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Originally Posted by k9870
AR 15s have to be taken off the shoulder to clear a jam or charging handle whacks your face and the direct impigment system means it craps where it eats. Agreed, AKs suck. I prefer the ruger mini for close range, as a standard rifle stock is much more confortable. My CQB weapon of choice is my 870 express deer.
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In an AR15 you don't need to take your rifle off your shoulder to clear a typical jam. I don't and people that have been train on the platform don't.
If you have a double feed or a malfunction that is harder to clear then you have to do remedial action then that need to be taken of the shoulder in some cases (like all rifles). Compare to a lot of rifles clearing an AR15 malfunction is pretty fast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6jXFbkNU6E
The Ruger mini 14 is crap. For a rifle that cost almost the same as an AR15 it can't hit the side of the barn from 50 yards. After some 30 odd years Ruger decided to produce Hi-Cap mag for the mini 14. Wonder why? No ones buys the mini 14, everybody went with the AR15.
If the DI is so bad then why does almost every Western Special Force use them instead of piston type rifle? The people that thinks that the AR15 is unreliable are game kiddies and internet commandos.
Here is an AR15 shooting at 860 yards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9Nk...eature=related
I've seen AR15 competitor shooting AR15 with iron sight in less then ideal conditions at 600 yards targets without a problem. In fact 60% of their shots hit the X.
The SCAR is dead. Another future weapon program will start this coming November. It the main reason why Bushmaster is delaying the ACR.