I don't own an AR. Am I alone?

**Marcus99** · October 19th, 2017, 02:48 PM

I have 1 and my wife has a .22lr Colt/Walther type gun. I'm also not into the accessories and all that stuff. Mine is pretty much bone stock. It certainly is intimidating, I've looked into AK's and I have the same problem because I am not knowledgeable about them.

**indianjack** · October 19th, 2017, 02:50 PM

Neither do I, all classics here.

**free** · October 19th, 2017, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by dkf

Nothing wrong with going into a gun shop, picking a rifle you like that is in your budget and buying it.

I've done that....except it was a parking lot and not a shop....just turned out the rifle isn't an AR (:

**zachomega** · October 19th, 2017, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by free

I've done that....except it was a parking lot and not a shop....just turned out the rifle isn't an AR (:

Well don't leave me hanging at this point...what rifle is it?

-Zach

**Badger Tuff** · October 19th, 2017, 05:54 PM

I like my Ruger AR 556 only mod. I did was put a Timney trigger and Nikon scope on it and if my eyes were better I wouldn't have a scope on it. Shoots 3/4 inch groups @ 100 yards with cheap Fed. Ar 556 ammo. Also was hoping the PGC would have made them legal for deer hunting, I would have been hunting with mine.

**dkf** · October 19th, 2017, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Badger Tuff

I like my Ruger AR 556 only mod. I did was put a Timney trigger and Nikon scope on it and if my eyes were better I wouldn't have a scope on it. Shoots 3/4 inch groups @ 100 yards with cheap Fed. Ar 556 ammo. Also was hoping the PGC would have made them legal for deer hunting, I would have been hunting with mine.

Hopefully in the near future we can use them for big game. For some reason Turkey is considered big game in PA too.

**Emptymag** · October 19th, 2017, 06:46 PM

Around 2007 when I joined here I had no idea that the average person could afford such a rifle.
Even then, prices were pretty high for an off the rack carbine and I couldn't imaging paying "one thousand dollars" for a rifle of ANY type. I thought I would never own one - and then I was introduced to the world of "building" and AR15.

Hey, this makes it affordable!!! I still found it overwhelming and my first carbine was a build that used a complete upper - all I needed to "build" was the lower and slap them together.

That held me for quite a few years, but then I wanted another.
I learned more and was able to pick and choose the parts I wanted and just started buying a piece here and there and throwing the parts in a box until I had what I needed.

Then I wanted another... and...

This didn't happen overnight, but that's the beauty of it - you can buy them one part at a time - at your own pace.

I can still remember thinking "I'll never own one of those."
Hell, I always thought I was an AK47 guy! LOL!

**Krichardson** · October 19th, 2017, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

Around 2007 when I joined here I had no idea that the average person could afford such a rifle.
Even then, prices were pretty high for an off the rack carbine and I couldn't imaging paying "one thousand dollars" for a rifle of ANY type. I thought I would never own one - and then I was introduced to the world of "building" and AR15.

Hey, this makes it affordable!!! I still found it overwhelming and my first carbine was a build that used a complete upper - all I needed to "build" was the lower and slap them together.

That held me for quite a few years, but then I wanted another.
I learned more and was able to pick and choose the parts I wanted and just started buying a piece here and there and throwing the parts in a box until I had what I needed.

Then I wanted another... and...

This didn't happen overnight, but that's the beauty of it - you can buy them one part at a time - at your own pace.

I can still remember thinking "I'll never own one of those."
Hell, I always thought I was an AK47 guy! LOL!

AK47 guy huh? With that lineup how many AKs do you own?

**Gunsnwater** · October 19th, 2017, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by free

I've done that....except it was a parking lot and not a shop....just turned out the rifle isn't an AR (:

Did you use a brick to get it?

**NathanB** · October 19th, 2017, 06:55 PM

I have several. All purpose built. Designed to do one thing well and a couple for shit hit the fan. I even built one for my wife that weighs four pounds flat and have one in 22 for my daughter. I don’t even know how many I have at this point. 11 or 12 I think with three more lowers hanging out.