Subj : Re: Lever
To   : Moondog
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Sep 12 2020 08:04 pm

-=> Moondog wrote to Gamgee <=-

 >  IJ> I had to go back and re-read .... your original question is on
 >  IJ> lever... and cowboy look... If it's a self defense gun... semi
 >  IJ> auto all the way.  BTW, you can go online and build an AR at
 >  IJ> Palmetto State Armory and build an AR for ~ 4-500 bucks.... AND
 >  IJ> even better get it chambered in 9MM .... I'd have all my self
 >  IJ> defense guns chambered in 9MM .... I would buy boxes and boxes
 >  IJ> and boxes of ammunition... Anyway... that's what I would do...

 > An AR chambered in 9mm?
 > Ummmmmm..... no thanks.

 Mo> Pistol caliber carbines are pretty hot in Steel Challenge, 3-gun,
 Mo> USPSA and now there's a PPC class in IDPA.  The receivers are now
 Mo> made to accept Glock mags, which means you have a choice from 17
 Mo> round to 33 round, and even up to the 50+ round drums.  The Sig
 Mo> MPX and the modern CZ Skorpion are perfect examples of other
 Mo> PPC's.  In the past a special magazine adapter was need to feed
 Mo> Uzi or other subgun mags into an AR lower.  The 9mm operates on
 Mo> blowback instead of direct impingement.

That may all be true.

The OP was talking about a "self-defense" AR.

Makes no sense to have an AR for that purpose chambered in 9mm.



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