What Was Your First Assualt Rifle?
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ACR was my first gun and the first time my finger was ever on a trigger.
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from first to last, sold a couple here and there
rra entry tactical ar15
sl8 g36k sbr
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rra entry tactical ar15
sl8 g36k sbr
msg-91 (ptr 91)
ps-90
hk416 sbr
acr sbr
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Bought a Colt 6601 back in the late 90's back when the words "pre ban" upped the price on something by a factor of 10. Turned her into an M4-gery for many years, now it's just a lower. Have been thinking of getting one of their monolithic uppers to keep it pure Colt though.
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Pre-ban Bushy back in 96' at the Market Hall gun show in Dallas. I sold the upper on GB, then accidently broke a buddy's DPMS receiver punching the roll pin out of the trigger guard. I gave him my BM receiver as compensation. Now my dad has the DPMS lower on the M4gery I built him and it works just fine.
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Well, you know now that I think about it, the first centerfire rifle I bought was an M1 Carbine. Inland Mfg, Sep '43 dated barrel, Blue Sky import from Israel for $150 at the local fun store when I was 16. Of course my pops signed for it but I was in awe of the piece of history it represented since growing up there were WWII vets all over back home. So while I would consider that Colt my first so-called "assault" rifle that little M1 Carbine did play a big part in assaulting Fortress Europe in its day. Pops still has it at the homestead for assaulting the groundhogs out in the veggie garden. I guess it rests with what the official definition would be. 
Yes, the M1 Carbine would qualify, in my opinion. It is light weight, semi and full auto in the M2 configuration and quick to handle. It was a fore runner of a sub powered cartridge (compared to a battle rifle) concept. I have a Rockola and a Winchester, but sadly, I've fired neither.
First semi auto is a Ruger 10/22 that I have had since I was about 12. It now looks nothing like it did when I got it, but after over 10,000 rounds she still gets the job done plinking.
Since then I have owned and sold many, only kept a few of these:
GSG 5SD
Del-ton AR15
Plumbcrazy AR15
Bushmaster AR15
FN AR .308
MSAR STG 556
and lastly my baby, Black Beauty(my ACR)...I will post pics of her in a few weeks, once I get her set up the way I want her.
Since then I have owned and sold many, only kept a few of these:
GSG 5SD
Del-ton AR15
Plumbcrazy AR15
Bushmaster AR15
FN AR .308
MSAR STG 556
and lastly my baby, Black Beauty(my ACR)...I will post pics of her in a few weeks, once I get her set up the way I want her.
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I can understand wanting to keep things in good condition, otherwise that piece of history won't be around. I gotta say though that I'm "that" guy and shoot everything I buy. But then again I go after a shooter grade rifle and leave the nice pieces for the folks that really appreciate such details.
That M1 Carbine is a neat shooter. No recoil at all really. Paper plate accurate to about 100yds. The round may not have a lot of stomp to it but I still wouldn't want to get hit with at any range. I wonder what would have happened if they had bottlenecked that case to something like 6mm back then?
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