ No sir the only type of rifle you have a right to own is a weapon suitable to arm a well regulated militia.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Force manufacturers to build only military style arms that can be used in the defense of life and liberty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ So I guess our Military uses terroist weapons so we must have a terrorist armed forces?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
1900s–1930s: Pre-Sturmgewehr Light automatic rifles
These automatic firearms generally used pre-existing rifle cartridges, with kinetic energies between 1960–5,000 J (2,200–3,700-foot-pounds), velocities of 660–900 m/s (1,445–2,950 ft/s) and bullets of 9 to 13 g (139–200 grains).
Amerigo
Cei-Rigotti developed a rifle with essentially all the characteristics of an assault rifle between 1890-1900.. It was tested but did not see service.
.^ First it's so-called assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Our service men and wopmon are using those M-16 and M-4 Terrorist rifle's to kill TERRORISTS. I do't think you can apologize enough for this at this time.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Even some others that have responded have called their semiauto an assault rifle and an M1A would not be considered an assault rifle because it's cartridge does not follow the criteria for the definition of an assault rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I have an AR-15 semi automatic rifle and I have a 5 round magazine to use with it for hunting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ It's also a poor rifle to use to defend my home and a bad choice for high power shooting matches.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ People like Jim Zumbo must be squelched in their tracks before they come knocking on our doors to take even the "High Powered - Long Range -Sniper Rifle" he uses.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Rifles that shoot more potent rounds than an AK-47.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I also hunt with an AR-15, AK-47 and even a russian SKS. I probably shoot more in 1 year than you have in the last 20 years.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If a 5 round mag is installed in a semi auto AK or AR type rifle it is no more lethal than any other semi auto rifle but is less destructive than a multi shot shotgun.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The
Fedorov Avtomat, though a service rifle, was only used in small numbers.
.^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ To be an assault rifle you have to have Selective Fire capabilities.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ A rifle capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Three of the museum copy guns were made exactly as were the original guns, except for rifled barrels of modern steel.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group .- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
It was produced in large numbers (250,000).
.^ An assault rifle, by definition, is a carbine chambered in an intermediate calibre that is capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The original "assault rifle" was a single shot.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It carries an intermediate, non full powered rifle round.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a rifle manufactured for military use, capable of 3-round bursts and/or fully automatic fire.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The civilian who owns the semi version of our military's weapon (a "terrorist" rifle to you) or the guy who goes on an all-expense paid canned hunt to shoot animals he has no intention of consuming?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I will not go into your use of "terrorist weapons" because i believe you have made your own ignorance clear!!!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You just alientated hundreds of thousands of people who own and use AR-15 style rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
[6] .^ And while we are at it, what's with all this use of military cartridges and calibers?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ In US V Miller the Supreme Court found that because there was no evidence that such weapons could be or are part of the arms suitable for military use that the 2nd Amendment did not protect them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Does that mean you consider accurate scoped bolt actions chambered for high power centerfire cartridges "sniper weapons"?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Ribeyrolle 1918 automatic carbine
.^ An assault weapon is a rifle that is capable of selective fire, I.E. semi and full auto or burst.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ To be an assault rifle you have to have Selective Fire capabilities.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle, by definition, is a carbine chambered in an intermediate calibre that is capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The cartridge was based on the
.351 Winchester Self-Loading case necked down to accept a
8 mm Lebel bullet. It was first introduced to the Army Technical Service on July 6, 1918. Its official designation was
Carabine Mitrailleuse (
English:
machine carbine;
German:
Maschinenkarabiner).
.^ Zumbo might think I am "up to no good" because I am able to shoot long distances accurately with a suppressed "assault" rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Does that mean you consider accurate scoped bolt actions chambered for high power centerfire cartridges "sniper weapons"?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Even some others that have responded have called their semiauto an assault rifle and an M1A would not be considered an assault rifle because it's cartridge does not follow the criteria for the definition of an assault rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The first fielded machine gun was carried by Lewis and Clarke, an Italian made automatic capable of firing 22 rounds in 20 seconds.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Many of my friends and colleagues have used semi-automatic, magazine fed rifles during the discharge of their official duties as police officers and soldiers.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Like many people have previously stated, these "terrorist" rifles are functionally no different than many "sporting" semi-automatic firearms such as the Remington 7400 or Browning BAR. .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ My revolvers are .45 Colt and .45 ACP, the latter using half moon clips as fielded during the first world war because there was a shortage of 1911s.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Futhermore select fire weapons are assault rifles, not any rifle in an AR15 configuration.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I am upholding our long and proud heritage of owning and competing with military firearms in this nation, and I'm damn proud to do it as well.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The branch to do this will be merged soon, its just waiting on some sysadmin love to get these new versions into its merge-test environment.
