Alliedassault - View Single Post - Assault rifle.. why is it labeled "assault" ?

cmelton · 06-10-2004, 05:55 AM

I believe the name came from liberal gun haters who wanted to give certain guns a bad reputation by attaching the name assault to these particular firearms. I have a couple of these myself. Attached is a pic.

[img]http://www.dmaclan.com/photopost/data/500/21DSCF0001-med.JPG[/img]

The top one is a HK-91 which fires a .308 rifle round. This is the same round used in a M-14 and a popular round used this area for deer hunting.

The second one which is somewhat obvious. It is a type of AK-47 called a VEPR. This one is the carbine model and it fires a round chambered in 7.62*39

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cmelton is Offline Senior Member Posts: 147 Join Date: May 2002	06-10-2004, 05:55 AM I believe the name came from liberal gun haters who wanted to give certain guns a bad reputation by attaching the name assault to these particular firearms. I have a couple of these myself. Attached is a pic. [img]http://www.dmaclan.com/photopost/data/500/21DSCF0001-med.JPG[/img] The top one is a HK-91 which fires a .308 rifle round. This is the same round used in a M-14 and a popular round used this area for deer hunting. The second one which is somewhat obvious. It is a type of AK-47 called a VEPR. This one is the carbine model and it fires a round chambered in 7.62*39