Re: [MBZ] Fw: CARbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Hendrik and Fay via Mercedes
It's a semi-automatic rifle, if you put a shorter barrel in it, it's still an automatic rifle in carbine configuration. Technically to be an assault rifle it would need to have selective fire control. Hendrik who has been reading wikipedia On 17/09/14 14:46, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread astrasfogel--- via Mercedes
Balogna -- Sent from myMail app for Android Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 01:16AM -0400 from Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com: Original Message   From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:21 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Reply To: Greg Fiorentino

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Should have beenn bologna despite what spellcheck thinks. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:36 AM, astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Balogna -- Sent from myMail app for Android Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 01:16AM -0400 from Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com: Original Message From:

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
How about baloney? Dan On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Should have beenn bologna despite what spellcheck thinks. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:36 AM, astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Balogna -- Sent from myMail app for Android

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Not to date myself, but that was the default spelling when I was growing up. Baloney might be more appropriate in this case as it conveys my intent without even a hint of ambiguity. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: How about baloney? Dan

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Mortadella! Take THAT!:-) Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:19 AM To: Rick Knoble; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106

Re: [MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-17 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Terminology An assault rifle is a light rifle that fires a reduced power cartridge and is capable of automatic operation. Automatic operation means it's a machine gun that fires as long as the trigger is pressed. The term assault weapon has no precise meaning but the media seems to like it.

[MBZ] Fw: Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71

2014-09-16 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Original Message   From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:21 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Reply To: Greg Fiorentino Subject: Re: [MBZ] Carbine Digest, Vol 106, Issue 71 Actually, the discussion was mainly about nomenclature of an AR-15, and whether it is