^ In both these nations, as in other mature societies, it would never occur to anyone that the ubiquitous presence of "high-powered military-style assault weapons" would constitute a threat to public safety.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It is attitudes like yours that are not needed in the gun world, much less published in a magazine such as this one.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ They were the 'assault weapons' of their day.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I own many rifles, shotguns, and pistols.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ At what point do they become assault rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ The bolt rifle was developed for use by the military.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ After being dropped from the Austrian Army arsenal in 1799, the original Girandoni air rifles became scattered in Europe as odd collectors' items among gun enthusiasts.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I have an AR-15 semi automatic rifle and I have a 5 round magazine to use with it for hunting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
However, a mechanical system that could handle their power was not available and the
.45 ACP cartridge was chosen instead.
.^ Would you consider it an assault rifle?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You think your cruddy bolt gun will safe from the gun grabbers, but after they ban all the so-called "assault rifles", they will come after yours.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Technically, they are not assault rifles as ALL assault rifles are machine guns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
1930s: Automatic intermediate weapons
.^ An assault rifle, by definition, is a carbine chambered in an intermediate calibre that is capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This company makes ammunition in calibers that fit those evil assault rifles that you badmouth.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle or carbine firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and battle rifle ammunition…” .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ As for Remington -- since their name and ads border this page, I'll use my meager economic muscle to buy only other brands of ammunition (I find Remington some of the dirtiest handgun ammo on the planet anyway).- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ A weapon that can be used to hunt with is not the only distinction or qualification between a gun or a "Terrorists Weapon".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Granted they may not be my choice of firearm to use but if that is the only gun they own and they feel comfortable with it so be it.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Because they resemble military rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ A rifle capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ True assault rifles are capable of being fired fully automatic.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The cost of design and manufacture of full-size rifles ammunition was also higher.
.^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I'm about to turn 27 years old, and have built to Romanian AK47 rifles, and one Stag Arms AR15.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle, by definition, is a carbine chambered in an intermediate calibre that is capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Fred Baer (1973) suggested that t he power could be in the .38 Special area of modern firearms, or even into the range of the .45 ACP cartridge, famous in pistols and submachine guns favored by police, gangsters, and the military for several wars of the 20th century.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Can't you sneak up on them a little closer and use a less dangerous cartridge?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Does that mean you consider accurate scoped bolt actions chambered for high power centerfire cartridges "sniper weapons"?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle, by definition, is a carbine chambered in an intermediate calibre that is capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ What if someone decided to use an O3, or an M1, or a 30 caliber carbine, or a semi auto shotgun, or on and on and on.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing "single shots" are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault weapon is a rifle that is capable of selective fire, I.E. semi and full auto or burst.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ A true ASSAULT RIFLE is a weapon capable of select fire..ie, safe, semi, full/burst.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Having already made it through the expedition, the terrible destructions in America of the War of 1812, and 41 years past the expedition, it would be quite unlikely that it was destroyed later.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ There are more than enough restrictions on illegal weapons such as "Full Automatic".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I even have a few 30 round magazines, (that's clips for you Fudds), somewhere in the bottom of my gun vault.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They are both chambered for the same cartridge and neither capable of a higher rate of fire than the other.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Disagreeing on a round or caliber is normal in the gun world, but to take a certain kind of gun and lump all owners of it as "terrorists"?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Originally the carbine was envisioned as an inexpensive lightweight weapon for issue to rear-echelon and support troops (truckers, tankers, cooks, etc.) in place of the more expensive
M1911 pistol or
M1 Garand rifle. The M1 series was soon found suitable for close quarter battle engagements, a concept that would be re-applied later.
.^ Especially considering the folks making the cannon would be, well, the bellmakers, as they were the fellows with the experience and facilities for casting that much iron into that kind of shape.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This would be particularly useful in emergencies as a great example.
^ In terms of interacting with government directly, using open API’s would lower the cost of business transactions and ultimately service delivery for government as well as potentially making goverment better at partnering with others.
The 1930s was also the beginning of the important German
Maschinenkarabiner program of arms development that resulted in the
prototype Maschinenkarabiner M35 that was however not adopted for service.
[7]1940s–early 1950s: Maschinenkarabiner, Sturmgewehr & AK-47
Sturmgewehr 44 (Germany). Its development began in earnest with the Maschinenkarabiner project
.^ It is how a firearm or other item is used.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As for me, I plan to distance myself from Remington firearms for some time to come, and I'll encourage others likewise.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Although, there were some Minutemen who used them in the 1700's to assault Tyranny and give you the RIGHT to own firearms; bolt actions or otherwise.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Kinetic energy ranged between 1,400–2,100 J (1,033–1,550-foot-pounds), muzzle velocities of 600–800m/s (1,970–2,625 ft/s) and bullets of 7–9g (108–139 grains).
