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[–] tourist@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Don't they make .22 AR15 style rifles?

I think they're marketed to children

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago

Idk, I live in a place where guns that look scary are banned and my interest is blackpowder and old timey low calibre target shooting /shrug

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

The AR-15 is nominally chambered in .223 Remington or 5.56×45mm NATO according to Wikipedia. Although some are chambered at 0.22. But typically gun makes targeted at children are not semi-automatic which is a feature of AR-15 style rifles.

While this is partially a safety concern, I remember target shooting alternatively with a pump-action and a semi-auto and my cousin and I would be tempted to lose our temper with an evasive target and mag-dump. With the pump action I didn't have the option but to aim every time.