because if a gun was stolen, only to be used then recovered by police in like a 24h time period, then its understandable why they might not be reported. OR if they are stolen while the owner is not around, given that thieves typically wait until owners are gone.

No, @Grenade123: the article offers no time-frame, but the study examined all traces in 2008 (as mentioned in the article). Though, I doubt nearly all of those instances occurred within 24 hours of the firearm’s theft.

it would be an important statistic

If it exists, yes.

since included in that 40% is also relatives and friends who have taken someones gun then go right to committing a crime i imagine.

**Forgotten Weapons** Uploaded a new youtube video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FXt5md6jPk

Yes, anyone who steals a gun & commits a crime with it (& the owner didn’t report the firearm missing) is included, @Grenade123. ;P

Are there any rifles that fire .357 Mag that aren’t lever-action?

Apparently, Ruger sells one:
https://www.ruger.com/products/77Series77357/models.html

Why aren't there any modern Lever Action Guns?

OH and by the way, that is the most important video today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MEy9qKeSA&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysYIjWFQSRI

I play the Bot for the other Firearm Channels I have subscribed to.

Fun story

Something I didn't know until now, was how diverse the options for caliber are for AR-15

One gun can fire all of these.

So long as it has an upper assembly to shoot them

OH, also, you can get a crossbow adapter AND multiple air rifle adapters.

And then there's also the AR10 and soda/beer can launcher adapters

AR-10 Patterns have been chambered in just about anything that fits in a 7.62 by 51 magazine at this point

cursed_anime_gun

Assault *pitols*

@ArdBoy thats why its the most popular weapons platform when you don't care about it always working.

>the reliability meme

wut

i mean, the AK beats the AR in popularity. It is gonna keep shooting when beat up a hell of a lot more.

but you don't need to worry about that when you don't live in a house with a dirt floor and have ready access to gun oil

31,165 rounds from a standard AR-15, only maintainence to it was to spray it with CLP occasionally.

Still runs.

Still functions fine.

"We received the carbine in late 2008 and put #14 into service shortly thereafter.

At Brady, Texas, in March 2009, it suffered a malfunction, which was reduced with Immediate Action. The bolt was wiped down at 6,450 rounds.

At Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in May 2009, it had several failures to extract, and the extractor spring was replaced at 13,010 rounds. This is far beyond the normal extractor spring life under these conditions.

At Wamego, Kansas, in June 2009, two bolt lugs broke at 16,400 rounds. We replaced the BCG. Considering the firing schedule, this is within normal parameters.

At Columbus, Ohio, in November 2009, we had several failures to extract at 24,450 rounds. The shooter gave it a field cleaning and replaced the extractor and extractor spring.

At 28,905 rounds, we finally cleaned Filthy 14. As part of our year-end maintenance schedule, we inspect and replace parts as necessary. Filthy 14 looked like the inside of the crankcase of Uncle Ed’s ’49 Packard. It was disgusting to look at and contaminated everything near it, somewhat like the toner cartridges for old printers."

AR's being "not very durable" is a meme

I've seen, personally, AR-15's yeet'd into muddy creeks, left there for five minutes, pulle out, function checked and fired. No issues.

Don't get me wrong, AKs are hella cool, and I shoot them when I can (cause they're fun to shoot) but dollar for dollar you're not trading much in the way of reliability.

Especially considering that a cheaper AR versus a Cheaper (for US market) AK, the AK will always be a problem child.

That said, a good AK is fucking hilarious to shoot.

But if I was going to outfit people with guns for almost any reason, I'm picking AR over AK, for logistics reasons, for training reasons, for modernization reasons.

(That said my major complaints around the AK include things like their less than steallr sight radius, dust cover requiring a dogleg for optics, the dropped stock being generally uncomfortable to me personally ergonomically, etc)

I have both an AK and have used AR-10/15 pattern firearms a lot (Prior Service) and personally I bought an AK pattern carbine for defensive use.