.^ If you can afford a $5,000 hand made tool and I can only afford a $500 tool, what does it matter as long as they both get the job done correctly?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As far as ARs, most men in their 20s-40s first exposure to firearms was in military service.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You say that AR-15's are terrorist rifles so then i guess you are calling US Soldiers terrorists as thay are the only military in the world that uses the AR-15 platform (in the military this would be the M-16).- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ To meet that interest, and hopefully to recover a small part of the five figure commission costs, we have arranged to have a very limited number of very high quality copies made.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I wondered how they got to that number and what that generally means to the amount of support of H.264 vs Ogg Theora on the HTML5-based Web.
.^ After that, it'll most likely be rifles, with their high-power scopes, powerful ammunition, and ability for snipers to inflict death at incredibly long ranges.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ So, does that make my Sharps Rifle a long range terrorist weapon JAKE. It still fires a freaking bullet you idiot.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ As far as being a "terrorist's weapon", as a soldier I am amazed at your ignorance and would not piss on you if you were on fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They are both chambered for the same cartridge and neither capable of a higher rate of fire than the other.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They criticize my choice in rifles, and bad mouth me before blasting away with their high powered "mega magnum whitetail waster this and that."- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Another quick check by yourself, would teach you that an assault weapon is a select fire weapon.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They are both chambered for the same cartridge and neither capable of a higher rate of fire than the other.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ BTW, I have rifles, and pistols, and shot guns, but nothing that antigun folk like Sarah Brady or Jim Zumbo would call an "assault weapon".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
This tactical approach was a refinement of the "Hutier" tactics used by Germany in the last year of WWI.
.^ Nothing like them appears on any other known Girandoni system air rifle.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I find it utterly incomprehensible that such a statement such as this could be possibly made when it is more than blatantly obvious that .223/5.56 comes in a much wider variety of loadings than just about any other cartridge.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You remember, the rifle that lost 2 world wars in the last century.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The 7.92x30 mm (Kurz) cartridge was an example of these experiments; in 1941, it was improved to
7.92x33mm Kurz Infanterie Kurz Patrone ("Infantry Short Cartridge"). In 1942, it was again improved as
Maschinenkarabiner Patrone S, and in 1943,
Pistolen Patrone 43mE; then, finally,
Infanterie Kurz Patrone 43.
.^ You sir are nothing more than a "shill" for the bolt action community.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Anything more than that is approaching a cache similar to what terrorists like to hide around the world.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I found your thoughts to be nothing more than fuel for the Anti-Gunners and ignorant.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ They may not use the same operating system, but they are identical in that they fire only one round per pull of the trigger.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Oh, while I was in there, I permanently attached the 30-30 upper I had specially made so that I could be a hunter using a hunting round.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I know MANY hunters who use AR's for hunting and what is the difference between an AR that uses a 223 round or a bolt action rifle that uses that same round?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
In 1942,
Walther presented the
Maschinenkarabiner ("automatic carbine," abbr. MKb), named MKb42(W).
.^ Sure it took years and in some cases decades but the end result is just the same.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An "assault" rifles, just like your vaunted "hunting" rifles are tools, designed to provide the user with a means to garner the same results.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It may smooth some ruffled feathers but is it an apology for what he said, and about to get his hand slapped and sponsors removed apology, or an I can't stand up for what I already said apology?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I know MANY hunters who use AR's for hunting and what is the difference between an AR that uses a 223 round or a bolt action rifle that uses that same round?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Jim, How can a man on the forefront of hunters rights be so ignorant as to condemn some for the tool that they use, just because it is different then what you prefer?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ We use them because they do what we want to do and they do it better than many other types of rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ NOT once EVER did it perform any better then any other rifle chambers in .223 Caliber.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You apparently feel that some guns are better or more justified than others.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Schmeisser developed it first as the MP43, then MP43/1, and finally as the MP44/Sturmgewehr 44 (abbreviated StG44, or sometimes Stg 44). It immediately entered large scale production.
.^ We support the industry far more than the guys who buy a box of .270 a year and end up with half of it left over for the following year.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ True, the rifle has been used in more conflicts around the world than any other small arm, but this is due to the rifle's simple design, durability and sheer number produced.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Let me say I also own the Ak-47 that I target shoot with quite often.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Perhaps, you should be using only rocks and spears because all fire arms were originally developed for the miltary.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Further more there are many people who successfully I might add use the 7.62x39mm cartridge in AK style rifles and SKS carbines to take everything from deer to varmints.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ People use AR-15s and AKs and SKS carbines, because they're available, work well, and do what they want them to do, for a price that they can afford.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It carries an intermediate, non full powered rifle round.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This company makes ammunition in calibers that fit those evil assault rifles that you badmouth.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Perhaps one day someone will decide all rounds over a particular caliber size or weight in grains is too large or too heavy for civilains to own.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Any airgun historian or student would immediately realize that this description could only apply to a Girandoni system repeating air rifle.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As a consequence of his actions and your tacit support of them, not only will I not peruse Outdoor Life in the future, I will actively encourage family, friends, and associates to do the same.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I will also point out that many terrorists use bolt action rifles with scopes as “tack drivers”.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ The long slim pump, designed almost without dead space, would be especially useful in topping off high pressure in partially expended cylinders.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Technically, they are not assault rifles as ALL assault rifles are machine guns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The original "assault rifle" was a single shot.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ First it's so-called assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Any airgun historian or student would immediately realize that this description could only apply to a Girandoni system repeating air rifle.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The resultant weapon, the Gerät 06(H) was supposedly slated for adoption by the Wehrmacht as the
StG45.
