Lever action assault rifles

[AJ]

Speaking as someone who has a GWOT medal (the kind issued for being "around at the time" as opposed to being "there"), and being former Army before the Navy, so I do understand military rifles, let me state categorically that "tacticool" is not a denigration of any law enforcement or military personnel, but it is, without a doubt, a derogatory term and a denigration of exactly what BB57 describes hereinabove. Nuf sed...........

I was around for a couple of tours in SEA and for Desert Storm 1. To me "tacticool" for the most part is for the Wannabes. I see a lot of folks on the range that bring out those types of firearms and have no real clue how to use them.

 

[Stickgunner]

I was around for a couple of tours in SEA and for Desert Storm 1. To me "tacticool" for the most part is for the Wannabes. I see a lot of folks on the range that bring out those types of firearms and have no real clue how to use them.

I think of it as cheap crappy parts on a firearm with someone who isn't proficient in its use.

 

[DixieRanger]

Yes, thread is very revealing and run much further than I thought. Surprized of what folks consider 'assault weapons'. Since it was brought up...'tacticool' as I see it refers to those folks that hang as much as possible on a rifle and now shotguns with no redeeming usage. Remember years ago at a 3gun match guys pulled up in a van. When they got out they were wearing OD military overalls and each had comms headset on. Unlimbering their firearms they were tacticool. Civilians all. They made an impression and not in a positive way. And so it goes.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Stickgunner wrote: I think of it as cheap crappy parts on a firearm with someone who isn't proficient in its use.

I beg to differ. Some of these so-called "tacticool" firearms are expensive, with expensive parts attached. The price is not the point. Lots of "wannabees" have money and spend it on excess equipment that they think makes them world-class survivalists or, worse yet, top-notch warriors. And being proficient or becoming proficient is not the point, either. It's the attitude and the why, not the machinery itself.

 

[AJ]

I beg to differ. Some of these so-called "tacticool" firearms are expensive, with expensive parts attached. The price is not the point. Lots of "wannabees" have money and spend it on excess equipment that they think makes them world-class survivalists or, worse yet, top-notch warriors. And being proficient or becoming proficient is not the point, either. It's the attitude and the why, not the machinery itself.

Yoda, You are correct in the attitude of the individual and the why they do it. But also it is the proper training. I taught a lot of sailors Combat Pistol and Combat Shotgun. In some they had the attitude and in some we had to instill the attitude. The why they did it was of their own volition. We gave them the proper training.

 

[BloodyThumb]

I want an assault lever action, and a top fuel bicycle, and a slip-joint pocket machete, and an un-biased news source.