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ManiacJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 04:27 PM
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82. So, what features or capabilities make them special?
What features or capabilities of the AR-15 and AK-47 clones make them special above and beyond the other rifles categorized as semi-auto carbines? Please be explicit.


> But the fact is they are functionally identical to their military counterparts
> in all ways except they don't allow for select or fully-automatic fire.

All that does is make them modern guns, if you can say that guns designed in the 40's and 50's are modern.


> This does not change the fact that they are still ideally suited for military assault in all other ways.

That just makes them guns. Unless you want to better describe what you are trying to say.

There is nothing to down play. There are no special features or capabilities of the AR15 and AK platforms that distinguish them from the other semi-auto carbines.
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