CEAM Modèle 1950, a French StG45 derivative in .30 US Carbine
The German technicians involved in developing the Sturmgewehr 45 continued their research in
France at
CEAM.
.^ Only once in my life have I ever seen anyone using one of these bullets.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I have a desire to be as proficient as possible with these weapons, because someday I may darn well need them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ These "military" weapons are the basis of the second amendment, not the sole called "sporting" weapons.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Vorgrimler moved to Spain and began production of
CETME Modelo A,B and C precursors of Heckler & Koch's G3 battle rifle and MP5 submachine gun
Late 1950s–1960s: Lighter rifles & smaller bullets
Many of these automatic firearms used intermediate cartridges with much lighter bullets and smaller calibers, but fired at very high velocity; kinetic energy ranged between 1300–1800J (960–1,330-foot-pounds), velocities of 900–1050m/s (2,950–3,450 ft/s), and bullets of 3–4g (46–62 grains).
The M16 had its trial by fire with the USAF in Vietnam in the early 60s; by 1967 the M16A1 became the Army's standard service rifle
.^ Remember how much damage the bolt action weapon can do and did in the world wars?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Several things were learned which applied directly to personal weapon design.
.^ Perhaps the most likely is the most casual - he saw it fired many, many times , an astonishing number of times, but not even to the end of a magazine load.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He then found the cause and in some measure prevented the airs escaping, and then she fired seven times; but when in perfect order she fires 22 times in a minute.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This donation, and the donors, of what the leading Army arms curators announced is the Most Important Individual Gun in American History (any gun, not just airgun!- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
So the long range and accuracy of the standard rifle was, in a real sense, wasted. Second, the research found that aiming was not a major factor in causing casualties.
.^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
[9] Third, psychological studies found that many riflemen (as much as 2/3) never fired their weapons at the enemy.
.^ One of the big contributing factos to the backlash against the 'assault weapons ban' is that it did nothing whatsoever to actually address assault weapons.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After moving a ball into firing position, the gun is cocked by pulling back on a hammer-like cocking lever.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is strong evidence that Lewis' airgun was one of the small number of military rifles (reportedly up to 200 guns, but probably a far lower actual number) known to have been slipped to private buyers by Girandoni before his death in 1799.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[10] .^ Another quick check by yourself, would teach you that an assault weapon is a select fire weapon.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As far as being a "terrorist's weapon", as a soldier I am amazed at your ignorance and would not piss on you if you were on fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The round would be terrible for that, it is short ranged and is not very flat shooting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state."- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Do you notice how many members of the United States' Military who are offended by these comments?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As a former member of the United States Army I am deeply offended by your article.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ You have just done more to hurt the 2A cause than any army of hoplophobes could have hoped to do.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You must take great pride in owning and maintaining a quality piece of equipment and in being more than capable of making a difficult shot at distance.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Zumbo, sir, you are truly clueless to the fact that you are doing more damage to all American gun owners than your "leftist" friends could ever do.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Posted by: Doesn't own an assault rifle .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I own several "assault" rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Due to political pressure from the
Conservative Party, which agreed with the American standardization campaign, the whole project was shelved at the eve of introduction. In Belgium, the famous arms producer
FN Herstal started experimenting with the German 7.92x33mm Kurzpatrone.
.^ We use them because they do what we want to do and they do it better than many other types of rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The AR-15 platform is a proven weapons system, and a proven hunting rifle that has been in use by American hunters and law enforcement officers for decades.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They are going to take your shotgun, 22 rifle, anything they deam as a weapon capable of shooting a modern cartridge projectile.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Bolivia and
Chile adopted the SIG 510-4 as their service rifle, Bolivian/Chilean exports were licence produced by the Italian firm
Beretta.
