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Thread: Patrol Rifle Swap
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13 December 2014, 16:11 #31Freedom is NEVER Free. We have to work to protect it and even be willing to die to protect it.
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13 December 2014, 23:37 #32
Pistols suck, but are portable, so they are carried more readily than a rifle. Benefits of the Patrol Carbine include: superior terminal ballistics (sometimes referred to as "stopping power"), superior accuracy, superior range, greater magazine capacity, ability to defeat soft body armor, less chance of over-penetration, and a few more I won't go into. Different departments have different policies on who is authorized to carry one and when they are deployed. However, if you have access to a Patrol Carbine during an incident where it's reasonable to foresee a potential lethal threat and you elect leave the superior tool behind, you're a fool.
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14 December 2014, 15:24 #33
Troy makes nice drop in rails.
BRUUUHHHH....Do you EVEN OPERATE?!?!
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14 December 2014, 16:24 #34
I do agree it would be very foolish to leave the superior tool behind. As I have stated I have no problem with LEO's having AR's or whatever else they need. I was just curious as to what situations you LEO's might come up against when you need them. Some of you live in cities with drug dealers and other assholes. I live in the mountains where there is no crime to speak of. Our deputies have life pretty easy in comparison to a NYC cop. I have a good friend who is a NYC police sergeant. He's just sticking it out now to get his retirement so he can move his family out of that shithole.
Freedom is NEVER Free. We have to work to protect it and even be willing to die to protect it.
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14 December 2014, 17:04 #35
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14 December 2014, 18:25 #36
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14 December 2014, 18:56 #37
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14 December 2014, 19:10 #38
Again, I don't care about the less than 1% chance I'll lose my rifle to an evidence locker. Statistically, I could go several careers worth of calls and never shoot anyone with my patrol rifle. If I happen to lose it for a few years, big deal. I want to have the best possible weapons system I can afford, even if it's on my own dime, if that happened.
Our department has already had several active shooters in the last decade. It doesn't happen often, but when it happens again, I want the best possible weapon possible to defeat the thread. A handgun is a shitty weapon to kill someone. How many of us are comfortable engaging someone at 50+ yards with a handgun? Especially, if that person is shooting back with a long gun? A patrol rifle offers more range, ammo capacity, and accuracy, what's not to like about the platform?
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14 December 2014, 19:58 #39
And slowly drifting back to the Smith and Wesson M&P15 topic...
I've been impressed with the trigger in these. While still a mil-spec style trigger, it's very smooth. My particular one reminds me of the ALG ACT trigger and is WAY smoother than any of the Colt's I have, even after a high round count.
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15 December 2014, 19:47 #40
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24 December 2014, 20:27 #45