(03-06-2018, 12:20 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(02-28-2018, 10:15 PM)rollerjag Wrote: Do you guys keep lotion and paper towels handy when you talk about guns?

What's the recoil of an AR-15 vs. 30-06?

Can a 30-06 be fitted with multi-round magazines with a capacity matching an AR-15?

Does 30-06 ammunition "tumble" like .223 bullets, thus causing more widespread damage to human flesh?

Can a 30-06 be as easily fired braced against the hip as an AR-15, and thus easier to stabilize when shooting multiple targets, especially when considering the recoil (see question 2)?

Can a 30-06 be easily customized with a forward hand grip or a carry handle?

Does the pistol grip on an AR-15 actually give it an advantage beyond looking cool?

Could the Parkland shooter have killed as many as easily with a 30-06 as he did with an AR-15?

My nephew, a Naval officer and certainly no snowflake, cited these feature when explaining why AR-15s are a more effective and efficient weapon to use by relatively untrained mass shooters than weapons like a 30-06.

First of all, AR-15 is a model of gun, only available in .223 caliber.  30-06 is a caliber available in numerous models (though most commonly in a bolt action 'hunting rifle" design).

The AR-15 is available in a lot of different calibers.  They go as low as .22lr and up to the .50 Beowolf.  The AR-10 which is the big brother accepts longer rounds then the AR-15 and is also available in multiple calibers.  They go from .220 Swift to .500 Auto Max.

There are a few specialty platform AR's and one of them (BN36) is available in the 30-06 Springfield round.  I could only find it in a 20 round magazine.  I did however find a different 30-06 magazine but am not sure what gun it fits.  Looks older though judging by the design and was probably military.

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