.^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The Girandoni military air rifle had a magazine listed at 20 rounds.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A rifle capable of automatic fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ So you have a higher risk of wounding an animal with a handgun than with a much more powerful rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Well it looks like I am going to have alot more time on my hands and save alot of money.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If someone wants to hunt with an AR, an AK, a 1903 Springfield, a Sharps rifle, or a new 17 caliber Remington provided to them by the maufacturer more power to them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If AR's and other "black rifles" are terrorist rifles, what are Ruger Mini-14's, Ruger 10/22's, Remington 4700's, Winchester Semi-autos, and others?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I will be looking very careful at everyone that advertises in Outdoorlife and deciding on wether or not I want to do any more business with them again.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An "ASSAULT" rifle, is a rifle fireing an intermediate sized cartridge [smaller than a rifle, larger than a pistol], with a selector switch allowing FULLY auto fire, as well as semi-auto fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ AR-15: not an assault rifle.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Posted by: AR-15's are Freedom Rifles .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ AR-15 which is a semi auto rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The M16A1 version soon followed to rectify issues found during use in the
Vietnam War.
.^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Correct me if I am wrong, since when has a semi-auto rifle been considered a selective fire weapon?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ So considered, a.32 caliber rifle would not be a large airgun.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Would you consider it an assault rifle?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ And while we are at it, what's with all this use of military cartridges and calibers?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Words like "Clueless", "Opinionated" and "Fool" will carry more weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
One aspect of the smaller caliber ammunition that is sometimes hotly debated is its fragmentation behavior.
.^ Not one round hit the target...- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a rifle manufactured for military use, capable of 3-round bursts and/or fully automatic fire.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The M16 is capable of shooting in semi automatic or in fully automatic mode, which was a 3 round burst when I was in the Army.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Within a certain range of ballistic conditions, the lighter
5.56 mm and
5.45 mm will, upon striking tissue, first tumble and then fragment.
.^ Never having shot beyond 25 yards before, at 100 I was able to hit a 12" metal plate with EVERY shot using cheap ammo and iron sites.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it" .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ (Hey, pistol target shooters do not need any thing larger than a .22) .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Effectiveness depends on what tissues of the enemy body the round destroys. Larger destroyed areas increases the probability that sufficient damage will be done to end enemy resistance. Ultimately, any pointed (spitzer) round will tumble in soft tissue.
.^ I would have more respect for you if you stood your ground, instead, you issued a weak apology, knowing full well the damage you have caused.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I don't hunt with it, but if I did, with a legal 5 round magazine and the proper bullet on an appropriate animal, it would hunanely do the job.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Thus a shooter, familiar only with flintlocks, could cause just two clicks on the airgun and think that he is in the full cock position and ready to fire.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
There is a distinct, though lesser effectiveness if the heart, large blood vessels, or liver (which last tends to tear) is hit causing fairly quick loss of blood pressure, and consequent unconsciousness.
Part of the dispute over small-caliber rounds arises here. Blood loss leads to indirect incapacitation, but often takes longer than direct destruction of tissue.
.^ Bring him down, take him out.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Take the fight directly to him.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You obviously know better than anyone else how to take game in the field and you are obviously compensated quite well by those whose purse strings you are bound by.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
[11] .^ Many people aren't aware of how two-faced Zumbo's arguments are, so let's present a little breakdown.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I use many rifles that you do not find appropriate for hunting but are excellent target rifles in my sport.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I know MANY hunters who use AR's for hunting and what is the difference between an AR that uses a 223 round or a bolt action rifle that uses that same round?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Not only are most of these guns NEVER used in any type of 'combat' even defined in the most open of ways, but the majority of rounds fired in America are used for target shooting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Talking about aiding and abetting the enemy!...I thought I would never see one of our own, sell us out to the other side.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ While a serious wound , even a wound resulting from a shot from a partially empty air reservoir, would take an enemy soldier out of battle, only quickly lethal wounds were appropriate to hunting.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ When a bystander was hit by a ball from the airgun would a more serious injury have been expected from a .51 caliber Girandoni?- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And, of course, it would have been necessary to have had the tools and bullet molds that were needed for the use of the airgun.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ We used circle-circle collision detection, however there are also hash maps for more complications collision detection such as used in “ bullet hell ” games.
.^ I hope that you will re-consider your words and your attitude towards the people who happen to own a different rifle than you use.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The ballistics of the 7.62 x 39 aren't all that different from the traditional 30-30.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Just because they look different than what you’re used to doesn’t make them bad.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
)
1970s–1990s: Development of features and form factors
QBZ-95 (
China), using 5.8x42mm rounds. Adopted in 1995.
Many of these automatic firearms used the same rounds as in older eras, but developed new layout designs, materials, and features, like standard telescopic and reflex sights.
.^ At what point do they become assault rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As many others have said, your high-powered, scoped hunting rifle is far more accurate at distance then most semi-auto "assault rifles".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They'll go after .50 caliber rifles, then handguns, and then after your precious hunting rifles (which they will call high powered sniper rifles).- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Following the trend set by the United States (which went from 7.62x51mm to 5.56x45mm), the
Soviet Union developed its own smaller-caliber cartridge: the
5.45x39mm. In 1974, the 5.45x39
AK-74 became the successor to the
AK-47/
AKM series.
