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[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 days ago (2 children)

A movie producer I worked with in my time in the industry had done a movie with Segal in which Segal was to shoot a gun. Segal said he would only use a very specifically modified AR15. The production purchased the AR with all of the upgrades Segal requested. Segal fired it one time, said it was too loud and had too much kickback and he wanted to use a prop instead.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 days ago (2 children)

He said an AR-15 had too much recoil? Is he made of tissue paper, or did they mod it to fire artillery shells? Christ, one of the demos they did for us at our first live fire in basic training was having one of our fellow soldiers hold an M-16 stock UP TO HIS NUTS and fire it downrange to show just how little recoil they had. I'm not kidding, I personally witnessed this. I have also put at least 20,000 rounds through M-16's and AR-15's in my life. They don't kick. Seagal is a pussy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I was trained with the H&K G3 with a slide stock. It's 7.62 and when I tried a 5.56 for the first time (a Swedish AK-5)I literally had to check to see if it did indeed shoot. There was no recoil from the 5.56. Never tried a M-16 apart from checking out the M-4 that the Rangers my squad was seconded to had (I was Norwegian Combat Engineer), no way that can kick to much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

M-4 / M-16 same difference. Unless it's chambered in something other than 5.56 they all shoot the same. And yeah, it's nothing like 7.62. As you are aware... you KNOW it when you're firing 7.62!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

x39 is slightly more kick than 556, unless you're talking x51, then sure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

It's why they're in common use and one of the best things for home defense. Basically anyone can handle one

Edit: ITT... people who think a shotgun with birdshot isn't going through walls and is easier to use than a AR. In close distances, birdshot is a slug and will %100 go through walls.

https://youtu.be/j3BlRPtCj2E

Stop being stupid... unless you're shooting 22lr, it's going through multiple walls.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't use an AR for home defense because I'm not interested in shooting through 4 walls and killing my neighbors kid by accident.

I believe bird shot is enough of a deterrent for home defense and requires significantly less precision in a tense situation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

A long gun is not good for home defense. A pistol is much better in CQC. Also a shotgun does require much less aiming in a high stress situation. You're just being silly.

Also birdshot is not a slug. Those are literally two different things. That's two different kinds of ammo, what are you talking about. A slug has way more mass, which is a hug factor in penetration. Wtf is this nonsense.

Source: bored out of my mind in the UMSC stained at 29 Palms and did Mohave Viper combat training stuff a ton. Try to clear a tight building with an AR and you realize how easy it is to just grab a barrel as you try to clear a room.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

They didn't teach you not to flag your barrel at the corners? Or you were using an M16 instead of an M4?

And at 10 meters you're going to get about a 5 inch spread on that birdshot. At 3 meters (a standard 10x10 foot room) you're looking at about 1.5 inch spread. At 1.5 inches it's absolutely going to say hello to the next room over. Granted, an honest to god slug is going to go through the next 5 rooms at least.

Pistols are nice but actually require more training because people hold them wrong, sight them wrong, and reset them wrong, whereas a rifle or shotgun is a lot more intuitive as long as your target is reasonably close.

The conclusion is obvious. The best home defense weapon is a claymore mine rigged to your front and back doors with a poorly executed wire that taps a battery. Hopefully it only does it when the door opens. No worries about neighbors or missing the bad guy.

Source - Combat Infantry Badge, circa 2003 and way too much time being told I couldn't do things I thought were perfectly reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well obviously an ied hidden in a wall and hooked up to a unmarked lightswitch is the ideal means of home defense, but you need a gun in case there's a second wave of home invaders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

See now, that's just too much handy knowledge for me. I have just enough handyman knowledge to order a sign online that says, "Smile For The Flash!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, you are taught how to clear corners. The problem is, in a home with tight hallways that's hard to prevent while staying keeping an alert stance, without having another person to cover you. But hell, if you got a husband and wife team sweeping that would be bad ass.

And you're correct, birdshot will most likely go into the next room. But it won't go through multiple rooms and possibly into a close neighbor.

Agreed that's pistols take much more skill, but I stand by them as the best home defense weapon if you're able to train. A revolver specifically.

Anddddd you sold me on the claymore.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

https://youtu.be/H6clay9pFaw

No that shit is going through multiple walls. Handguns will go probably through more.

