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The Annoyed Man wrote:

AndyC wrote:

Soap wrote:Prople keep telling me using an Ak or Ar for defense is a bad idea. They argue you'll be prosecuted because you used such a rifle.

Ask them to provide you with some examples

What Andy said. I would counsel against an AK in 7.62x39, simply because that is a lot of round for indoor use, but that is simply a tactical consideration, not a legal one. The AK74 would be the better choice if AK is your preferred flavor.

NOISE...... lets talk about that for a minute. I have a beautiful AR15 which I recently built, and is far and away the most expensive gun I own. I'm an old man, and I allowed myself a treat. I built it light exactly so that it would not be unwieldy for inside the home social work. I also bought a suppressor for it, thinking that this would be a distinct advantage inside the confines of a room, where even a 9mm pistol is LOUD. After taking it to the range, and shooting it with both subsonic and supersonic ammo, I made some interesting discoveries, to whit:

1. Shooting subsonic ammo, the trigger reset was louder than the gun, but it wouldn't cycle the bolt.....effectively turning my AR15 into a pull-type bolt action. Fine maybe for use as a "hush puppy", but not much good in a firefight.
2. Shooting supersonic ammo, the rifle is dead nuts reliable, AND it is a LOT quieter, certainly quieter than an unsuppressed handgun, but it is STILL louder than you would want to shoot indoors. Great in a firefight, but not much good as a "hush puppy".
3. The suppressor adds about 7.5" to the overall length of the carbine, and adds a little over a pound of weight out on the very end of the barrel, both of which factors reduce its "handiness" inside the confines of a home. My 7.1 lb 16" barreled carbine essentially becomes a 8.25 lb 23.5" barreled rifle.

It is too loud to shoot inside the house, even suppressed, and it is too long when suppressed. My other inside the house long gun is a 20" barreled Mossberg 590 A1..... a great tactical shotgun, but if an AR is loud inside the house, then sound of 12 gauge booyeah would be brutal.

So, I registered my Spikes lower on a form 1 for an SBR - 10.5" barrel in .300 Blackout. When the form is approved (in about 3-4 months from now), I will assemble a new upper using the 10.5" .300 Blk barrel. When assembled as an SBR, the overall length including the suppressor I already have for it will be virtually identical to the unsuppressed 5.56 rifle with the 16" barrel and flashhider mounted, and it will be very similar in weight to the unsuppressed carbine.

I will then be able to shoot 220 grain subsonic ammo inside my home, suppressed, without having to worry about deafening either myself, my wife, or my dog. The terminal ballistics will be very similar to a +P .45 ACP, with slightly better penetration due to bullet shape and construction, and greater accuracy. I think that is an ideal setup........and it's not bad on hogs either.

AJSully421 wrote:What I would not want to have is a 12 pound AR that looks like it was dragged through a tapco catalog with two lights, three vertical grips, a bipod, two lasers, and an engraved dust cover that says... anything.