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In reply to the discussion: Let's call them what they are: [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,692 posts)21. I agree
        Holding on to the idea of an AWB is a really unfortunate and distracting fetish.
However, an accurate cyclic rate for the AR is about 80-90 per minute if you actually aim. The enbloc clip used with the M1 holds 8 rounds.
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        I can appreciate your thoughts on these matters.  But this is a culture war...
        Eleanors38
        Jul 2016
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        Really?  God that's pathetic.  How far will gun people go to defend their fetish.
        flamin lib
        Aug 2016
        #19
      
        
        Jerry Miculek, a professional athlete widely regarded as the fastest shooter in the world,
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #76
      
        
        Trench warfare was a thing of the past by the time the M1 was developed (late 1930's)
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #94
      
        
        That's what I was wondering. By the time the M1 was adopted, the Army was concentrating...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #95
      
        
        I've only seen the term used to describe combat shotguns. I'd like to understand the context...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #97
      
        
        Yeah, 8 vs 10 rounds per clip.  Was mixing Enfield with Garand.  Thanks for the correction. nt
        flamin lib
        Aug 2016
        #24
      
        
        The M1 is clip fed, whereas the Enfield is magazine fed. There really isn't any excuse...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #31
      
        
        "I daresay that I know more about guns...than most gun nuts here on DU"
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #34
      
        
        Only for bonefide gun nutz.  The clip on the M1 is a box loaded outside the rifle.
        flamin lib
        Aug 2016
        #38
      
        
        No, this is basic technical terminology which someone of your supposed expertise...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #46
      
        
        What "losing argument"? Correcting your erroneous terminology? It's extremely difficult for me...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #49
      
        
        You're still deflecting and attacking me instead of addressing the basic premise. nt
        flamin lib
        Aug 2016
        #65
      
        
        I'm addressing your self professed status as someone highly knowledgeable of firearms...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #85
      
        
        "If YOU don't understand the internal mechanisms of assault weapons I suggest that you are...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #67
      
        
        In that particular venue, the Orlando shooter could have shot 103 people with a full-sized pistol,
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #79
      
        
        You're likely right, but I am genuinely curious having owned several M1s over the years...
        Marengo
        Aug 2016
        #142
      
        
        Because it's an "Evil Scary Gun Term", and "assault weapon" was already taken....
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #143
      
        
        155gr .30-06 is still trading velocity for long range and penetration.  Try 110gr.
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #33
      
        
        6mm Remington "worked OK" (in your words) at U Texas.  9mm "worked OK" (again your words) at VT.
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #43
      
        
        Weight is a big issue now, but that was less of an criterion before body armor was general-issue.
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #81
      
        
        The red herrings and deflection in this thread are not coming from your interlocutors:
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #68
      
        
        "At a time of increasing gun violence in America" Gun crime has decreased markedly in the US
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #106
      
        
        How can gun violence not be a crime, unless one counts paper targets, clay pigeons...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #108
      
        
        The *number of media accounts* is on the rise, not the rate. That is what is declining.
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #111
      
        
        You were talking about a license to own, not a license to carry. Big difference.
        beevul
        Aug 2016
        #113
      
        
        The book is by a legal scholar...here's some more...there are many cases...it's legal.
        Sancho
        Aug 2016
        #117
      
        
        Not desiring prior restraint on an enumerated right =/= "(a) desire to allow dangerous people...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #126
      
        
        I have no problem with carry permits so long as they are given on an objective basis...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #130
      
        
        Your licensing proposal is flawed, IMO, because of the idea "you can have one IF...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Aug 2016
        #134
      
        
        How would you get the gun control lobby to sign up to that, or be constrained by it?
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #137
      
        
        All civilian repeating firearms have the ability to kill a lot of people if misused.
        benEzra
        Aug 2016
        #83
      
  