If you want something not going through the walls, scream and yell....

https://youtu.be/j3BlRPtCj2E

Even better video, walls are doubled up and has distance. You're shit is going through all kinds of walls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

For anyone showing up later without gun knowledge to see why the first test is fatally flawed... Bird shot loses its penetrative properties as it spreads. This has to do with multiple rounds impacting an area of material. Seeing this replicated in the second video would have been very helpful but the content creators dismiss it because it's pretty well known birdshot isn't going through walls the same way and they wanted a funny video. (At one point they fire an M1 Garand at their walls)

What a lot of people miss about self defense is that you should also be into reloading. (It makes practice so much cheaper too) If you can reload your own rounds you can find the lowest load of powder that will cycle the bolt on your weapon. Less powder equals less penetration, but seeing as a 22 LR is lethal at home defense ranges (that comically tiny bullet that kids shoot) it will work. And you've got to practice anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A 9 mil will go though more walls than a slug? I disagree with that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Watch the damn videos....no where did I say a 9mm will go through more walls than a slug... I stated that birdshot at 10 feet is basically a slug. It has not even left it's sabot at that distance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

no where did I say a 9mm will go through more walls than a slug

Then I must have misunderstood this.

No that shit is going through multiple walls. Handguns will go probably through more.

I did watch the video. And no, it's not basically a slug. That's such a silly thing to say. A slug and birdshot behave very differently and would cause very different kinds of damage. Also a slug is going to go through a person at close range, birdshot won't. That word "basically" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Also at 10 feet most birdshot will have a 2 inch spread. A slug isn't having a 2 inch spread, because yes, it does have time to disburse within 10 feet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A long gun is not good for home defense. A pistol is much better in CQC. Also a shotgun does require much less aiming in a high stress situation. You're just being silly.

A 16" barrel AR is going to be much easier for someone with very little experience in CQC using than a damn shotgun or a handgun. They're not fucking marines...

Also birdshot is not a slug.

Never said it was. Literally said it's basically a slug at 10' in a home. Shit is not fanning out to a huge wall of pellets like the comment basically says.

Those are literally two different things. That's two different kinds of ammo, what are you talking about. A slug has way more mass, which is a hug factor in penetration. Wtf is this nonsense.

Please re-read what I said...no where did I state it was a slug.

Source: bored out of my mind in the UMSC stained at 29 Palms and did Mohave Viper combat training stuff a ton. Try to clear a tight building with an AR and you realize how easy it is to just grab a barrel as you try to clear a room.

Cool, no one is fucking clearing their damn homes like they're in Iraq...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, they're not Marines, meaning it's even easier for someone to just grab the gun around the corner and make it useless. If you get into a scuffle a hand gun is going to still be able to be used.

Never said it was. Literally said it's basically a slug at 10' in a home.

I mean sure, if you don't care about what's outside or neighbors. There's a big difference on penetration there.

Cool, no one is fucking clearing their damn homes like they're in Iraq...

Exactly my point. Clearing a house effectively with a long gun is much harder than a hand gun. You have to be aware of blind corners and peaks where the barrel can be grabbed before you even see the person. That was my point. A handgun remains effective in a melee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I have nothing to add besides the fact that I have been cut off by a USMC van in Morongo valley, they took me putting petal to the metal to get past them as a challenge. They money clutched.

Anyways 29 Palms is quite nice this time of year, I have to drive out to Joshua tree and the surrounding area for deliveries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I couldn't tell you why, but for some reason when anyone says 29 Palms is nice it makes me upset. Maybe I was just trapped there for too long haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh no the area kinda sucks, im moreso referring to the weather and general climate. Id rather be stuck in fucking Baker than 29 palms, at least there I dont have to deal with the weird desert yuppies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Now wondering if there are six-year-olds in Africa using M16/AR-15 style rifles as part of some warlord's army. I guess they don't get to go to kindergarten, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

AK47, no US arms are there being used, it's a popular rifle here, but anywhere else in the world its AKs and SKSs and Mosins. The amount of those variants built in the world is probably 5Xs the AR variants out there. The mosins alone are like 100+ million built.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do you know what happened to the gun afterwards?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

The producer has it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

He ate it, from what it looks like.