• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    I understand some people might look away from the AR-15 because it’s the gun everyone has which takes away from the cool factor, or maybe you just dislike its connotation due to high use among right-wing folk, but this person speaks the truth.

    AR-15s are common because they work. Customizations and spare parts are cheap, effective, and widely available. So are good magazines, which are typically a shockingly difficult part to design well and the place where many otherwise decent guns fail. .223 Remington has one of most varied supplies of ammunition on the market, beaten only by things like 12 gauge.

    Don’t buy weird shit until you own one of these (or at least a pump-action 12 gauge ffs).

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        1 hour ago

        No lie! They’ve been available to civilians since the 60s. They weren’t popular because they’re not the best in any particular class. But they’re easy and don’t kick.

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          3 minutes ago

          Sure, but also wheelguns were also considered more reliable and better than semi autos at the time.

          AR ban expiration came around the same time as people were getting more used to gucci guns and mods.

          There were a lot of other guns that got unbanned at the same time. The AR platform just happened to be ready for a resurgence right around the time that the expiration.