.^ I shot my first deer with a AK 47 style rifle in the woods of Virginia.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I am deeply disappointed in this comment, comparing AR-15's and AK-47's to terrorist weapons.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The weapon most often associated with terrorists is the AK-47.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I know they aren't automatic, heck i don't think they even allow them to have a 3 round burst so it is kind of hard for me to even consider them as assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I think hunting with a assault rifle is only okay if you have a 5 round clip in it.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I shoot 4000 plus rounds a year out of my M1A assault rifle with a 20 round mag .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I have also used one of these rifles for hunting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The bolt rifle was developed for use by the military.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I have no use for any "Remchester" hunting rifle, but I would never condemn anyone for having one, nor would I advocate banning them for any reason.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Because of
German reunification and heat-dissipation issues with the caseless ammunition, the rifle never entered full production.
.^ And, the Lewis airgun, of course, simply was not available to them for any examination from 1803 to 1806, a time that may well have been their formative period for basic design development.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ AR15/AR10 rifles are popular for their modular design, ease of maintenance, reliability and accuracy.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Permalink These are the same anti-tax Hollywood "Wild West" cowboys from the late-1980s and the 1990s.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Wasn't the M98 Mauser an assault rifle at one time?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I 've owned at one time or another over two dozen Remington rifles and shotguns in my life.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ But wait, the M1 isn't an assault rifle and 30.06 bullet isn't designed for assault uses.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Examples of the trend include the
FAMAS,
Steyr AUG, and
SA80.
.^ I have other rifles better suited, but both the AR and AK are capable when used within their limitations.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If you are a true sportsman than I urge you to hunt with a single shot rifle with iron sights like I have all my life.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ One rifle can be used for urban varmint control and wilderness varmints.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The
QBZ-95,
SAR-21, and the
Tavor TAR-21 follow a similar trend as well, with a bullpup configuration and heavy use of composites.
The German
Heckler & Koch G36, adopted in the late 1990s by
Germany and
Spain , had integral
telescopic and
red dot sights and a composite exterior. The G36C, a compact variant, featured a different barrel assembly, a shorter foregrip, and a
Picatinny rail in place of the standard sight assembly to accommodate a detachable sight.
Through the 1990s, modular accessories for use on rifles, of a variety of types, started to become widespread with the rapidly increasing practice of mounting
Picatinny pattern rails on firearms.
.^ Since when was the weapon I and all other US forces issued, a terrorist weapon?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Are my Remington 700PSS and 870 Police "terrorist weapons" also?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Are you going to call my SWAT team a band of terrorists too?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Their Model 7615 "tactical rifle" is a pump action with a collapsible stock.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK.—The term ‘folding or telescoping stock’ means a stock that folds, telescopes, or otherwise operates to reduce the length, size,or any other dimension, or otherwise enhances concealability, of a firearm.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I carry an M-1 carbine because it is light, but also termed by the anti-gunners, such as you Mr. Zumbo an "assualt weapon".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ We use them because they do what we want to do and they do it better than many other types of rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Intertwined with the growth of the modular accessories was the concept of rifles being modular themselves.
.^ An AR-15 is functionally just like any other rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If a hunter would like to use an "assault" rifle to hunt with so what?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ So you don't like "assault" rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Together we can unite with common sense gun control organizations to find support for licensing and the eventual elimination of automatic weapons from civilian ownership.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ What other semi-automatic rifles and shotguns will he say are terrorist weapons next?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The "assault weapons" ban was a total misnomer(lie) on semi-automatic weapons, not one automatic fire rifle was on the list.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Civilian revenue allows for the deeply discounted weapons provided to government contracts as a result of the relatively high price we pay for the same weapons, thereby differing costs.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Very similar to the types of weapons used my military snipers in Iraq and assassins around the world.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Perhaps you think the type of weapon you have is intimidating but then again perhaps that only occurs to you as you are trying to compensate for some shortage or deficiency.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ AR-15: not an assault rifle.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
^ AR-15 rifles to terrorists.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The Colt AR-15 is not an assault rifle.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It is apparent that many Indians, if they had seen such an assault rifle in action, would have been anxious to get aboard the expedition boats to see if the group had a supply of these amazing guns.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ (This paper was also the basis for Fred Baer's excellent 1973 paper, which corrected many of the mistakes of his unfortunate1955 paper, but still led Hummelberger and Scharer to repeat many of the standard errors about the Girandoni military repeating air rifle - such as the caliber.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It has no higher a rate of fire than any other semi-automatic weapon: it fires once every time you pull the trigger."- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
21st Century Developments
The
Micro Tavor (M.T.A.R) will be the standard assault rifle of the Israel Defence Forces infantry units by 2011.
