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    MSSA Overall Length Update

    Quote Originally Posted by MassiveAttack View Post
    I like to call mine an anti terrorism defence rifle because that makes it sound more cuddly and thats typically what they are used for in the sandy places.
    I like he term "battle rifle" because it just sounds cool, like it has a noble purpose, and I get to own one, whereas most everything else with "battle" in front of it is normally ultra cool but quite quite a task to own, like a battle tank or a battle ship!

    However this is only what they were originally designed as, thay have been adapted for sporting purposes now.
    Much like radar and sonar were originally developed for battle, we don't get upset that they have been adapted for other uses now too do we?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudattack View Post
    I like he term "battle rifle" because it just sounds cool, like it has a noble purpose, and I get to own one, whereas most everything else with "battle" in front of it is normally ultra cool but quite quite a task to own, like a battle tank or a battle ship!

    However this is only what they were originally designed as, thay have been adapted for sporting purposes now.
    Much like radar and sonar were originally developed for battle, we don't get upset that they have been adapted for other uses now too do we?
    The only trouble is your not technically accurate. Main battle rifle (a much cooler term than Assult Rifle imho) refers to something firing a full power cartridge so a 303, M1 Garand or a M14\M305 is a main battle rifle. A AR-15 doesn't fire a full power cartridge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MassiveAttack View Post
    The only trouble is your not technically accurate. Main battle rifle (a much cooler term than Assult Rifle imho) refers to something firing a full power cartridge so a 303, M1 Garand or a M14\M305 is a main battle rifle. A AR-15 doesn't fire a full power cartridge.
    Fair call, although the m-16 was adopted as the main US battle rifle wasn't it?
    Anyway, it will fit my R1 (FN FAL) when I get it one day!
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    Anyway, John from NZRAC has posted a good comment on FB. The Act says a firearm less than 762mm IS a pistol, not CAN be a pistol. As John says, we law abiding citizens keep our MSSAs with folding or retracting stocks at 762mm overall length or greater at all times anyway, so if the Police shorten the stock to measure it, they are the ones doing it, not you. Have witnesses or record this if it occurs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dogmatix View Post
    Anyway, John from NZRAC has posted a good comment on FB. The Act says a firearm less than 762mm IS a pistol. So as John says, we law abiding citizens keep our MSSAs with folding or retracting stocks at 762mm overall length or greater at all times anyway.
    Yep. If a cop or AO folds or collapses your MSSA stock to below 762mm, they are the ones who have turned it into a pistol, not you. Fabricating evidence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gimp View Post
    "assault rifle" and "modern sporting rifle" are both equally incredibly stupid and meaningless made up nomenclature
    So they had stainless steel barrels and plastic/composite stocks back in the day did you they...that to me kinda makes them modern...oh and a sporting rifle...


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