The question should be who doesn't own more than one?
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/long-guns/370976-who-owns-more-than-1-ar.htmlFeel free to start that new thread. It should be interesting; and it will help your posts count.
the reason I don't own an AR is because of the price of ammo and the gun itself
I don't own one, but I want one. Don't have the funds at the moment to buy/build one...and if I did, I don't have the funds to feed it as often at I'd want to if I had one.
I just bought another for a gift.
PSA complete upper deal - $360
PSA Blem Lower - $45
PSA Rear sight - $35
With another 20 in shipping & 20 in FFL transfer, thats $480 for en entry mid length ar. not too shabby.
Never have owned one, probably never will.
No, I'm definitely not in the camp of the hoplophobes who want to ban guns that look scary.
I just don't really cop to what I consider a bit of a fad with this particular longarm.
About the only two scenarios I can foresee that the AR would provide an advantage for would be:
1) hunting coyotes or other varmints in situations when multiple dogs or varmints make an appearance, making a low recoil semi-auto useful to pick off the second and third animals
2) for certain home defense situations
Other than that, I'll almost certainly irritate lots of AR fans by saying I don't see what an AR can accomplish from a ballistics performance and raw accuracy standpoint that a high quality bolt action or single shot couldn't beat decisively.
Generally speaking, a low end AR will cost nearly twice as much as a high quality turnbolt.
And, to really make the AR aficianados mad (sorry, but I'm expressing my opinion here), I like my guns to have a certain esthetic appeal to go with their performance, and no AR can match the visual appeal of the likes of a Remington 700 BDL or 700 Classic, or (my own) Ruger M77 with a nice walnut stock.
Regarding reloading, I'm unsure if the AR has similar limitations as the M1 Garand has, but I suspect that the manuals recommend against using certain slow burn rate powders that could damage the operating system due to sustained high pressures, as the Garand is.
The bolt action or single shot has no such issues, as long as the powder is in the manual for a given caliber.
The AR is also far more complicated, has a gas system to clean, and (in its most common form, although I've seen flat top variations) has a high sight plane that makes sighting in a bit more complex and troublesome.
Regarding home defense, I'll stick to my third generation S&W auto pistol or Remington 870, although an AR with varmint bullets would certainly be formidable for that purpose, too, but I just can't see getting a gun that I would use for one purpose only when I can and often do carry my S&W and hunt with my 870.
Okay, let the spitballs fly.
You're missing the LPK and stock, buffer assembly. Probably another $100
You're missing the LPK and stock, buffer assembly. Probably another $100