Should we give AR-type rifles a separate section....

[sevensix2x51]

^^^Cmon, man.

Even if you had an AR, AK and Bolt gun section you'd cover lots of ground while grouping things nicely.

just breakin balls. i like it how it is now, but i have a mouse wheel. i can scroll fast.

I say leave it be. If you truly want AR-specific areas, go to AR15.com

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[Phireglass]

^^^ Yup..

[missiontrails]

This Justice concurs.

[IrishPirate]

seems like this thread got ......

I'd like to see a seperate AR section, but not until the system improves a little. just my 2 cents

[sevensix2x51]

seems like this thread got ......

how? seems like were still on track...

[dchang0]

The board is already getting granular as is causing people to post in the wrong areas.

I'd say it's just the opposite. Some people post in the wrong section intentionally, knowing that they'd reach a larger audience. So, you get optics, gunsmithing, 2nd Amendment, and photo threads in the Centerfire Rifles section.

If we broke apart the Centerfire Rifles section into smaller ones, people would be less tempted to go the easy route by blasting lots of people with lazy questions (akin to walking into a crowded room and shouting "hey, can someone tell me where I can find my car in the parking lot?")

If you think about all of this in the same terms as a gigantic convention center, it is NEVER as productive to try to have everybody talking in one giant room as it is to have separate, smaller meeting rooms where people can get down to business. Just go to any trade show of any type, and the real meaningful discussions are happening in the private rooms built in the booths on the main floor or in the side rooms in the convention hall or in the bars around the center.

Industrial psychologists are finding the same thing out about the way megacorporations are organized--the real work gets done in small sub-groups of only a handful of people.

[swerv512]

This has been suggested numerous times... the one HUGE advantage to doing it would be search. Since AR and AK are not searchable words, searching within a specific sub-section would yield better results.

On the other had, the forums are already entirely too fragmented. I rarely go beyond the rifleman's forum anymore... too much time to travel around. The site has grown unwieldy - a bit like THR now.

I agree wholeheartedly with the benefits of having a separate section in regards to easing the search functions.... not to get off-track, but wasnt there suppose to be a fix to the "less than 3 or 4 character" search error messages...

[Linus]

I think its a good idea. Probably not a separate AR forum but a division between Semi-auto rifles & Bolt-action rifles. We already have pistol, rimfire, C&R and shotgun forums so why not? It would make searching more efficient and clean up the clutter between AR and other rifle topics.

[Black Majik]

Anymore subforums on here we might as well compete with Glocktalk and ARFcom for the most subforums.

[technique]

We have unused "CGs in your community" sub-forums. Those take up too much room. (unless you minimize them every time you log in) We. have too many as is.

[pacrimguru]

arfcom is so confusing to navigate, i don't want to see calguns become like that.

[Rob454]

I think a little grouping in both the rifle and the for sale section. maybe a section for Sometimes in the for sale section or the gun forum you have to search through a ton of AR posts to find somethign you want or want to read/respond to. Personally I dont care for AR rifles. I understand the forum is geared towards the AR series but there are tons of AKs and others out there. We are big enough now that a little more sectioning is warranted.
There should be a AR, AK, Bolt action all others section and on the for sale forum also some more defined sections. its a PITA to search through for certain guns. And the search feature gives you a ton of posts

[1988]

I think we should improve the search algorithm to make it easier to retrieve information, rather than sub-division.

[Calif Mini]

Should we give AR-type rifles a separate section....

If we are voting............mine is to have some sub forums for popular gun types as some have expressed above.

Now......did I see someone actually mention a Mini 14.........?

Last year I took a SS Ranch and changed the barrel (Krieger) made my own gas block with 304 stainless steel and made all my own tools for truing the receiver and another for the bolt face. My first barrel change was a huge success. Head spacing & extractor cut all came out great.

Haven't shot it enough to really get great accuracy, but have a few 1/2" and 5/8" 100 yard targets to date. No compensator and just the original stock with bedding. Was a fun time I would not trade.

Yes, there are other guns besides AR's but I have 3 223's now and 2 308's on the way.

Impartial vote-------------A dedicated AR section would be a plus.

Thanks, Ed

[dchang0]

AR's are the single most popular centerfire rifle in the United States right now. Period. Doubly-so for California now that the OLL thing has opened up.

The topic ratios simply reflect that popularity.

I say leave it be. If you truly want AR-specific areas, go to AR15.com

The problem with going to AR15.com is that the OLL movement is really a totally different beast than the standard, non-neutered ARs that the free states get to shoot and talk about. One of the reasons I hang here more than at arfcom is that there are tons of California-specific AR topics here.

Over there, they either ridicule California's stupid AW restrictions or chat merrily away about all the cool stuff they can have that we can't. It is also the reason I spend more time here than at fnforum.net, even though I see myself as more of an FN fanatic than as a Californian shooter. All it takes is seeing too many pics of SBR'd PS90s made to look like P90s to hang there--it's just too heart-wrenching!