The Belgian
FN F2000, a bullpup, modular assault rifle with integrated electronics such as a laser rangerfinder and an
LCD display
The XM8's modular variants.
.^ Previous attempts at defining and banning 'assault rifles' did not ban the creation of AR15 rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Around the turn of the last century, that was the Assault Rifle of it's time.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Looking at the previous century the insurgencies and full scale wars were fought with bolt action rifles until the latter half of the last century.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Grow up and come into the 21st century.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ When they come for our "terrorist assault rifles", who will stand up for our rights?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I own several "assault" rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Since this is the rifle carried by the military of the United States I can only assume that they must be the people you consider terrorists.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ How many terrorist attacks have happened in the United States where one of your so-called "Terrorist Rifles" was used?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As a former United States Marine I am insulted by the insinuation that the rifle I carried and used to defend our nation was a "terrorist rifle".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Based on the
Heckler & Koch G36 it had similar features, but added electronics such as a
laser sight, round counter, and integral
infrared and visible lights.
.^ I'm trying to design a change that will allow the rifle to be manually operated with a bolt action.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ AR15/AR10 rifles are popular for their modular design, ease of maintenance, reliability and accuracy.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Since Wal-Mart for the most part no longer sells rifles and shotguns, possibly you could become a "greeter" for them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ By definition a true assault rifle is a submachine gun so, to be precise, you are condemning a so-called "black rifle" as a terroristic weapon solely because of its looks.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault weapon is a rifle that is capable of selective fire, I.E. semi and full auto or burst.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ An assault rifle is a select fire weapon with a choice between semi-auto and either full-auto or a burst feature.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Ar-15's may "look" different to your traditional bolt action, but they fuction very much the same.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Please convert me by sending me free of charge the most expensive bolt action rifle made.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If they can't hunt with a bolt action rifle then they shouldn't be hunting at all.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ The Mauser designed action found on many modern bolt action rifles was use by both sides in World War 1 and 2.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
The US spent millions on the
Objective Individual Combat Weapon program, to create a more advanced combat rifle.
.^ Mine suggests that a firearm which is designed to be carried night and day, at the ready; to be reliable and capable of downing a human sized quarry, has every place in hunting.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The .223 round is a very capable round and the AR platform was designed around it which lends to it being reliable and accurate , everything a person wants in a hunting rifle .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The .223 round is a very capable round and the AR platform was designed around it which lends to it being reliable and acurate , everything a person wants in a hunting rifle .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Nothing like them appears on any other known Girandoni system air rifle.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The AR platform is a rifle that many of us are intimately familiar with due to our service to this country.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Even today's bolt action rifles were originally developed to kill other human beings - Paul Mauser didn't make bolt action rifles for hunting!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
France's
PAPOP program is currently underway to create a computerized infantry weapon system.
.^ If someone wants to hunt with an AR, an AK, a 1903 Springfield, a Sharps rifle, or a new 17 caliber Remington provided to them by the maufacturer more power to them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ After all, one of America's most beloved Presidents, a war hero and the image of the New Frontier, was cut down with a scoped bolt action rifle.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The main new data structure that a developer if provided with is a FileList objects which represents an array of File objects.
The future
Small arms technology including the assault rifle can be described as a
mature technology. However, changes in battlefield realities can be expected to lead to technological changes.
.^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault" rifles are NFA weapons - ie - full auto weapons.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ So you don't like "assault" rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ If someone wants to hunt with an AR, an AK, a 1903 Springfield, a Sharps rifle, or a new 17 caliber Remington provided to them by the maufacturer more power to them.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ More concerning for me is the possibility that there are many other such crash bugs lurking in the new sqlite based code.
^ As I recall, progressive governmets such as Mexico and some sub-saharan african nations have outlawed the use of Military calibers in pursuit of game.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ I personally do not own nor would I hunt with an Assault Rifle - But could care less if that is what someone else prefers to hunt with.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ As the situation dictates a deer rifle can much more "effective " than an "assault rifle".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ How about a Precssion Rifleworks stub rifle that is based on that NEF/H&R design?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ At what point do they become assault rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This quote from you is pure diatribe:"I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ So, that being a truism, I suggest you put more research into your columns, and curb YOUR opinion's, prior to becoming an enemy of millions of gunowners nationwide.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The small diameter of the air vent passage would allow much higher pressures, with much greater effort, to be put into the tanks for testing.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ It's not really about the assault rifle, it is about the rifle itself.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This quote from you is pure diatribe:"I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ It carries an intermediate, non full powered rifle round.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ An assault rifle is a select fire rifle firing an intermediate cartridge, of light weight.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The original "assault rifle" was a single shot.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Limitations of current technology prevent this idea from being successful but the concept is still being researched.
