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[vehve]

I sort of think mistaking them the other way around would be pretty funny too. Having a SWAT team surrounding a tomato green house.

 

[perchie.girl]

Oh, sure, if it was one of my co-workers, he'd never hear the end of it.

You are a police officer? Kewel....

hey I just saw something kind of scary.... San Diego Highway patrol Motorcycle officers are now carrying M16s..... Not that them having them.... but the "need" for them.

deb

 

[vehve]

Not my favorite caliber... Even a leaf will offset it's trajectory. They should go with some decent 7.62mm rifles if they really need assault rifles. I really liked the Finnish Kalashnikov copies, especially the older ones. The folding stock version of the Sako RK 62 was my favorite. The more modern 95 version was too front heavy for my taste. But I really don't understand why cops would need automatic long range weapons. Surely a regular rifle or a machine pistol would do.

 

[perchie.girl]

Not my favorite caliber... Even a leaf will offset it's trajectory. They should go with some decent 7.62mm rifles if they really need assault rifles. I really liked the Finnish Kalashnikov copies, especially the older ones. The folding stock version of the Sako RK 62 was my favorite. The more modern 95 version was too front heavy for my taste. But I really don't understand why cops would need automatic long range weapons. Surely a regular rifle or a machine pistol would do.

All I saw was the Butt sticking out of a scabbard.... My son identified the gun.... Here is a write up

http://www.policeone.com/police-pro.../firearms-storage/articles/1693062-M16-myths/

May or may not be an accurate write up.... But it addresses the whys for Police....

deb

 

[vehve]

Deb, interesting read, and valid points, especially about the requirements for a rifle in military and law enforcement.

 

[Wisher1000]

I have a S&W M&P15, not for work, for coyotes! DH surprised me with it when my position changed and I had to give up the one I had been assigned.

 

[vehve]

This is just my personal opinion, and doesn't completely apply to you, as you would probably be more familiar with that kind of a weapon, but why do you need an assault rifle for coyotes? Wouldn't a regular rifle be enough? Or do they usually come in swarms of 20?

Next gun I buy will be either a Remington 700 or a Tikka T3, I think. I'd like to start doing some sharpshooting as a hobby. But for now, my Benelli Supernova 12 gauge has been enough for all my needs.

 

[Wisher1000]

I didn't choose it for coyotes, silly, my DH bought it for me because he wanted it! I know that, he knows that, and I'm pretty sure he knows that I know, bu he would never admit it.

I like it for coyotes, however, because it is accurate to about 200 yards, will generally be needed at 100 yards or more, and the combination of high velocity and light weight means that when the round enters a body, it bounces around and does lethal damage, rather than passing straight through like other high powered rifles would.

 

[vehve]

Well that's true... another nice thing with the smaller calibers is the recoil. A friend of mine has a. 223, you can hardly feel it against your shoulder when you fire.

 

[vehve]

One thing I don't recommend, is spending the day at the range with a dragunov wearing only a t-shirt. Those 7.62x53R:s pack quite a punch. My shoulder/brest was blue after that. But it is a fun gun, although not really a sniper rifle, at least not with the original optics.