Posted on 06/11/2005 7:25:20 AM PDT by holymoly
Actually, I know several people who effectively and cleanly hunt deer with .223. Granted, most are not using an AR-15 style rifle - but the round, in the hands of a good marksman, will get the job done.
Here in Illinois in order to be a sharpshooter for controlling deer herds you must use a .223
I agree with that, although it would not be my first choice.
Yes, now some very good rounds are put out by Winchester, Federal, and others in 223 for hunting medium game. The 223 has been used by the government for a long time for the purpose of culling deer and antelope. I personally would stick with 243 and up, though.
But what is my personal pet peeve is this......
"The knife and partially loaded clip were found...Dammit! It's not a 'clip' it's a MAGAZINE.
For any reporters that might be trolling be kindly advised: A 'clip' is used to hold the rounds so they can all be inserted into the rifles internal MAGAZINE at once (more properly they are named Stripper Clips).
The 03 Springfield uses 'clips', the M1 Garand uses 'clips' (that was the 'ping' sound after the last round was fired as the CLIP was expelled from the magazine), a 98K Mauser (and clones) uses 'clips', the Mosin Nagant also uses 'clips' to load the magazine. The only PISTOL (to my knowledge) that used 'clips' is/was the old Mauser Broomhandle.
And IIRC the only semiautomatic RIFLE that uses CLIPS is the SKS - again to load the rifle's ten round internal magazine.
Clips, clips, clips. I got their 'clips' right "here".
So why did the kids also need 15 round magazines, did they explain how to use the ... what's it called ... Ooo-Zee? And why were the magazines round so small - 9mm?
D'uh..... /sarc
An ASSAULT does not indicate a physical activity. An ASSAULT under the law is verbal in nature. The physical activity is when the violence occurs. Therefore a true Assault Rifle is one that SCREAMS loudly:
YOU WHINING, COWARDLY TREASONOUS LIBERALS ARE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY AND I'M GOING TO KICK ALL YOUR A$$E$!!!! There! That's an assault!
The accompanying violence using a weapon would make the implement used (if a firearm, especially a rifle) an Aggravated BATTERY Rifle.
But then I guess the rest of the sheeple inhabiting this country would start thinking of Phasers which by the way are also covered by the Second Amendment.
"This is a very dangerous weapon, and it could really do a lot of damage to several people,"
Five, anyways.
I agree- I have carried my 22-250 a few times, but have not shot at a deer YET. But larger calibers are much better suited - and have a slightly larger margin for error.
probably taking advantage of the 1000-foot, "no guns (but lots of defenseless victims here)" rule
The UZI is not easily concealed..if it had a barrel shorter
than 16" the possesser better have a BATF letter stating
the tax paid on a SBR has been paid and local LEOs approved.
The Supreme Court struck that one down. Thankfully they have found SOME limitations to the Commerce Clause.
Remember the L.A. cops at the big shootout a few years ago. The perps were wearing body armor and the cops needed weapons powerful enough to penetrate it. Several went to a local gun store and borrowed a few AR 15s, while they ignored a cople of M1-As. Eventually one of the perps committed suicide and the other was taken down by being shot in the legs. If the cops had known the difference beween an A-15 and an M1-A, they'd have taken the M1-As and eliminated the perps immediaely. A lot of cops aren't getting the weapons training they need.
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