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ScottDLS wrote:I have lots of banana clips for my battle rifles that I use for keeping all you civilian LEO's at bay when the zombie apocalypse happens and you become walking dead...

Fixed it for ya.

WTR wrote:

Skiprr wrote:

WTR wrote:Most of the ARs shown here would be considered "assault" rifles if they had a bayonet attachment.

Seriously?

Google it..... even has a link from your post.

You mean this link? http://www.nssf.org/msr/facts.cfm?

The one where the NSSF clarifies that:

The AR in "AR-15" rifle stands for ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. "AR" does NOT stand for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle."

Come on. If you think an AR-15 is an "assault rifle," this isn't the forum for you.

WTR wrote:Most of the ARs shown here would be considered "assault" rifles if they had a bayonet attachment.

Seriously?

C-dub wrote:

Skiprr wrote: And FYI, if you want pick apart the term "battle rifle," I would include only the military, not law enforcement. LE has become more militarized over time--arguably either a good or bad thing, depending on where you stand--but even the DEA or FBI HRT don't actually go into "battle."

I also considered this, but then I thought that just because of who owns it doesn't change what it is. The M4 Sherman tanks and other models that often sit outside various posts or VFW's are still tanks or battle tanks or whatever. They may not be functional as such, but they are still tanks.

But even during the brief one-year period (61-62) when a rifle referred to as the "AR-15" found its way into unofficial use in Viet Nam, it was a full-auto select-fire. In November 1963, with the first military order from Colt, it became the "M16."

The Eugene Stoner military design was never semi-automatic only. Semi-autos never went into battle. So I guess it would be like calling a heavy vehicle designed and built to run on treads but with no armament a "battle tank." It's a tank, but its design has never seen battle.

cmgee67 wrote:And modern sporting rifle that's a good one!

Goes back in common use to 2009. Here's a Google search.

mojo84 wrote:What prompted this? I haven't seen that term used very much if at all.

Ditto. The only reference to "battle rifle" I've seen on this Forum in 2017 was in a 7.62 NATO over 5.56 mention.

For all intents and purposes, I believe the accepted term for any AR-15 is "modern sporting rifle." Or maybe "modern sporting pistol" for my small one.

And FYI, if you want pick apart the term "battle rifle," I would include only the military, not law enforcement. LE has become more militarized over time--arguably either a good or bad thing, depending on where you stand--but even the DEA or FBI HRT don't actually go into "battle."