Monday, November 20, 2006

Assault Rifles and Their Ammunition

Airborne Combat Engineer posted a comments on this article last week. Since then I have read it a couple of times and will probably read it again. If you are interested in the history and development of the modern assault rifle cartridge, then this is for you.

I should probably define assault rifle, as what is portrayed as an assault rifle by politicians and the media does not quite fit the bill. From the article:

"A military rifle, capable of controlled, fully-automatic fire from the shoulder, with an effective range of at least 300 metres".
This is well worth the read, if only for the pictures of historical and experimental ammunition.

3 comments:

lilfeathers2000 said...

Sorry skipped the article.
My weapon of choice is still 12 ga loaded with OO buck.
I had a family doc that was a vet from the Nam era and he also told me was a great combat weapon. He was point man on a 3 man recon team. The 12ga was bought after he went in country the first time.
Blessings

John R said...

The shotgun is an excellent choice. The new ammo that is available makes a shotgun a very versatile firearm, the controls are intuitive and muscle memory is easily acquired. The 12 ga. makes a very formidable weapon.

sweettness said...

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