Cosmoline
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This weekend I was once again struck by the very high percentage of people shooting AR's of all descriptions, from standard AR-15's to AR-10's and even some SBR's. Ten or fifteen years ago, unless my memory is faulty, there were far fewer to be seen. Even five years ago there were a lot fewer. But now everyone seems to have one or more. The number of companies offering parts, uppers or whole rifles has increased dramatically. The number of publications focused on AR's has increased. The 2008 spike in sales is well known, but I don't think it can be written off as an anomaly.
In fact I think it's safe to conclude that the AR has won the latest round of rifle wars. Others remain, of course, but we should expect to see AR's infiltrating more and more deeply into everything from personal defense to big game hunting.
The stats seem to support this conclusion.
http://www.nssf.org/NewsRoom/releases/show.cfm?PR=041910.cfm&path=2010
In fact I think it's safe to conclude that the AR has won the latest round of rifle wars. Others remain, of course, but we should expect to see AR's infiltrating more and more deeply into everything from personal defense to big game hunting.
The stats seem to support this conclusion.
The first comprehensive survey to look at ownership and use of modern sporting rifles reveals that 8.9 million Americans went target shooting with AR-style rifles in 2009 and that participants using this type of rifle were the most active among all types of sport shooters.
http://www.nssf.org/NewsRoom/releases/show.cfm?PR=041910.cfm&path=2010