PGF over at the Captain’s Journal provides some truly helpful links for the AR15 newbie.
Many Traditional Americans have bought an AR-15 recently but have used it little or not at all. (Ahem, you know who you are!) The first thing to do is read the whole manual that came with your weapon. The manual should have a parts list diagram. This will be important info providing proper terminology. Most say what to do next is to take it partially apart (field strip), clean it, and reassemble it, even before shooting. You should at least field strip it and wipe down the excess manufacturer’s oil.
There is a lot, and I mean a lot, of information about the AR-15 platform on the web. Most of it is useless. It’s super high-speed operators, the bulk of whom are total jerks, trying to impress and one-up each other, whose language and decorum are despicable, which doesn’t help the average family with their homesteading, church, or team-building needs.
The object should be to train with the AR platform to get beyond your hunting knowledge. Your women folk also need to learn to run the gun.
Get very familiar with the weapon platform, how it performs, its capabilities, and its uses. Training with an AR is different than hunting; the platform is designed primarily for defense. That’s why you bought it, right!?!
Well, you need practice in all phases; handling and manipulation, including loading/unloading/reloading mags, safety, sling, sights, how and when to use the “ping pong paddle” – bolt catch/release lever, safety positions, the six-position buttstock, learning/running drills, shooting static/moving targets, shooting while you’re moving, etc.
You can see how this is definitively not a bolt gun and not like hunting! The time to learn your AR isn’t when your family is in trouble but before.
Indeed so. There’s also some handy, and free, AR info to be found here.
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AR-15’s are not limited to the standard .223/5.56 nato ammo. You can get them in a variety of calibers that are fine for hunting and self defense. .300AAC Blackout, 6.5 Creedmoor, 9mm Pistol, 22LR, among others.
The .300AAC is a nice mid range (2-300 yards) large game killer.
My old gf Kat’s dad had a Colt AR that he’d had converted to 9mm for some reason. I broke the bolt on that POS not once but twice at the KCR Machine Gun Shoot, which is saying something.
AR-15 in 9mm is useful for only one reason, IMO, shared ammo with your 9mm pistol.
Keep the BCG clean