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[michael_collins]

What role does a gun like this fill? I can understand a CAR-15, I can understand the 9mm Armalite, but I cant understand what the patriot is for.

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Oops, sorry didnt know this belonged here, guess itd make sense.

Edited by michael_collins, 09 December 2004 - 07:31 PM.

[dirty mao]

it's for getting assault rifle firepower in a pistol/ smg package.  it's easilly conceilable, and useable by tank or helicopter crews.  it's not a battle rifle or assault rifle like the M4 or M16. it's designed for CQC or emergency use.  i think.

[Megalomaniac]

Or so you can try to be like Boss from MGS3.

[michael_collins]

so basically its an m4 minus the stock? That makes sense, theres things that an m4 without a stock can do that a car15 cant then?

[Longhairedhippy]

it is a m16/m4/whatever, they're all hideous, chopped to the extreme to be as compact as possible. i compare it to the MP5K in terms of use.

[dirty mao]

magalomaniac-  i was gonna edit that in, but i forgot.  good call!

[smores]

Anyone ever seen "Romeo Must Die"? At the end during the meeting, when it goes south, that guy who's holding a breif case hits a button, the case falls away, and the handle is connected to the reciever rail of a Patriot?

That's a cool use for it Such a good movie...

[Connery]

It's also in one of the Tom Clancy movies.  The one where Willam Dafoe actually lives through the end of the movie.

[Krazy L]

I am looking to buy a paitriot conversion for my ICS m4.

[Tackleberry]

michael_collins, on Dec 10 2004, 04:42 AM, said:

so basically its an m4 minus the stock? That makes sense, theres things that an m4 without a stock can do that a car15 cant then?

A semi automatic AR15-pistol can be legally owned by a civilian, in the US, without a licence.

AFAIK a weapon with a buttstock is considered as a rifle in the USA and any rifle with a shorter barrel than 16" requires a firearms licence. But a weapon without a buttstock is considered as a pistol and therefore doesn't require the same kind of licence (even if the weapon has a short barrel).

[Longhairedhippy]

that isn't entirely true.  US firearms law is really very confusing under the surface.  the gun's classification depends on how the manufacturer classed the reciever of the weapon.  So, if i take an AR-15 and hack off the buttstock and barrel, it is still considered a rifle because it uses the original rifle reciever.  now, if I used a certified AR-15 pistol lower, then I am in the clear.  I could go on and on about this, but this isn't a RS forum.

I think an Airsoft patriot would be very cool, if only as a display novelty.

[enzo100]

But if u beat MGS3 u can woop *albartroth* with it so it has gotta be worth something

[dirty mao]

my friend has a patriot-like gun.  it's interesting, to say the least, and probably proves very useful in the winter as a pistol.

[smores]

yeah, i've seen an airsoft Patriot, in springer form a few years ago on www.airsoftkorea.com.

I don't know if it's still there though. There was a guy that skirmishes near me that had a Patriot, and an M4 with the stock chopped, and an M16 pistol grip custom fabricated onto the bayonet lug a few years ago. Haven't seen him in ages though...