Legal ownership by civilians
Possession of assault rifles by civilians is illegal in most nations, but there are a few notable exceptions, including the following:
United States
.^ We legally own the weapons you claim are "terrorist" rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They are semi-automatic rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ They tell me that some companies are producing assault rifles that are 'tackdrivers.'"- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Canada
.^ I know they aren't automatic, heck i don't think they even allow them to have a 3 round burst so it is kind of hard for me to even consider them as assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ All of those assault rifles are just civilian versions of the M-16.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ To sum up this first part 1.There are no assault rifles in the hands of civilians.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Keep creating free software and content *under a copyleft license*.
Czech Republic
.^ So how does Congress "prescribe" the "discipline" under which the well REGULATED Militia is to be REGULATED? By making LAW, that being "Militia Act" of 1792.- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
[13] .^ Remember that such unmarked specimens of the Girandoni military repeating air rifles apparently were guns which had been diverted from the Girandoni shops to "gentlemen" civilians.- New Page 1 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC www.beemans.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group .- AZ Assault Rifle-Wielding Man And Gun-Toter In NH Belong To Same Right-Wing Group | TPMMuckraker 10 February 2010 11:41 UTC tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: Original source]
a legitimate firearms collection. The largest rifled bore available to civilians is .50-caliber.
Switzerland
.^ Futhermore select fire weapons are assault rifles, not any rifle in an AR15 configuration.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Do you know that real assault rifles are full automatics, not semi.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Like many people have previously stated, these "terrorist" rifles are functionally no different than many "sporting" semi-automatic firearms such as the Remington 7400 or Browning BAR. .- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ We also have the right to legitimately own the fully automatic and selective fire versions of those rifles, currently banned by the unconstitutional "Firearms Owner's Protection Act of 1986".- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If an AR-15 is considered a "terrorist" rifle, then what about all the other semi-automatic rifles out there such as mini-14's.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Finland
.^ My "evil terrorist assault rifles" are the only thing standing between you, Jim, and Chuck Schumer.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The very rifle Zumbo carries with him is more than likely deadlier at longer range than any of the so-called assault weapons he condemns.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This quote from you is pure diatribe:"I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Police must verify that the collector is able to store the gun securely to discourage theft.
[14]
Pakistan
.^ Together we can unite with common sense gun control organizations to find support for licensing and the eventual elimination of automatic weapons from civilian ownership.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ The term "assault rifle" is a term coined by the gun grabbers of the U.S. Assualt is an action and just like any other firearm the person is the one that takes the action not the weapon!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ They are not terrorist rifles or assault rifles.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ At what point do they become assault rifles?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ My "evil terrorist assault rifles" are the only thing standing between you, Jim, and Chuck Schumer.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
There are complaints that the licensing process has become too politicized.
[15]
Poland
.^ The only rifle I might own may be a M1 Garand.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ "Assault rifles" have selective fire capabilty.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ Do you know that real assault rifles are full automatics, not semi.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
.^ Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing "single shots" are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ If all of this offends you, why ban a class of firearms from hunting which are functionally identical to sporting semi automatic firearms?- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ This is far more devastating than the "assault weapon", especially the civilianized semi-automatic version legal for sale, which can only shoot one shot at a time!- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Machine Carbine Promoted," Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 57, April 1945.
- ^ C. Taylor The fighting rifle – A complete study of the rifle in combat, ISBN 0-87947-308-8
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References
- Crawford, S. (2003). Twenty-First Century Small Arms. MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7603-1503-5
- Cutshaw, C. (2006). Tactical Small Arms of the 21st Century. Gun Digest Books. ISBN 0-87349-914-X
- Halls, Chris. (1974) Guns in Australia, Paul Hamlyn, Sydney. ISBN 0-600-07291-6
- Lewis, J. (2004). .^ By definition a true assault rifle is a submachine gun so, to be precise, you are condemning a so-called "black rifle" as a terroristic weapon solely because of its looks.
- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I can take any firearm that Remington makes and make it appear to be an "Assault Weapon" because the critera is in looks only.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ You always hear of people jumping on people who use "assault weapons" but if you look at the numbers (which I have extensively) more people are killed by "sporting weapons" every day.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87349-658-2
- Popenker, M. et al. (2004). .^ This company makes ammunition in calibers that fit those evil assault rifles that you badmouth.
- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ WE that is to say our military uses the assault rifle version of the ar-15 the m-16/M4A1.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
^ I feel you are ignorant, as you forget all the modern rifles are a derivation of military weapons, including that bolt action you hold in your photo.- Hunting With Jim Zumbo 20 September 2009 1:21 UTC razoreye.net [Source type: General]
Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 1-86126-700-2
- Senich , P. (1987). German Assault Rifle: 1935-1945. Paladin Press. ISBN 0-87364-400-X
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