1. Target shooting / Competition
2. Prairie dogging
3. Coyote hunting. (AR-15 is like, the most popular Coyote gun)
4. Most any small game that can reasonably be taken with a .223
5. Shooting holes in bits of paper
6. The same thing you'd use any other gun for (if hunting, if it can reasonably be taken with a .223)
Practical use and Sporting Uses are mentioned above. And beauty is in the eye of the be(er) holder. I don't find these particular firearms pleasing, but I do many others: the H&K G3, FAL, AR-15 variants. I agree with you on preferring wood guns, all mine are wood, but you should still support someone else's right to own whatever firearms they like. As gun owners, we need to stick together as such, and not let the fact that certain firearms don't appeal to us drive a wedge between us.
*Note that I'm not putting words in your mouth, Jeff, saying that you don't support gun ownership or anything like that. I'm merely trying to reply to your post while also posting something more general based off of what you posted.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
What do you guys really use those for? They seem to have little practical use to me, and are anything but aesthetically pleasing, either. Don't get me wrong; I can see you guys have a lot of fun with them, but they are just not my cup of tea. Give me blued steel and walnut any day, in a fine single shot, lever, or bolt gun (in descending order of preference).
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