Quote Originally Posted by MOLON LABE View Post
I encountered a guy at the rifle range one day that was shooting a Mini 14 and preaching the gospel during target changes to all that would listen that AR-15's were junk, couldn't be depended on when SHTF, and that the Mini was the way to go, when pressed for why he had chosen the Mini 14 as his "ultimate survival rifle" and after pointing out that no Military of substance has ever issued them, that few LE agencies still carried them, that mags were twice the cost of PMAGS, and that his rifle could only hope to shoot 2-3 MOA- he replied that he just didn't like the AR-15 and that his Mini 14 worked and he saw no real reason to switch.

I tend to view such folks as the Amish of the shooting community, yes a horse and buggy still works as a daily commuter, but even Ezekiel Schmidt wishes he had an F-150.

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Luddite is the word that comes to mind for me. I think we've already heard that the mini-14 would make a great hammer too.