Sarah Palin honored by NRA with assault rifle

N Y Daily News ^ | James Gordon Meek

[ansel12]

"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense," he was quoted as saying. "They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."

Mitt Romney

[jetson]

Sarah IS the American woman. We should change the Republican party name to the Sarah Palin party.

[brushcop]

"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense," he was quoted as saying. "They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."

Yes, that is correct. Although at least at the beginning, I won't be "hunting down" but I will do my utmost to DESTROY an assailant or one invading our home. Exactly.

[ansel12]

One of these candidates has a wonderful, sincere, reciprocal relationship with the NRA, one of them only has one son to offer to military service, only one them actually owns a gun (regardless of one of them lying about it until forced to confess) and one of them is a life time hunter (again, regardless of one of them lying about it until forced to confess) Only one of these candidates seems to have emerged from a metro sexual pod colony.

[Durus]

.223 on steroids? Why do you say that? I was under the impression that the 6.5 Grendel was the .223 replacement from Alexander Arms and the .50 Beowulf was done as an intellectual exercise to push the limits of the ar-16/15 platform.

[Oztrich Boy]

Lightweight gun, Muzzle energy in .308 territory. Provided you aren’t looking for long range, it could be quite effective.

[ExSoldier]

Can you approximate felt recoil? Like, similar to a .30-06? Or....

[blackie]

You got it, ET!!

Be Ever Vigilant!

[blackie]

Good for her!

[Vaquero]

look at the picture of the rounds side by side ....the .50 beowolf case is tiny in comparison to a .30-06 or even a .308.

I am not a fan of the platform. I dont hate black guns, on the contrary....but they are not for me.

I would rather have the M-14 platform or the FN FAL platform with a round that can both stop something/someone and reach and and do it at range.....

[Concho]

Like a 20 ga shotgun. It was designed to blow locks and hinges off of doors. It is effective out to a hundred yards or so on personnel, and plays hell with engine compartments of vehicles. It is excellent as a 50 yard bear gun, giving you a hand full of shots utilizing the original AR magazine. The .50 single stacks in the original magazine as part of its design.

[SolidWood]

Palin PING!

Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

How much you wanna bet that those damned ankle biters already have another ethics complaint filled out and ready to file as soon as she accepts this fine firearm? Heck, she can’t even go and buy groceries or clothes without them filing a complaint. It’s ridiculous!

[NewHampshireDuo]

Lever guns were used by the military and the .45-70 round didn’t get the name “Government” for no reason. Hence the banners have every “right” to go after the lever action assault weapons. Then there’s the Brown Bess - talk about large caliber!

[SolidWood]

I know... She can give it to the state or something.

[newfreep]

During 08 primaries when the choice was between juan mccain, huckster and myth, I grudgingly suppported myth as the least of the evils.

I'm even more disgusted with myth now and wish he and the juan liberals would go away.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

She shouldn’t have to....!

[SolidWood]

Agreed, it’s insane.

[Durus]

It's certainly pushing a heavier bullet then either a 30-06 or .308 so I would imagine that the powder capacity is greater then either of those cartridges. It's OAL might be less but it's diameter is certainly greater. Your typical .308 NATO round has about 2200foot pounds of energy at 100 yards compared to a .50 Beowulf that has about 2100ftlbs. That isn't to say that the .50 competes ballistic with the.308 past say 150 yards. The 6.5 Grendel however is in the same league the .308 and even surpasses it in some aspects. Regardless the only commonality between the .223 and .50Beowulf is that they are fired from the same platform.

Personally I would prefer to have a AR-15 in 6.5 Grendel then a M-14 or a FNFAL in .308 and depending on what I was likely looking as using the rifle for I might even go with the much maligned .223 over the .308.