Gun activist sent 30-round magazine to Conn. Governor for Christmas

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"Nobody hunts much anymore ."

Where I currently live almost everybody hunts for deer and hog including grandmothers, wives and children. It may be true that in many areas of our nation, interest in hunting has dropped but not here.

When I first moved here I remember an elderly grandmother bragging in a hardware store of how she bagged her first deer of the black powder season. My daughter had several female friends in their thirties who would bow hunt for deer in the archery season.

While I enjoy shooting, I have never hunted animals nor do I have any interest in doing so. Still I have no problems with hunting as long as the animals harvested are used for food not just for trophies.

Just yesterday I was talking to a local resident and friend who hunts deer and hog on a regular basis. I asked him if any hunters in this area were using AR-15s to hunt game. He replied that AR rifles were beginning to catch on but most local hunters that he knows who use an AR chose a larger caliber round than .223. The AR-10 using the .308 round or a an AR-15 modified to fire a .308 are becoming increasingly common. Modifying an AR-15 to fire a different caliber is fairly simple and does not require a gunsmith. All that's necessary is to swap out the upper receiver.

The fact that the AR-15 is so easy to modify largely explains its popularity and why the gun culture is so fascinated with this weapon. It really isn't as juvenile as you think.

Configuring and Accessorizing Your AR-15

One of the virtues of the AR platform is its modular design, and the ability to customize it in literally thousands of different configurations. The wide array of choices however can leave many new to the AR platform perplexed with just where to begin. There are already a number of fine articles and videos out on the internet that cover various aspects of assembling your own AR. Yet, we still get new shooters calling and emailing us confused by the wide variety of options available.

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In fact, one of the primary reasons for the success of the AR platform is its modularity. With one lower and a handful of uppers or parts, you can go from a short-barreled 9mm carbine to a .22LR plinker to a match grade .223 rifle all in the same day. No matter what type of rifle you need, you can build an AR to accomplish the task. It's like the Swiss Army Knife of rifles. Too many people try to make their AR into a gun that can "do it all" - that's not quite the right way to look at it. The AR can be assembled and configured to perform well in a wide variety of applications, but you can't have it perform well in any role in a single configuration. Decide what you want to do with your AR, and build it to that spec.
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/MediaPages/ArticleDetail.aspx?mediaid=938

AR 15 Upper Conversions .22, 9mm, .45, 300, .458, .50
So one day you go to your local gun store or ammo supplier to pick up some .223, but they're out. No biggie except its starting to seem like there's almost never any .223 around. The reason is .223 is always the first ammo to disappear from store shelves during a time of change. Well there an easy way to get your shooting fix & still use your favorite rifle.

The answer is to change or convert your existing AR 15 upper into a different caliber. This can be easily done & undone in seconds. All you have to do is drop the magazine, ensure no rounds are in the chamber, push both take down pins, & replace with a new upper. Here are some of the different calibers that can be added:
http://gunsnpigs.blogspot.com/2012/05/ar-15-upper-conversions-22-9-458-762-50.html

Less than a month after the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school which occurred on December 14, 2012 Dianne Feinstein introduced her idea for a new assault weapons ban. Had she not done so I feel that it is quite possible that the chances for the passage of Machin-Toomey would have been significantly higher. Machin-Toomey failed in the Senate on April 17, 2013.