I've contemplated getting a Rem R-15 for coyotes, but I definately wont be toting one into the white-tail woods. But I do have a Stag Arms M-4 clone which is a heck of a lot of fun to shoot. After the initial cost of the rifle, quality .223 ammo from Cabelas, etc. is relatively cheap compared to bigger bore hunting ammo, and is easy on the shoulder. Who doesn't love putting lead down range?? And thats the only reason I bought it, is to have fun with it.

They can paint it any color they wish. I'll pass.

I'm thinking the camo AR's are beginning to look a lot more like sporting rifles than weapons of mass destruction. It is just a matter of time. They are accurate and really fun at the range too.

I know the Remington R-15's and R-25's started out around $800 and now they are $1,300... somebody must be buying them. I want one in .308 I might even hunt with it, but with this stupid economy I can't even afford ammo...

Hey, if you like them and the "coolness factor" is a selling point to you, then go for it! And if that coolness factor brings more hunters and shooters to the ranks, then I welcome it with open arms.

While the NSSF might occasionally bark up the wrong tree, I don't think they're far off the mark with their message. The way a gun looks has nothing whatsoever to do with its lethality. They're just guns. They have legitimate uses and illegitimate uses... the deciding factor is the person at the trigger.

As far as adopting the new, PC language... I don't see it happening soon. Maybe the new generation, the folks who are going to be the leading market for these things anyway, will be more apt to adopt it. Time will tell.

My wife alrady comandeered one of my M4 clones and put barbie stickers on it, i think she will have a cow when she sees this rifle, and you know what, I am all for it. The ar platform is genius, reliable, and alot of fun to mess around with. I shoot everything from coyotes to deer, and all it takes is two pins to change out upper receivers and therefore change calibers. Do that with a rem 700 and ensure it shoots moa every time.

Your son wanted one?! Please tell me he was kidding...

Nate

forty, YOU CRACK ME UP! +1!

Pink for a boy?

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Hey Hal, Could not agree more on the H-Bar. Definitely the sire of many of todays allegedly cutting edge AR rifles.

At Last! A rifle for my 19 year-old daughter... She has Hello Kitty EVERYWHERE! Her room... her car... her purse... her laptop... Thanks! She shot with me and I carried her hunting when she was small. She would absolutely Love this!!!

YETCH!!!

Hey damo, I inherited my mom's early seventies vintage 742 in 6mm rem. She harvested at least three dozen pronghorns and mulies with it in her career as the Hat Creek Reaper. Most of these were long though ethical shots, many times in adverse conditions. We found the 742 to be an accurate and trustworthy ally.

AR is here folks and gaining momentum!

You've probably heard it before, "Assault is a behavior not a weapon." Nevertheless, my sense of wellbeing feels assaulted by this Hello Kitty thing...

If I get an AR, it will be chambered in .50 Beowulf.

50 Beowulf® 300g Gold Dot Loaded Ammuntion
ammunition. Box of 20 rounds.
Price: $25.04

Not bad for an odd ball!

well, in my opinion, a pink paint job and a new name is just blowing smoke you know where. i guess i am one of those "politicly uncorrect" people you mentioned. i do not believe in pulling punches. i do not believe we owe the whiney cry babies any explanation for what we are doing. if they are afraid of guns, i am willing to help them change their mind by exposing them to guns in a good way. there is nothing wrong with guns, there never has been. the problem lies in a few high profile people that have either had a very bad experience with one (as in they were mugged, robbed, etc.) or they are just plain ignorant. if they were assaulted, they are putting the blame in the wrong place. it is the person doing the crime that is at fault. people have been hurting people since the beginning of time. guns took a long time coming. if they are ignorant, then all we as a group or individually can do is expose them to guns in a good way. if they still can not get over their fear of guns, then they need to see one of their wambie-pambie therapists. and leave the rest of the free world alone. if it were not for guns, we may all be saluting swastica's. if it were not for private gun ownership, Japan would have surely invaded main land america in WWII. private gun ownership is one of the biggest protection form invasion by other countries that we have. if the anti's get their way, and all private gun ownership gets banned (assuming that we gave up our guns) there would be nothing stopping anyone from invading our country. they forget that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has never fought a war on our turf. there is a reason for that. as it stands now, no country would stand a chance in he** of an invasion working due in no small part to the millions of guns in private ownership throughout this country.

