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Quoted: On the beta mag I'd rather have all my eggs in more than one basket thank you. Different strokes.
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I don't understand how having a Beta Mag is having "all your eggs in one basket." Am I disallowed from carrying other mags simply because I have the gun loaded with a Beta Mag? This sounds like just the sort of false dichotomy that this whole thread began with.
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I don't see having to carry much more than 200 rounds at a time. A few handfuls of 20's and 30's seem a better load to me than a pair of beta mags. Losing half of my ready ammo over a broken beta mag would be a bitch too. The 100 rounds hung off the rifle blow it's balance to me with the 100 rounds weighing about the same as the entire rifle.
There is nothing "false" about the dichotomy as there are tens of thousands of reasons to own an AR, dozens of vastly different terrain types, thousands of scenarios - the dichotomy exists because we are different people, living in different places, with different experiences and creating different plans for different events. To not have a dichotomy would be simply stupid as what works for me ain't gonna work for you.
When I moved from California to Washington state for example I had to rethink my whole kit. Water is just not an issue in Washington as it is here in Southern California, camo colors are way different, and unless you're standing in the middle of the freeway there's very rarely a shot beyond 100 meters on the west side of Washington state. Here in California I carry more water weight than ammo, the area is far more urban than wooded, and find opportunities to make 400 yard shots all day long with range limited only by gravity most of the time. I've also since had a life changing leg injury which has to effect my thinking too.
So there's an example of the same guy and same rifles rigging his kit differently. Why one would think other wise puzzles me. A dichotomy yes, a false dichotomy no.
I love my GPS and MP3 player but wouldn't mount them on my rifles
. I have a heavy barrel rifle with an ergo grip and large scope for benchrest target shooting and plinking. I see no reason to put a laser on a rifle nor a rail system to mount a vertical foregrip, bipod and flashlight. Vertical foregrips are bad tactics in my book (and Jim Crews'), the bipod can be mounted with a tiny Harris stud, and the flashlight comes with it's own mount that mounts into the front sight tower.
Big scopes allow you to throw the tiny .223 bullet way out there but to what effect? The 62 grain bullet is just floating along much past the range where a scope larger than 4x is needed, at those ranges I'd rather send 154 grains of .308 caliber - where the terain allows. With a 4x scope I can make hits on a 12" plate at 400 yards which is plenty far enough for the .223.
My carbines are for movement. My MBR's are for defense. The .223 rifles are light, fast pointing, accurate, and hard hitting. The FAL, M1A, and M1 Garand rifles are heavy, slower on target, accurate, and harder hitting. The extra weight of the rifle and ammo are not an issue when protecting the home front with known avenues of approach and lanes of fire.