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Episode 5 - Diving Into the Polymer AR Debate
On this week’s episode of 2 Guys 1 Gun, we will discuss the concept of polymer AR-15s.
The idea of the plastic space gun has always met some reasonable resistance in the gun community. When considering that a firearm is basically a device that contains a minor explosion right next to your face, it is reasonable to question the materials that make up the construction.
However, with modern materials and manufacturing processes, is it still acceptable to say that polymer constructed parts are bad? We all seem to be okay with polymer when it comes to basically every handgun on the market, but the second polymer ARs are discussed, there is worry of impending death.
What if we told you that Eugene Stoner actually wanted more of the AR-15 to be made of plastic? That’s right, all the way back in the 1960s, he wanted light polymer parts to make up most of the construction. The only thing that held him back was that the technology of polymer was not developed enough.
The idea of the plastic space gun has always met some reasonable resistance in the gun community. When considering that a firearm is basically a device that contains a minor explosion right next to your face, it is reasonable to question the materials that make up the construction.
However, with modern materials and manufacturing processes, is it still acceptable to say that polymer constructed parts are bad? We all seem to be okay with polymer when it comes to basically every handgun on the market, but the second polymer ARs are discussed, there is worry of impending death.
What if we told you that Eugene Stoner actually wanted more of the AR-15 to be made of plastic? That’s right, all the way back in the 1960s, he wanted light polymer parts to make up most of the construction. The only thing that held him back was that the technology of polymer was not developed enough.
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On this week’s episode of 2 Guys 1 Gun, we will discuss the concept of polymer AR-15s.
The idea of the plastic space gun has always met some reasonable resistance in the gun community. When considering that a firearm is basically a device that contains a minor explosion right next to your face, it is reasonable to question the materials that make up the construction.
However, with modern materials and manufacturing processes, is it still acceptable to say that polymer constructed parts are bad? We all seem to be okay with polymer when it comes to basically every handgun on the market, but the second polymer ARs are discussed, there is worry of impending death.
What if we told you that Eugene Stoner actually wanted more of the AR-15 to be made of plastic? That’s right, all the way back in the 1960s, he wanted light polymer parts to make up most of the construction. The only thing that held him back was that the technology of polymer was not developed enough.
The idea of the plastic space gun has always met some reasonable resistance in the gun community. When considering that a firearm is basically a device that contains a minor explosion right next to your face, it is reasonable to question the materials that make up the construction.
However, with modern materials and manufacturing processes, is it still acceptable to say that polymer constructed parts are bad? We all seem to be okay with polymer when it comes to basically every handgun on the market, but the second polymer ARs are discussed, there is worry of impending death.
What if we told you that Eugene Stoner actually wanted more of the AR-15 to be made of plastic? That’s right, all the way back in the 1960s, he wanted light polymer parts to make up most of the construction. The only thing that held him back was that the technology of polymer was not developed enough.