What the hell is going on here? wbaspsqll and yhwebcn01, go sell your crap somewhere else.

I just love it how magazines and the likes of the NSSF in this video try to brainwash people into thinking AR's are the next best thing in hunting arms. What BS! All it is, is a sales ploy and nothing else. Absolutely NO need to buy one to put a deer down. Plenty of other weapons will do the job and maybe do the job even better. I guess true sporting arms must not be selling to well of late, and I hope this isn't an indication that hunting is on a serious decline. They are probably making more money with these AR rifles, so of course they will push what is making most profits for them, but ideal hunting arms they are not in my opinion.

99 makes a fair point in his first post - semi-autos haven't been popular in big game rifles in the past, so it's reasonable to wonder if they will be in the future.

I used to think they were pretty stupid, but, the more I see the things, the less I care (even this one!). I have zero desire to own one (and they're literally flooding the classifieds of the local stuff-trader newspaper so there might be a lot of buyer's remorse out there) and I don't see the bolt action rifles that I do love going anywhere, either, so everything is fine by me.

yrs-
Evan!

I'm amazed when I read the disrespect for an AR and the fawning love for Garands and M1-As. OK calling the AR a Modern Sporting Rifle is a sales and marketing campaign, and a very good one. It seems the technology of rifles has improved dramatically and old timers don't like it. Well go join the anti gunners because when you don't welcome the new guy into the room the antis notice and use your opinions against you. We really have to stop describing guns by the color of the barrels. Is a camo Rem 700 a Hunting rifle but a black Rem 700 a Sniper rifle?? Think about it. When they make an AR with a 14 3/4 length of pull I'll take a good look at one.

Darn good video!

YUK YUK YUK !!!

Yup this has to be my NEXT rifle
A pink "wanna be " of the the gun ( excuse me weapon ) that shot the "H " out of the South East Asian conferece.other was of course the AK

I can hardly wait to see the look on the faces of a couple guys I consistently hunt with.
One of which is a hard bitten ( and thanfully for the bad guys retired) as he puts it
officer of the M F in Law. ; )

Think I will need to decrease clip ( "magazine" for the youngsters) capacity as if memory serves
its 5 max up in WI.in certain venues.

When I uncase that that puppy ( maybe better have some oxigen and nirto pills available ) cuase certain hearts may contemplate failure YUK YK

Or Hmmmm ???,.. maybe spare the expence ,. have an old JC higgens 30-30 thats been hinding in the closet for years ( bought as pot gun and back up) it was never used to hunt anything but squirrels and grouse.
( (another story :)

Spray that hot pink , get one of those
40 gallon pink cowboy hats ( like you see women with big h@@ters wearing at football games )
as fireside " apre hunt " attire yuk yuk
Ahhh ,. yes Mr Boujaily ,. its a great idea
Just hope it dosent cause any minnor heart attacks : ) Thank you !!

Yohan

Be sure to wear matching pink Hello Kitty panties on your trip. LOL

http://clothing.pricegrabber.com/womens-panties/hello-kitty/p/854/

Hehe, get the thong.........

Having only been shooting AR's for five years now, I'll admit I'm hooked on em'.The diversity of the platform is amazing.There are three calibers in my battery and working on the fourth. It's what's under that pink coat that counts.

looks like it's best to shoot it lyinging down with a grip like that.. but then again with a GUN like that i would try and lie as low as possible anyway.

if deer and varmints are attracted to pink and kittten wearing pink then i might buy it( or make a blind out of the stuff...) if not i'd buy it just so i could take a little girl out huntin.
unless it was fully auto then i would buy it just so i could send it to the soldiers in iraq with a letter "here, if this doesn't make them look twice long enough for you to take a shot then nothin will!"

Wam, I goose!tta get my redhead "Main Squeeze" a few pairs of those!

YUK YUK WAM

You ,. are either the boss
or apparentlly have too mcuh time on your hands .

In my small kingdom (I) am the f ing boss and even I dont have time to search womens under garments

SHEEESH !!

Moshie ,.. gets da redhead something better : )

Nah, Yo. Neither.

A quick Google search for the Hello Kitty drawers only took 30 seconds or so. I just pop in and out between chores and making money. LOL

the very thought of naming an AR-15 old betsie, our forefathers will roll in their graves! I have a friend who thinks hunting should only be done with a muzzleloader. of course this is the guy who wants their to be a paintball season for grizzly bear....

