Talk me out of it

Now, in my opinion only!

The 5.56 mm round is insufficent for stopping power, too easily affected by wind for snipiing and all around a poor choice too do anything except shoot small game or blow holes in paper.

The reasons it was adopted for our military is because of trade offs in weight per round, hyper velocity for hydraulic shock effect and many other reasons. They are trade offs and compromises. Unless your going to join the miolitary and supply your own weapon, this calibre is a poor choice by almost any definition.

Now, since most of us are not going to supply our own weapons, we don't have to compromise. If money is no object, pick something else. If money is a factor for ammunition, by a .30 calibre. 7.62 is a better round in every categoy there is for almost anything. You can even hunt with ball ammo and have a good chance of killing your game. I would never recommend this as its against most state laws to use fulkl metal jacketed ammuniton for hunting. And if you must have a round that averages over 3000 feet per second, you can load your own 7.62 to a little over 3000 with a bullet weight of 150 grains, thats almost three times the bullet mass per round.

5.56 is a fine round to look cool and have fun with the AR series systems are OK despite their numerous flaws. If you have to have a AR series weapon and plan on defending your life or families lives with it, don't chambger it in 5.56.

Yes my H&k 91 or M1A or FAL is heavier and the ammo is heavier but the .30 ammuniton is superior when it comes to putting your faith in something in an emergency.
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It still boggles me that some people think that 5.56 is an insufficient round.

I dare anyone to take a couple of 5.56 rounds COM/head and see if it doesn't hurt or kill you. I'm not military or LEO, but it would be stupid to think that we supply many of our servicemen with a caliber that is only good for poking holes on paper or varmint. Even people shot with duty-issued 45ACP Glocks can still survive; does that mean those are insufficient too?

Of course a larger caliber like 7.62 is prefered for long-range purposes, but damn we might as well all be using 50BMG eh? /Rant over.
 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DON'T DO IT!!!!. There are enough of those black rifles out there. Too many mall ninjas out there. If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you? Where is your originality, why become one of the crowd. Just way too much money for plastic. The world is not going to come to an end, so you wont need zombie protection. The dinosaurs are coming back, 5.56 isn't enough gun.

Is this helping??????? :D:D:D
 
It still boggles me that some people think that 5.56 is an insufficient round
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:)

My wife made the following observation:

"If ANY bullet hits you, it's at least gonna make you flinch, and will in turn probably cause you to reevaluate your current direction of travel. Besides, there's a lot to be said for the well-placed shot."

Looks to me like she "gets it".
 
I bought it because I had the opportunity to do it, I wanted to buy a modern, centerfire rifle with lots of flexibility that shoots a common, inexpensive round, had a good track record for reliability, has good part availability, and has a broad knowledge base behind it. The AR15 meets those criteria and so was the rifle for me. That is it fun to shoot, is a rifle I can shoot all day without fatigue, light, and accurate are bonuses.
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Agreed :)

orthosophy, don't get in a hurry - ask yourself:

-why do I want one
-what type of shooting do I plan to do
 
Okay... Don't do it. If you buy one of those rifles, Sylvester Stallone will come to your house and give you a Rambo :eek: type spanking. But if you enjoy that sort of stuff, then buy an AR... :D
 
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