I don't think the "image problem" of the black rifle has anything to do with its color. I think people resent being told to get over their obsession with traditional sporting rifle styling, and "get with the program."

Some people just never get it.
After all, reading between the lines is not for your everyday rocket scientist.

A pink AR... like other pink guns and fishing poles and archery targets:
1. How gady
2. WTF
3. WTH?
4. How much more can you make them out to be toys and jokes than to put hello kitty on it.
Seriously I understand the concept of appealing to women but not like this.

I see this painted up and transformed AR (legal in CA) as being something that a small child would be drawn to. I can see why CA would allow it, one more statistic for the anti-gunners. My idea of the perfect hunting rifle is truly accurate, tough enough for the woods, and light enough to carry around in the woods (6 to 7#). Once I have that, it would be a rare instance I would need more than one round, but if I do I have it ready fast with a good old bolt action lever or pump). In my neck of the deer woods in Northern Michigan you would be laughed out of deer camp if you showed up looking like you were going into a fire fight. So I guess what I'm saying is make one that weighs 6 1/2 pounds, has only two or three round magazine, and doesn't look like your going to war, and I might buy one. Then again I guess I would miss the warmth of a wood stock.

hello kitty meets the terminator. nice just a bit creepy

So he wants a pink rifle>. Its OK Dad.

Not only have I scoped more than one Rem 742 Woodsmaster, I also scoped several Browning BAR's. I didn't like them then, I don't like them now! But that's just me!
At this point, I do own a Ruger in 6.8. It's my hog rifle. My state doesn't allow detachable mags over 5 rounds while hunting. I want those five to mean something!
I have killed one deer with it. Absolutely perfect!

Bubba

I'm still hunting with an unmodified 1903 Springfield. However I also hunt 'yotes with a Mini-14 and intend to purchase a Modern Sporting Rifle. Still undecided on caliber. However it won't be PINK! Maybe a nice DuraCoat in Digital Camo.

I stated, a year or so ago on this blog, that I had no desire to own an AR, and that was a true statement. However, a friend offered to trade his to me to settle a debt, and knowing how attached to it he was, I declined.
Then very shortly, I had facial surgery to remove a large accumulation of cancer sells. Removed was all the muscle in my right cheek, which left me unable to shoot in my regular form. Then he had some serious family problems, and proposed the same offer again and I accepted, thinking I would be able to recover my loss. I took the rifle,(not a carbine,it has a 24"barrel) and ran a few rounds through it, was so amazed by its accuracy that upon my return home I installed a new VX111 3-9 on it and wouldn't sell this jewel for twice what I have invested in it. With my hand loads this rifle shoots .500"groups consistently and the best measures .220". The stock did seem much too short, but the way it comes up, it fits me just fine. As stated above, there is no noticeable recoil or muzzle jump, and I am awaiting a new upper in a heavier caliber, hoping to replace my '06 which I can no longer shoot. Note to all; just because I own a car that will run 160mph doesn't mean that I have to drive it that fast. Conversely, just because I am carrying an autoloader doesn't mean that I spray the woods, or even depend on the second shot, much less the 5th.

Painting a bazooka pink doesn't make it a "sporting rifle." I often tell my daughter that a pheasant is a $25 chicken with a fair chance of getting away.

Read Oretga's Mediations On Hunting. In this landmark work, this 19th c Spanish philosopher points out that in the history of hunting, as technology progressed, man has sought to use more primitive weapons. Bow hunting and black powder are excellent examples.

Girls do like their equipment in pretty colors. Alice wants her 28 ga shotgun to be pink! Probably her target rifle too. I think girls should have first class equipment in the colors they like but keep it sporting - bows, black powder, bolt action rifles and double guns. Teach them to count on the accuracy of the first shot and not to cover the field in a hail of bullets.

David Bershtein
www.huntingwithdaughters.com
Fair Lawn, NJ

I agree with the author AND his son-- I like the Hello Kitty rifle! This AR15 was created BECAUSE it is simultaneously very funny AND a full-on bludgeoning of the dead horse of "Political Correctness."

Honestly, what could be MORE Punk Rock/Metal/Man-up/bat-crap crazy than this rifle?! Most of you don't know/think about the homoerotic nature of the UFC, yet you think this rifle is "gay." Really?! Do you think Clint Eastwood was a pussy because he drove a pink Cadillac in the film "Pink Cadillac"?... well do ya, punk?!